For decades, Black and Latino community leaders and groups have worked hard to organize both communities around shared goals and needs.
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, or SCOPE, which organized after the 1992 unrest to promote economic justice and is still headquartered near the intersection of Florence and Normandie Avenues.“This has been a hurtful moment for the grassroots leaders who have been working on building Black and Brown solidarity for over 30 years in South Los Angeles. There is a strong social justice movement that has been working on combating anti-Blackness and systemic racism in Los Angeles.
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