khalif - Blogs - TheBlackList Pub2024-03-29T09:43:36Zhttps://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/khalifTHE ACQUISITION & PROPER USE OF POWER: Reading and Discussion Sunday 11/6/11https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/the-acquisition-amp-proper-use-of-power-reading-and-discussion2011-11-05T19:17:56.000Z2011-11-05T19:17:56.000ZH. Khalif Khalifahhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/HKhalifKhalifah<div><p align="center"><b>THE ACQUISITION & PROPER USE OF POWER:</b></p><p align="center"><b>The Destruction of White Supremacy</b></p><p>Part One of my new book will be read, Sunday Nov. 6, from 10am to 11am sharp; a discussion, questions & answers 11am to 12 noon.</p><p> Of course Reparations/Expropriations and other aspects of the Just Law (MAAT) is topic # One: the premise for the entire 417 page book is "Black people have all the knowledge needed to win our Liberation. Struggle: Since "Knowledge, indeed is Power, this is not the problem.</p><p> “The Problem is the lack of understanding of the Knowledge/Power. In other words the understanding of Knowledge/Power begets the equivalent WISDOM to utilize the Essence that is in the Knowledge/Power</p><p> (U + K = W). If you have a large degree of understanding; or small degree, that is the amount of Wisdom you’ll have to act on the essence of the Knowledge/Power.”<br />THE TEXT</p><p> The "Text" is based on The Wisdom of the Universe, synthesized from translations/interpretations of Ancient Kemit, as well as other Spiritual and Religious expressions of Humanity.</p><p> To Buy a copy of the book and read along, go to <a href="http://www.natturnerlibrary.com/">www.natturnerlibrary.com</a> updated photos are at the websites…</p><p> </p><p>Listen to "The Acquisition And Prope..." hosted by Khalifah from the NAT TURNER LIBRARY on 11/6/2011 10:00 AMEDT #BlogTalkRadio <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/nat-turner-library/2011/11/06/the-acquisition-and-proper-use-of-power">http://www.blogtalkradio.com/nat-turner-library/2011/11/06/the-acquisition-and-proper-use-of-power</a></p><p> </p></div>REFLECTION ON THE 2011 SOLAR CYCLE: The Spring Equinox & Summer Solstice is in The Bank!https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/reflection-on-the-2011-solar-cycle-the-spring-equinox-amp-summar2011-09-21T19:00:00.000Z2011-09-21T19:00:00.000ZH. Khalif Khalifahhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/HKhalifKhalifah<div><p align="center">REFLECTIONS ON THE 2011 SOLAR CYCLE</p><p align="center">The Spring Equinox & The Summer Solstice is in the Bank</p><p align="center">- Kemit Spiritualism Analysis –</p><p align="center">- </p><p>by Sebek H. Khalif Khalifah</p><p> </p><p>SEPTEMBER 21, 2011</p><p> </p><p>THE NAT TURNER LIBRARY, DREWRYVILLE, VA – First of all I hope that all who are sincerely with me, had a successful Spring and Summer. And whether you are <i>into</i> Ancient Kemit Spiritualism, or not, I want one and all to know that the Ancestors of Black people inscribed in stone some of the goings on during the Spring and Summer. When the Autumn Equinox arrives (today, Sept. 21) the travel approximates ½ of the distance that our sun moved through the Cosmos since the Spring.</p><p>As we have intimated in our Spring Equinox Essay<i>: “In the Spring Time a ‘Special Something’ visits the Earth, Energizing everything, springing what was dormant back to life.”</i> I said us Farmers understand that the “Special Something” is going to happen each year: so we prepare our fields and plant our seeds to receive it – knowing that those who prepare the fields will have a better chance to grow a good crop: therefore reap a good harvest during the Fall Equinox.</p><p>OBSERVING AND PRACTICING…</p><p> Us who are into both observing and practicing Kemit Spiritualism understand “The Special Something” will also energize our Spirits: so we also prepare Self to receive as we prepared our Land. And just as we do not plant seeds in the earth, receive the “Special Something” and just leave it, we understand it has to be cultivated and cared for throughout the summer months. Your success in planting, cultivation and caring will determine how the crop ripens in the Fall. If we have had a successful planting, cultivation and caring, we can then expect a successful ripening and Harvest.</p><p>Every farmer knows about planting and what must be done to reap successfully. Not everyone understand the processes of planting, Cultivating and Reaping Spiritual “crops.” Fortunately for Black people [others too if they behave themselves and not distort what they don’t understand; or exploit “The Teachings” to make money, or acquire power to enslave, oppress, second-class people); it is fortunate for Black people because our Ancestors in Ancient Kemit inscribed explicit instructions on how to plant, cultivate and reap a good Spiritual Harvest.