Trayvon Martin will not go gently into that good night, and the poor kid’s ghost can and will haunt us, it seems, until justice is done. His shooter, the neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman, has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder, so the wheels of the legal system, ho... Read more...
...like Trayvon Martin America loves Black men like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X and even Trayvon Martin - after they are dead... TRAYVON MARTIN is more valuable to America as a dead young black man then he ever was alive! As a dead symbol, the president can claim him as a son ... Read more...
Good Morning Family and Friends! As many of you know I walk in the March for Babies every year. This cause is near and dear to me not only because of my family members who were born premature, but also because prematurity in the Black community is staggering. Black women are twice as likely as ot... Read more...
On the Internet, no one knows you’re a dog but they might know your race. The search is on for racial signals - thanks to the US government. Dana Oshiro, publishing analyst at advertising network NetShelter, poses an interesting question: “How do you determine race and ethnicity online? “ ... Read more...
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29/03/2012,
by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in News,
Politics As Usual,
Propaganda,
Protest/Activism
Now, in President Obama's defense, (did I just type that?) as I said before he & Bobby Rush arent the ONLY black politicians getting their shine on due to this Trayvon Martin murder tragedy... see photos below And so it goes… I do a cartoon on President Obama politicizing the Trayvon Ma... Read more...
Days of Rage, Rebellion and Revolution A Book Review By Mumia Abu-Jamal Love and Struggle: My Life with SDS, the Weather Underground and Beyond, by David Gilbert. (Oakland, CA: PM Press, forthcoming—December 2011). Perhaps it is the times: the election of a Black preside... Read more...
Federal civil rights officials today said that school districts and colleges and universities may legally consider race when making decisions about school assignments, admissions and other programs that are designed to increase diversity and reduce racial isolation. The U.S. Department of... Read more...
W.K. Kellogg Foundation National Vice President Dr. Gail Christopher, one of the most powerful women in the national nonprofit sector, who will make the keynote speech at the annual fundraiser of North Lawndale Employment Network at the Ritz Carlton in Chicago. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times Ra... Read more...
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18/02/2012,
by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness,
Black People,
Blair History Month,
General,
my people
Alice Walker Alice Malsenior Walker is an author, poet, and activist. She has written both fiction and essays about race and gender. She is best known for the critically acclaimed novel The Color Purple (1982) for which she won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She was the fisrt African-Ame... Read more...