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Author Archives: Ayanna Najuma

Ayanna Najuma is a civil rights icon, founder of “What Lies Between Us with Ayanna Najuma” and “I Have A Voice Now!” contributor to Oklahoma Today, The Oklahoma City Herald, The Oklahoman, Art Focus and Black Art in America. Contact her at lincoln_mcleod@yahoo.com.

Posted inThe Coronavirus Storytelling Project

‘America, Are You Listening?’ A Civil Rights Leader Unmasks the Risks Many Are Taking

by Ayanna Najuma June 29, 2020November 16, 2020

Six decades after she sat at an Oklahoma City lunch counter and ordered a hamburger and Coke, an icon of the civil rights movement wonders whether she is risking her life by doing the same thing today.

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