</p><p>A DOUBLE FORTUNATE/BLESSING: THE MESSAGE</p><p> & BLACK SCHOLAR TRANSLATORS OF HIEROGLYPHICS</p><p> Many are convinced that The Messenger of The Honorable Elijah Muhammad is the greatest Spiritual Blessing Black people have received during our captivity. The Message opened our beings, individually, and as a Nation, to receive Special Something. He was the first to tell us we are the Originals and that as such, our nature is Peace because we are really created of the Divine Creator. He told us we are Gods & Goddesses.</p><p> The second Great Blessing is the fact that young Black Kemetian Scholars made it their business to read and translate the Hieroglyphs, as a service. The ones whose work I am most familiar with are Ra Un Nefer Amen & Dr. Muata Ashby. Most of what I recount here is based on the distillation they have shared with the world about their translation of the legacy from our Ancestors. What others were doing, defending and challenging the ‘evil politically, they matched this in the careful attention to the subject of Spirituality. We are thankful!</p><p>THE 500 YEAR MAAFA ESTABLISHED</p><p>THE GREAT ISSUE OF THE AGES: REPARATIONS</p><p> Of course since the Maafa that visited Black people some 5,000 years ago, the main things that happens around our Nation of people, community of people, neighborhood of people, family, Spring, Summer or Fall, is to reclaim that which was lost. In a word, Reparations is The Great Issue not only in our own time, it has been the overall Issue that we have addressed since the advent of the white man’s entry into our world. What does Advocates for Reparations plant; and what will we now reap? Remember the reaping is both Physical and Spiritual. Both will be extremely deep!</p><p> </p><p> We shall end Part One by indicating what Part Two will consist of: I will share how I came to go deeper into the Study of Ancient Kemit: The Science of Life: Amen, Ausar, Tehudi, Sekher, MAAT, HeruKhuti, Heru, Het/Heru, Sebek, Auset & Geb.</p><p> </p><ol><li>What I was doing BEFORE the Spring Equinox; the period where I’d prepared to Receive the “Special Blessings” of Spring.</li><li>What books I consulted;</li><li>What part of my Religion/Spirituality was opted out/in as I embraced the practice of the Science of Life from Ancient Kemit.</li><li>What impact did my practice have on the institutional programs at the Khalifah Health Ranch: The Name Change; Man Up Camp for Children and Adults, Kujichagulia Village, The Black Book Awards, The National Coalition of Black Elders, N'COBRA, Writing, Publishing, Buying and Selling Books.</li></ol><p>H. KHALIF KHALIFAH is a Journalis living in Southampton County Virginia: his latest book is The Acquisition and Proper Use of Power.</p></div>PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA BIG JOB SPEECH New Analysishttps://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/president-barack-obama-big-job-speech-new-analysis2011-09-09T16:38:29.000Z2011-09-09T16:38:29.000ZH. Khalif Khalifahhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/HKhalifKhalifah<div><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#800080;"><strong>PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’S BIG SPEECH</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#800080;"><strong> WITH JOBS ON HIS MIND</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>- NEWS ANALYSIS</strong> –</span></p><p> <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">By H. Khalif Khalifah SEPTEMBER 9, 2011</span></strong></p><p>NAT TURNER LIBRARY, DREWRYVILLE, VA – The eagerly awaited big speech to cure the ill United States economy was delivered in standard, grand, convincing style by President Barack Obama.</p><p><strong><span style="color:#000000;"><em>“The question is whether, in the face of an ongoing national crisis, we can stop the political circus and actually do something to help the economy,” he said.</em></span></strong></p><p> If Barack Obamas’ reference to “we” meant his own staff and democratic party, the answer to the question would be a resounding yes. But the adjective in the sentence of circus fit squarely on the face of the Republican opposition. Yes, the democrats, with their coalition of Union workers, women, White liberals and Black Boolays, would definitely do something about unemployment. If it meant spending more tax money, so what?