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August 31, 2017

Activists Bail Out Black Women, Calling for an End to Cash-Bail System
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And members of the racial justice group Southerners on New Ground are
bailing out black women in Atlanta and other Southern cities this week
in order to celebrate Black August and call for an end to the cash-bail
system. The action follows a similar nationwide "Black Mama's Bail Out
Day" in May, aimed at freeing as many black women from jail as possible
in time for a Mother's Day celebration with their families.


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