In Defense of Ourselves tells the story of a movement that was told it no longer existed — and showed up anyway. In the summer of 2024, hundreds of advocates, artists, community leaders and policymakers converged on Washington D.C. for the first-ever Equity March. Then came January 21, 2025. With a single executive order, the new administration broadly dismantled longstanding federal civil rights protections. And yet the movement did not stop. It organized. It fought. It bore witness. Narrated by Cree Summer. A Listen TWO Me Production in partnership with the National Black Justice Collective.