Angela Lang, executive director of BLOC (Black Leaders Organizing for Communities), speaks during a celebration of the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris victory at Zeidler Union Square in downtown Milwaukee on Nov. 7, 2020. “I don't need to tell you how hard this year has been,” she said. “And for whatever reason, we all had the audacity to still show up anyways and make our voices heard.”
(Anya van Wagtendonk / Wisconsin Watch)
“We can be stunned by what we saw, but we should not be surprised,” says Angela Lang of BLOC about last week’s insurrection at the US Capitol. In this season 2 premiere of Black Oxygen, our conversation covers a lot of topics including democracy, lessons learned from the Georgia runoffs, and the importance of self-love for Black folks during a time of deep revolution.
