Barhn Gadson
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“To us, it’s we either speak out or we just shut up,”
Barhn Gadson · said 2026-10-01 · reported 2026-10-09
The president of CAU's NAACP chapter spoke about the importance of speaking out regardless of location during the AUC solidarity march.
“We’ve seen time and time again the mistreatment of cases involving young Black Americans,”
Barhn Gadson · said 2026-10-01 · reported 2026-10-09
The president of Clark Atlanta University's NAACP chapter spoke at the AUC solidarity march for Nolan Wells on October 1.
“There’s not so much of an attention towards it until we do things like having to march and having to riot. We’ve gotten to a point where we are tired of having to fight for young Black males or young Black females or any Black individual for our lives to mean something.”
Barhn Gadson · said 2026-10-01 · reported 2026-10-09
The president of CAU's NAACP chapter expressed frustration at the lack of attention to cases involving young Black Americans during the AUC march.
“Just because we may not be in the same city or the same state doesn’t mean that we can’t speak out on it. And just because there is a one ruling here doesn’t mean that we aren’t going to protest, doesn’t mean that we are not going to advocate for our community. I mean, we are the NAACP. This is what we’ve been doing for years.”
Barhn Gadson · said 2026-10-01 · reported 2026-10-09
The president of CAU's NAACP chapter emphasized that distance does not preclude advocacy during the AUC march for Nolan Wells.