</p><p> Unfortunately this still would not address the main problem that the United States of America face in its relatively short history: I’ll tell you why! But first let’s examine more of the remedy proposed by President Barack Obama. From a philosophical historical perspective.</p><p>While, as a Blackman first, I see the “words, acts and deeds” of the President and his Co-Rulers of the U. S. Empire, as “white folks business;” sadly because enough of us are not taking care of “Black Folks business,” we are captured, or captive to the net worth of the detriment of “white folks business.”</p><p> So disabuse yourself of the notion that a President of the United States of America can, or will be about “Black Business.” This will not happen. White business, without a doubt for anyone who cares to measure it properly, is a problem of how to survive the GROSS mismanagement of the greatest wealth and technology in the history of mankind.</p><p> Black people were/are the “stock” in their market. And like all “stock” in the U. S. Stock /Market, its value rise and fall according to the demand for it: What White former owners of the commodity called Black people want this stock today? why?</p><p> <strong>BLACK BUSINESS AS THE “STOCK”</strong></p><p><strong>IN THE WHITE SUPREMACIST STOCK MARKET</strong></p><p> <em>Please don’t take exception to the term calling Black people the “stock” in their market. If you are not aware of this fact, please do your own research vs Wall Street; Stock Market & etc.</em></p><p>Since we were the original stock that drives the White Supremacist based U. S. market/economy, it is not difficult to see Black people in the light of what happens when some “hot” popular “stock” hit the White Stock Market. Everyone wants to make a capital gain by buying the stock; or selling the stock. But once that stock is no longer useful to the Buyer or the Seller, it ceases to be valuable and in demand: so what happens then? <em>They sell it for whatever they can get for it.</em></p><p>In the beginning of America, Black people as “stock” were the hot commodity. Our capitivity generated enormous wealth, I have said elsewhere, for <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">every fortune that was owned by the likes of Rockefeller, Mellon, Carnegie, Biltmore, & etc. it is easily traced back to slavery. And when you trace it up, you find that without the underpinning of Black slavery, Microsoft, Apple Computer, Google, Yahoo, facebook, my space & etc.</span></em> would not have been possible.</p><p><strong>SO WHAT IS BLACK BUSINESS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF</strong></p><p><strong>WHITE BUSINESS AS THEY TRY TO SURVIVE</strong></p><p><strong> THE GROSS MIS-MANAGEMENT?</strong></p><p> If the reader is following this brief examination of the White Supremacist dilemma; as they try to survive the Gross mis-management of the wealth of the country, you’ll see that eventually their Black people as stock went into a steady decline, in their marketplace.</p><p> But since this particular “stock” is both <strong>original, human, resilient, brilliant, dedicated, resourceful, determined and spiritual at its base</strong>, it could not be done away with. So we as “stock” never declined in the “conscious” Black Community.</p><p>The value of Black people ONLY DECLINED in the minds of the ignorant or traitors amongst The National Black Community. Within this fact is found a <span style="color:#ff0000;">bright light,</span> giving a job description of “Black Business” in the White Supremacist based U. S. Market.</p><p>The job description is, Educate the ignorant (especially babies and black youth), kill the traitor. And after they are educated, lead them to productivity that is in their own best interest: not the best interest of white people, though sometimes our best interest do coincide.</p><p><strong>BLOWN CHANCE BY WHITE PEOPLE</strong></p><p><strong>TO TAKE CARE OF WHITE BUSINESS “ OPTING US IN”</strong></p><p><strong> WHEN THEY COULD HAVE GIVEN US THE CHOICE TO “OPT OUT”</strong></p><p> Rather than making it possible for Black people to “opt out” when they had a chance, white rulers forced us to opt in.” This was done by passing the 13, 14th and fifteenth amendment to the U. S. constitution; this was in the 1860’s.</p><p>Furthermore, they knew if “opting us in” had a chance to work, consideration was given to the only way this could happen: <span style="color:#ff0000;">the payment of REPARATIONS</span>. The remedy was “40 acres and a mule.” This was a proposal to pay for stolen Black wealth without paying money. However, it would have started the healing process.