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Bree Newsome
Newsome at CUNY Graduate Center, 2015
Born (1985-05-13) 13 Mee 1985 (age 39)
EducationNew York University (BFA)
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Brittany Ann Byuarm Newsome Bass [1] (born May 13, 1985) [2] is an American actress, activist and speaker from Charlotte, North Carolina.  He is best known for his acts of civil disobedience on June 27, 2015, when he was arrested for removing the Confederate flag from the South Carolina statehouse after the Charleston church shooting.  The resulting campaign pressured state officials to remove the flag, and it was taken down permanently on July 10, 2015.

Ndụ mmalite na agụmakwụkwọ[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

Newsome attended Oakland Mills High School in Columbia, Maryland.  In 2003, she was named one of the "20 Coolest Girls in America" ​​by YM magazine.  [1] [2] While still in high school, Newsome created a short film for which he earned a college degree.  He studied theater at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts [1]

Ọrụ[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

Ihe nkiri[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

His film Wake has received several awards, including the Independent Short Film award at the Black Reel Awards of 2012 [1] and Best Short Film at the BET Urban World Film Festival.  [2] It was shown at several film festivals including the 63rd annual Cannes Film Festival in France, the New York International Latino Film Festival, and the Montreal International Black Film Festival.  Newsome was the first African-American undergraduate to be nominated for the prestigious Wasserman Award (Sike Lee won the award as a graduate student). [2]

[3] Newsome said her experiences as a black woman working in the horror and sci-fi genre inspired her to become an activist.  Speaking as part of a panel at Spelman College in 2014, she said: "The space available to many of us, as a black girl, is so limited that you can't go very far and  -no one is doing anything."  without anyone rebelling against anything."

Ime ihe[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

2013[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

. [4]Newsome was arrested in July 2013 at the office of North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis while protesting North Carolina's voter ID law.

2015[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

[5]On June 27, 2015, he was arrested for tearing down a Confederate flag displayed on the grounds of the South Carolina State House [1] [2] with immediate effect.  [3] [4] Newsome, aged 30, [5] while climbing a 30-foot (9.1 m) tree, was shouted down by police.  He replied: "In the name of Jesus, this flag will come down. You have come at me with hatred and oppression and violence. I am coming against you in the name of God. This flag is coming down today."  [6] [7] [8] As he lowers the flag and descends to the waiting police, he announces that he is ready to be arrested.  Both Newsome and a man police said were helping him, James Ian Tyson, were arrested.  Onlookers applauded Newsome's efforts as he was handcuffed.  To be led, he recited the third and 23rd blessings.  The flag was raised again 45 minutes later

E boro ndị na-eme ihe ike abụọ ahụ ebubo imebi ihe ncheta na mgbanaka isi obodo, [6] mmebi iwu nke a ga-ata ntaramahụhụ site n'ụra ma ọ bụ mkpọrọ kacha elu nke afọ atọ, [6] [7] ma kpọga ya n'ụlọ mkpọrọ Richland County. [8] Onye ọka ikpe debere ego $3,000 maka nke ọ bụla. [8]

Newsome's civil disobedience made world news and television news.  By noon, a crowdfunding campaign had raised more than $60,000 for his release.  Actor Michael Moore took to Twitter to pay his bail and legal fees.  [1] Todd Rutherford, the minority leader of the state legislature, offered to represent Newsome in court.  [2] NAACP President Reverend William Barber II praised Newsome's actions, comparing them to Rosa Parks and other icons of the Civil Rights Movement.  [3] Colette Gaiter, an associate professor of art and social change at the University of Delaware, who was published by Time magazine, called the event "a landmark of the art of social work and  king".  [4] After his release, Newsome gave several magazine interviews and appeared on talk shows such as Democracy Now!  and The Tonight Show with Larry Wilmore .  [5] [6] He also appears in the 2015 award-winning magazine, Bars4justice [9]

Newsome's action was criticized by several South Carolina lawmakers who said they support removing the flag, but illegal actions like Newsome's could undermine their goal of removing the flag altogether.  [1] Calls for the removal of the flag have increased since the shooting of nine people in a Charleston church on June 17.

Several days after his arrest, Newsome released a statement to Blue Nation Review revealing what motivated him to act

Aghọtara m na ugbu a bụ oge maka ezi obi ike n'ụtụtụ mgbe Mgbuchapụ Charleston mechara maa jijiji n'ime ndụ m. Enweghị m ike ihi ụra. M nọdụrụ ala n'ụra n'abalị. Mụọ niile nke oge gara aga yiri ka ọ na-ebili.

N'oge na-adịghị anya gara aga, ahụrụ m mmalite nke Selma, mmeghari nke ogbunigwe nke Ụka Baptist nke 16th Street ma tụọ ụjọ na egwu akụkọ ihe mere eme.

