From Malcolm X to ICE: Echoes from Earlier Generations on Resistance

Sagirah Shahid offers details of the histories that led up to this moment in Minnesota, centering the roots of the Black Muslim and Black power movements of the early 20th century — and a 1951 petition.

By: Sagirah Shahid

Outlets: Minnesota Women's Press Reviving Sisterhood

Published: March 11, 2026

Words: 2,802

Last Updated: 1 week, 2 days ago

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We have permission to republish this essay from the author and our community partner Reviving Sisterhood, which first published it.

The afternoon of the first general strike in Minnesota since 1934, I stood on the back of a truck. It was January 23, 2026, and people from across the state of Minnesota poured into the streets of downtown Minneapolis.

There were tens of thousands of us. We were there …

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