</p><p>But it didn’t happen because enough White people didn’t see this as in their own best interest, in the “White Business Sector.” They still don’t. Time and Black people handling our own, “Black Business Sector,” will tell.</p><p>JOBS IN THE BLACK BUSINESS ECONOMY</p><p> WITHIN THE WHITE MIS-MANAGED U.S. ECONOMY</p><p>The above <span style="color:#ff0000;">identifies</span> one other job description for “Black Business” in the U. S. economy. The Great Issue of Reparations is the remedy for the criminal (U.S.A.) and it is the remedy for the Victim (Black people). The only way that the criminal will pay reparations, without being forced to, is if he realize the ill of his ways and fear the consequences if he doesn’t do something to heal the injury that was caused when he and she committed the crime.</p><p>This is basically where the Reparations Stagnates today: appealing to white sense of morality is not working very well: the search is on to find, or apply the remedy that our Ancestors convinced some of us is necessary. But working as we do, would be a credible remedy IF we could appeal to his morality or conscious.</p><p>Or if he’d abide the three books: 1) the Bible 2) the Holy Qur’an 3) the United States/United Nations rules of law. If appealing to the criminal does not work, herein lies <span style="color:#ff0000;">another job description</span> in Black Business in the White Supremacist based, U. S., Barack Obama economy.</p><p>Black people ourselves must do the job of, first educating our people (should be included in the above). Then we must work to put White people in a position where they fear not paying us Reparations. N’COBRA and the Self-Determination of Robert Brock, Queen Mother Moore, Imari A. Obadele, etc. have taken care of the first part. The second part is where the critical part of the Reparations Demand is today: What work must we do to cause the White people to give into our demand?</p><p> Whether the workers in the White Business sector allow Barack Obama to apply his solution for their “white business” is important. But it is not the most important aspect about the Bad U. S. economy from the Black perspective.</p><p>The most important thing for us is to work to amass power to back up our demand for Reparations. Our Ancestors have left many instructions on the proper kinds of work to get the job done.</p><p><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">One</span></strong> is to never give in and never give up; <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">two</span></strong> is to enjoy the process of working in Black Business; <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">three</span></strong> don’t expect anyone to do Black Business work EXCEPT committed Black people who are grounded in the principle Self-Determination.</p><p>We are not monolithic so don't expect he or she to be looking like a Black Muslim, Black Christian, Black Jew, Black Kemitian: just examine the work to determine who, or what people benefit the most for their labor - <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">AWAY FROM THE WHITE ENVIRONS WHERE THEY MAY BE EARNING SOME MONEY</span></strong>. How and what do they spend it?</p><p><strong>H. Khalif Khalifah served in various capacities for N’COBRA during the build up and educating of Black people, during the 1990’s. He is the author of 15 (fifteen) books, Founder of The Nat Turner Library, The Khalifah Kujichagulia Village (<a href="http://www.livinginblack.com">www.livinginblack.com</a>), Senior Tour Guide for the Nat Turner Trail, and Senior Partner in the recently opened Books & Things Plus Complex in Newport News, Virginia. He can be contacted vial khalifah23844@yahoo.com or <a href="http://www.natturnertrail.com">www.natturnertrail.com</a></strong></p><p></p><div style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;right:auto;text-decoration:none;"><strong><span class="Apple" style="text-transform:none;background-color:#ffffff;text-indent:0px;font:16px 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;white-space:normal;letter-spacing:normal;color:#000000;word-spacing:0px;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;right:auto;text-decoration:none;"> </span></span></strong></div><p></p><div style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;right:auto;text-decoration:none;">REPARATIONS CONVERSATION, Saturday morning at 11 am <a target="_blank" href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/nat-turner-library/2011/09/10/reparations-conversations-a-forum-for-pro-statements" title="This external link will open in a new window" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;text-decoration:none;">http://www.blogtalkradio.com/nat-turner-library/2011/09/10/reparations-conversations-a-forum-for-pro-statements</a></div><p></p><div style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;right:auto;text-decoration:none;"> </div><p></p></div>ABOUT THE PHYSICAL RESISTANCE OF BLACK PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAhttps://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/about-the-physical-resistance2010-09-14T00:56:19.000Z2010-09-14T00:56:19.000ZH. Khalif Khalifahhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/HKhalifKhalifah<div><div><strong><em>Once again we owe a show of graditude to Sons of Africa for the information about The Stono Rebellion. Information about Sons of Africa can be obtained at</em></strong> <a href="mailto:KAfrica33@aol.com"><strong><em>KAfrica33@aol.com</em></strong></a> <strong><em>An excerpt from one of their postings about The Stono Rebellion that prompted the following blog by</em></strong></div><div><strong>H. Khalif Khalifah</strong></div><div>It was information about The Stono Rebellion, Gabriel Prosser, Denmark Vesey & Nat Turner that helped to uncover my Purpose in Life. The information about Stono, Prosser and Denmark (to a lesser extent, since i got my hands on a transcript of the trial of the Black captives who were tried for the Rebellion). But when i got to Nat Turner, Prof John Henrik Clarke had reprinted a copy of "The Confessions of Nat Turner" in his book; "William Styron's Nat Turner: Ten Black Writers Respond." Later, after about 1969, i committed myself to the preservation and propagation of the true accounts about Nat Turner. It is now 2010 and i presently own a 123 acre tract of land that is part of the Plantation land where Nat Turner was born, worked, preached, planned and executed the largest Revolt against The USA in history. <a href="http://www.natturnertrail.com/">www.natturnertrail.com</a></div><div>To preserve this precious history i have conducted tours of The Nat Turner Trail for an estimated 2500 African Americans and two cacasians over the past 20 years. The tours are "staged" from a structure on the land that i have instituted as The Nat Turner Reference Library. The Nat Turner Trail is a revisit to the "battle sites" where the army was victorious in 16 consecutive victories as they fought over a two day period to reach Jerusalem..........so yes, the complete history about our gallantry in physical fights to liberate the race from chattel slavery, second-class citizenship and other forms of oppression has been a continuous one. The latest best documentation about the physical fight of a Black Liberation was led by Sister Assata Shakur (presently exiled in Cuba), who led an underground movement to avoid the fate of The Black Party members who were slaughtered in the late 1960's and early 1970's.....There has never been a through/conprehensive recordation about the Black Liberation Army of the 1970's in a book, but the various parts are scattered and available for the historian with the resources, courage, will and determination to research and write that book..........i have been involved in the publication of some 600 different titles over the course of my work in "The Struggle." I would love to have some involvement in the documenation of the history about The BLA OF THE 1970S IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: if anyone has such a manuscript, or one in progress, or just have some documentation that will be helpful for a future researcher of our history from, say 1960, please contact me (434) 378-2140.................................Khalifah</div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF0000"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">________________________________________________________________________________</font></font></div><p><font color="#000000">----------------<br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><strong>SCHEDULE OF EVENTS AT OR FROM KHALIFAH ESTATES -</strong></span><br /></font><font color="#60BF00">OCTOER IS <font color="#FF0000">PTslaveryD</font> Awarness month. "The Cure and Treatments" for Post Traumatic Slavery Disorder" continues</font></p><p><a href="http://www.natturnertrail.com/" target="_blank">www.natturnertrail.com</a> 434-378-2140</p><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00BF60"><b>October 30, 2010, 10 am to 2 pm - Tour the Nat Turner Trail to Mark Year 179 of his re-capture on October 31.