Ma nke a abụghị ihe nkiri si na fim ma ọ bụ ihe gara aga. Otu onye ọcha ka batara n’ụlọ ụka ndị isi ojii gbuo ndị mmadụ ka ha na-ekpe ekpere. Ọ gburu onye ndú ndị ruuru mmadụ. Nke a abụghị ibe n'akwụkwọ ọgụgụ m na-agụ ma ọ bụ ihe e dere n'ihe ncheta m na-eleta. [10]

[11] A vote on the flag's presence took place in the South Carolina House of Representatives on July 9, which led to the final removal of the flag the following Friday.  [1] The charges against Newsome and Tyson were later dropped

2016[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

[12] As the presidential candidate spoke at the 2016 Martin Luther King Day celebration in Charleston, Hillary Clinton praised Newsome for taking the matter into her own hands by "raising the flag" as a step in the process.  "Every year, you gather here and say that the symbols of segregation and racism are against everything Dr. King stood for. We can't celebrate him in the Confederacy, we have to choose. South Carolina finally made the right choice.  ."

In February 2016, Newsome told Ebony magazine that parts of his ancestors inspired him to be enslaved and racially abused in South Carolina. [13]

2017[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

Newsome continued to address issues related to race such as violence.  He has given interviews to newspapers and magazines such as The Crisis, Vox, and Marie Claire, made television appearances, and given public lectures at colleges and other venues.  [1] Following the deadly shooting during the Solidarity Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 17, 2017, Newsome's op-ed piece and video commentary appeared in the Washington Post [14]

2021[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

In an October 13, 2021 podcast discussing Colin Kaepernick's book, Abolition for the People: The Movement for a Future Without Policing and Prisons, Newsome argued that all law enforcement, criminal justice and prisons should be abolished entirely. [15]

2023[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

Newsome expressed his solidarity with Palestine during the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip and described Joe Biden as a dictator.  [1] [2] Newsome defended Saira Rao's argument that Zionist doctors and nurses posed a threat to black and Muslim patients. [16]

Nkwanye ugwu na ihe nrite[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

  • Ihe nrite ihe nkiri nke nọọrọ onwe ya pụtara ìhè, Black Reel Awards nke 2012 [17]
  • Ihe nkiri dị mkpirikpi kacha mma na mmemme ihe nkiri BET Urban World [18]
  • NAACP Image Award – Onye isi oche, nke onye isi oche NAACP Roslyn Brock nyere na February 5, 2016 [19]

Ntụaka[dezie | dezie ebe o si]

  1. About Bree Newsome. BreeNewsome.com. Retrieved on June 27, 2015.
  2. Panelists: Octavia E. Butler Celebration of Arts and Activism. The Octavia E. Butler Society (February 7, 2014). Retrieved on June 28, 2015.
  3. Contrera. "Who is Bree Newsome? Why the woman who took down the Confederate flag became an activist.", The Washington Post, June 28, 2015.
  4. Saki Knafo. "North Carolina Voter ID Law Targets Student Voters, too", The Huffington Post, July 25, 2013. Retrieved on June 30, 2015.
  5. Santaella. "Pair released on bond after removing Confederate flag at S.C. Capitol", USA Today, June 27, 2015.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Yuhas (June 27, 2015). Activist pulls down Confederate flag in front of South Carolina statehouse. The Guardian. Retrieved on June 27, 2015.
  7. South Carolina Code § 10-11-315: Defacing monuments on capitol grounds. Justia. Retrieved on July 3, 2015.
  8. 8.0 8.1 Sammy Fretwell and Sarah Ellis. "Confederate flag pulled from SC capitol grounds by activists (+video)", The State, June 27, 2015. Retrieved on July 4, 2015.
  9. Bars4Justice trailer. Vimeo.com.
  10. Exclusive: Bree Newsome Speaks For The First Time After Courageous Act of Civil Disobedience. Blue Nation Review. Archived from the original on February 12, 2016. Retrieved on February 26, 2016.
  11. "Bree Newsome on Removing the Confederate Flag: "We Attacked This Symbol of Hate With Symbolic Action"", Yahoo News, February 4, 2016. Retrieved on June 16, 2020.
  12. Reilly (January 18, 2016). Hillary Clinton Celebrates Confederate Flag's Removal At MLK Day Ceremony. Huffington Post.
  13. Irwin (February 5, 2016). Bree Newsome on Removing the Confederate Battle Flag. Ebony. Retrieved on February 12, 2016.
  14. Newsome. "Go ahead, topple the monuments to the Confederacy. All of them.", The Washington Post, August 18, 2017.
  15. Ep. 185 Abolition for the People with Bree Newsome and Kiese Laymon|url=https://thestackspodcast.com/2021/10/13/ep-185-bree-newsome-kiese-laymon/
  16. Mandel (January 4, 2024). Every Conspiracy Everywhere All At Once. Commentary. Retrieved on February 12, 2024.
  17. The Help Cleans Up At the Black Reel Awards. The Black Reel Awards (February 10, 2012). Retrieved on June 27, 2015.
  18. Watch A Film By Bree Newsome, The Hero Who Took Down The Stars And Bars. io9 (June 28, 2015). Retrieved on June 28, 2015.
  19. The Complete List of Winners from the 47th NAACP Image Awards. EurWeb (February 6, 2016). Retrieved on February 7, 2016.