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Lola Akingbade: My African-American Activist

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Lola Akingbade, a St. Louis resident and third year student of Northeastern University, took action after the event of Brown’s death from Officer Wilson. In the event, 18-year old Michael Brown, a black teenager, was shot, unarmed, by white police officer Darren Wilson. This stirred a few problems, but mainly racial issues. Many African-Americans took to violence and started rampaging throughout Missouri. After these protests and riots, Lola decided to survey the people of St. Louis for their opinion on racial issue. I decided on Ms. Akingbade as my African-American activist because she brings racial and police force issues to attention. The two subjects our very important issues to address as it is concerned with equality and limits to executive

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