For as long as I can remember, I have had an intense interest in my paternal grandfather. You know the drill, who he was, what was he about, how was he raised, etc. Fundamentally, the reason was that he had died in 1938, which was approximately twenty years before I was born, and when his oldest child (my father) was ten years old. Although I was consciously curious about his life by the time I was seventeen, and began to inquire into his biological roots and the origin of his surname, I met wit
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Congressman Rush says Rahm Emanuel TV Ads Insult Black Community During Black History Month
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Huffington, ABC Latest To Mislead Voters On Carol Moseley Braun's Campaign - They Did It to Harold, now on Carol
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Speech at Toyota Motor Sales –USA -Erlanger, Kentucky
-February 7, 2011
By Rodney D. Coates*
First of all I would like to thank Mr. James E. Lentz President & Chief Operating Officer Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. and Mr. Sylvester Ogletree and the African American Collaborative and the Awareness Committee for inviting to speak to you today as you kick off your black history celebrations. As I began preparing, I thought it might be prudent to see just who Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. was and in what w
Why Carol Moseley Braun Should Be The New Consensus Candidate From The Black Community -- If Saving Black Political Seniority and Making New Black Political History Are Factors
Last week on radio station WVON several Black political analysts and journalists and the three leading Black candidates were asked to discuss a scenario that would make one of them the stronger candidate by which the other two could unites around, yet no one actually produced a real scenario to consider, so I am putting f
Last week on radio station WVON several Black political analysts and journalists and the three leading Black candidates were asked to discuss a scenario that would make one of them the stronger candidate by which the other two could unites around, yet no one actually produced a real scenario to consider, so I am putting f
As a Social Studies teacher, this story hit home. For those who don't know, Texas recently approved some changes to its social studies curriculum. Changes include:
- Capitalism is now--Free enterprise system. (negative--Capitalist Pig)
- Thomas Jefferson is dropped because he coined the "separation of church and state" phrase.
- Efforts to include Hispanic/Latino heroes were defeated
- Students will now learn about the violent stance of the Black Panthers right along with the non-violent approach of MLK.
- NRA
This edition is the first of four; which will be posted each Sunday from now until March 01, 2009. the participation is open to all who blog. we have 15+ categories to accommodate almost every subject. Please Feel Free to Submit A Blog to be included in our Black History Month Blog Carnival.You never know how much you missed if you don't take a peek. some of our bloggers are the top of the top on the Internet. We are very happy with the turnout, and are looking forward to increasing it next week
What About Black History Month, Makes it Deserve a Blog Carnival -
Since we're celebrating the election and soon to be inauguration of Barack Obama as the nations 44th president. Do We All Remember the road that led him there ?
as our contribution to History - During the month of February 2009 BadGalsRadio will sponsor the 2009' Black History Month Blog Carnival.
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