</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00BF60"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><font color="#FF7F00"><strong>U.B.U.S. COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, Black America's Premier, Publisher, Printer and Distributor of Quality, Relevant Books: <font class="Apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span">Don't forget to "Meditate at the Hour of 8 am - we do!</font></font></strong></font></span></b></font></div></div>REPARATIONS DEMAND ATTEMPT USING LESSONS FROM THE 'GOLDEN DECADE'The 1960'shttps://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/reparations-demand-attempt2010-07-27T16:46:52.000Z2010-07-27T16:46:52.000ZH. Khalif Khalifahhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/HKhalifKhalifah<div><p style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"></p><p style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"></p><p style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span class="style151"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><font color="#FF0000"><font face="Cambria">REPARATIONS DEMAND UPGRADE ATTEMPT</font></font></span></span></p><p style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span class="style151"><span><font color="#FF0000"><font face="Cambria">VETERAN ACTIVISTS STRUGGLING TO FIND CONSENSUS</font></font></span></span></p><p style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span class="style151"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><font color="#FF0000"><font face="Cambria">[circulate freely but All Rights Reserved]</font></font></span></span></p><p style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span class="style151"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><font color="#FF0000"><font face="Cambria">By H. Khalif Khalifah</font></font></span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="style151"><span><font color="#FF0000"><font face="Cambria">JULY 27, 2010</font></font></span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="style151"><span><font color="#FF0000"><font face="Cambria">SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA – Three well known Black Community Organizers in the Northeast are dialoguing to find consensus to recharge the dormant Reparations Movement. It began as a simple conversation on a open internet forum, but may evolved into an important, serious discussion to find consensus to upgrade our Demand for Reparations from the United States of America.</font></font></span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="style151"><span><font color="#FF0000"><font face="Cambria">The dialogue comes in the light of recognizing the opportunity to acquire power in the presently catastrophically, issues prone Criminal nation. But the devastation that was visited on the Captive African population has been so severe, survival requirement hamper the effort to “seize” the time; and properly use the acquired power.</font></font></span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="style151"><span><font color="#FF0000"><font face="Cambria">CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY</font></font></span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="style151"><span><font color="#FF0000"><font face="Cambria">The USA is documented to have participated in what is generally thought to be the greatest “Crime Against Humanity” in the annuals of History: The continuing Chattel Enslavement, Second-Class Citizenship and other forms of oppression over four centuries, in the “Trans Atlantic Slave Trade.” Yet, the verve of the Black Race is such that even in the face of an open enemy, with a document record of unreserved brutality, the Community Organizers still “dare to struggle and dare” to demand Reparations.”</font></font></span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="style151"><span><font color="#FF0000"><font face="Cambria"><b>Led by a Sam Anderson, who was one of the young student organizers in the 1970’s that made a mighty contribution to the fall of the South African apartheid regime, presently with the Reparations Mobilization Coalition. Ari Merretazon is Northeast Regional Chairman of N’COBRA. and the erstwhile Attorney, Ajamu, a former BOD member of N’COBRA and Leader of N’COBRA’s legal Strategies Commission.</b></font></font></span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="style151"><span><font color="#FF0000"><font face="Cambria">MIS-CHARACTERIZATION BEGAN CONVERSATION</font></font></span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="style151"><span><font color="#FF0000"><font face="Cambria"><i>“</i></font></font></span></span><i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman Baltic', serif;color:#000000;">Brother Ari, You and I are old enough to have been part of the Civil Rights movement. In retrospect, many folks will tend to selectively emphasize what they are most comfortable with emphasizing. We must be rigorously honest when we look at that whole period, especially if we want to extract valuable lessons.”