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Black Capitalism Debate Sparks Riverside Church Fracas
James Forman, SNCC veteran, denounces black capitalism and calls for reparations as 1,500 parishioners witness his altar takeover. He criticizes capital accumulation within the movement while outlining a plan for large cooperative black ventures funded from within the community. He targets education, police, media, and religion as tools of control in a broader critique of systemic exploitation.
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