DFWBMKXCKUCS A group of VERY angry black people convene just hours after the George Zimmerman verdict was handed down to express our anger in a healthy way... Sort of... This episode features the good folks of the Sela collective Also Follow Support us on Instagram @PodcastWeds Topics Disc... Read more...
In 1957 in Little Rock, Arkansas, an event occurred that not only showed African Americans fighting for their rights but also students fighting for their rights to a quality education. Sixteen African American students wanted to transfer to an all white high school, Little Rock Central, which was c... Read more...
Disclaimer: This post has been a long, long, time coming. Many of you will be upset with me for this post. And by many, I mean maybe, 4 or 5 of the 10 people that read my blog I would like to explain my theory of “Educated Negro Syndrome”, or ENS. Now, before you write me off about be... Read more...
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02/05/2012,
by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Do The Knowledge,
News,
Politics As Usual,
Protest/Activism,
World News
It is perhaps the most iconic sports photograph ever taken. Captured at the medal ceremony for the men's 200 meters at the 1968 Mexico Olympics, U.S. sprinter Tommie Smith stands defiantly, head bowed, his black-gloved fist thrust into the thin air. Behind him fellow American John Carlos joins wi... Read more...
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18/04/2012,
by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in
By Kenneth Braswell Life can’t get more tragic for the parents of Trayvon Martin. The hard and cold facts are that they both lost a son way too soon in life. Certainly a call made late in the afternoon by police informing them that their son had been murdered had to be heart wrenching and unb... Read more...
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We are all now 99% Occupied with the case of Trayvon Martin but after we've marched with outrage the fact remains his murder is a heart breaking reminder of who is valuable and who is not. The ancestors at the NYC African Burial Ground were bought and sold as property by the 1% of that time, the... Read more...
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30/03/2012,
by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in *Blank Stare*,
African-American Awareness,
Death,
Do The Knowledge,
Dont Believe The Hype,
Politics As Usual,
Protest/Activism
This MUST stop... #NoMoreMarching Oscar Carrillo's 911 call was clear: Two young men just robbed him of his computer and backpack. At least one of them had a gun and it was pointed in Carrillo's face. Moments later, police caught up with two teens they believed were the thieves in a Pas... 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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22/02/2012,
by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness,
Black People,
Blair History Month,
General,
my people
W.E.B. Du Bois William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was a sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, and editor. Born in western Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a tolerant community and experienced little racism as a child. After graduating from Harvard, wher... Read more...