Posted by BF Bankie on February 9, 2009 at 12:02pm
Luke Kuth Dak:FEB. 5/2009, SSN; The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King once said: “An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over it’s injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.”When it comes to the International Criminal Court, also known as [ICC], the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement [SPLM] finds itself in awkward position. The party of late Dr. Joh
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Posted by TheBlackList on January 29, 2009 at 10:32am
In reading some of my previous columns, I ran across this particular one from January, 2005. I was quite stunned at the provocative words I wrote more than 3 years ago about many of the issues relative to our community. Of all the columns I have written over the years, this is by far my favorite one. As you read this, please keep in mind that it was 2005, Bush was president, Bill Cosby was being attacked, and the radical left Blacks (Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and Julian Bond) were excoriating Read more…
Posted by TheBlackList on January 19, 2009 at 6:19pm
As African-Americans prepare celebrations for Dr. King’s Birthday and Black History Month, we are taken away from the ideals of what both occasions called for. Dr. King’s life did not revolve around celebrations. Dr. King’s life was mirrored by the Civil Rights Movement. He was beaten by the police on several occasions as he led boycotts, freedom rides, marches, protests and sit-ins against discrimination and injustice. Blacks should realize statistics show they are far from equality, so there i
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Jeffrey B. Perry newest book Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem
Radicalism, 1883-1918.
"Hubert Harrison was an immensely skilled writer, orator, educator, critic,
and political activist who, more than any other political leader of his era,
combined class consciousness and anti-white-supremacist race consciousness
into a coherent political radicalism. Harrison's ideas profoundly influenced
"New Negro" militants, including A. Philip Randolph and Marcus Garvey, and
his synthesis of class and r
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