By: Roy Douglas Malonson

The image of Charlie Kirk collapsing on stage at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025, has already become one of the most replayed videos in America. A sniper’s bullet ended his life in front of thousands of stunned students, echoing an era that many believed was long behind us. For Black Americans, the moment doesn’t feel new. It feels like history repeating itself—the kind of public violence that silenced Medgar Evers in 1963, gunned down Malcolm X in 1965, and ended the life of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968.

It also recalls the deadly attacks on members of the Black Panther Party, who were hunted by both white supremacists and government forces for daring to defend Black communities and demand justice. The violence of that decade did not stop with Bla

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