</span></i> <span style="font-family:'Times New Roman Baltic', serif;color:#000000;">Replied Ajamu.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman Baltic', serif;color:#000000;">Ajamu was responding to a loose characterization of the body politic of Leaders of the Black Golden Generation, of the 1960’s. Brother Ari summed up the entire decade as having used Race identity for self empowerment. This is not correct: Black people, whose work shook the foundations of America, were men and women who “seized the opportunity’ to acquire power in a multitude of ways; they did have One Common Objective. That is to Free Black people from all vestiges of the aftermath of the various forms of oppression we have survived for 400 years. Our Proper use of power in the 1960’s is essentially what created the opportune period in this day and time.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman Baltic', serif;color:#000000;">The opportunity to “seize power” is available to all with a certain UNDERSTANDING of the KNOWLEDGE: The WISDOM derived from the understanding is being used effectively to achieve specified goals. How this is forged into a vanguard movement to match the dictates of the time is the challenge to the Leadership today. There are any number of examples of Black men and women who are tapping into the power made possible by the Golden Generation. All are using it for individual enhancement, or to advance within “the system.” While this is effectively using power it is not the Best Use of Power.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman Baltic', serif;color:#000000;">DR. KING CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman Baltic', serif;color:#000000;">So while it is correct to call Dr. King the leader of the Civil Rights Revolution, it is incorrect to say that we were all struggling to support his main thrust; that was to integrate with white people as the way to achieve freedom, justice and equality. While Dr. King did not practice Race Identity politics, many of us certainly did. The best known of these were Minister Malcolm X, Huey P. Newton, Carlos Cooks, Kwame Ture, H. Rap Brown, Imari A. Obadele, Robert Williams & etc.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman Baltic', serif;color:#000000;">All the above named, regardless to their methodology, shared the common goal of desiring Liberation for Black people. They also shared one other major reason they were successful in moving the mass of our people to support their programs.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman Baltic', serif;color:#000000;">They understood the time was ripe to reap some real power. It is too complex to detail any of the reasons why the opportunity was prevalent to build real power during the 1960’s. Nor will I use this space to detail any of the reasons and ways they Properly used the power they acquired. <b><i>What we do want to say in no uncertain way is that we are presently living in a similarly opportune time to amass and utilize power to serve the liberation necessities of Black people. We also assert that, contrary to much prevailing thought, it is not necessary to forsake time honored, staunch position, in Race Identity to properly use the power (as many appear to insinuate)</i></b></span></p><div style="border-bottom:1pt solid;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:1pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in;"><p style="border-bottom:medium none;text-align:justify;border-left:medium none;padding-bottom:0in;text-indent:.5in;margin:0in 0in 0pt;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;border-top:medium none;border-right:medium none;padding-top:0in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman Baltic', serif;color:#000000;">As near as I can tell, Ajamu, Ari and Sam Anderston are embarking on, at the least, ONE OF THE MEANS that the Leaders of the 1960’s employed: Whatever was their chosen method to serve the overall objective, enough of the leadership wisely found ways for a strategic working together (on some projects). They knew that United Power is the strongest power.</span></p></div><p style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman Baltic', serif;color:#000000;">H. Khalif Khalifah is the author of “A Brief History of N’COBRA and the Reparations Movement.”</span></p></div>