Parable of Look South, My People

Posted by Marvin X on July 21, 2010 at 1:39pm

Parableof Look South, My People

ParableofLook South, My People

Yes, forget about theindigenous people trying to come to Gringo land, North America. We needto at least look and study political/economic events below our border.We are not suggesting a migration south, only a mental refocus to aidour own physical and metaphysical condition. In our provincial andproscribed state of mind, we are knee deep in the muck and mire ofBabylon, and yet as oppressed people we surely share more with ouroppressed

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I Commend The Congressional Black Caucus For Support Of USDA Employee Shirley Sherrod

Posted by Mark S. Allen on July 21, 2010 at 12:30pm

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Congressional Black Caucus
2444 Rayburn Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 226-9776 (T)
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CBC Statement on the
Resignation of Shirley Sherrod

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact : J. Jioni Palmer

(Washington, D.C.)- Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Barbara Lee and members of the CBC released the following statement today on the firing of USDA employee Shirley Sherrod:

“It is troubling that Shirley Sherrod was asked for her resignati

Review: South of the Border

Posted by Marvin X on July 21, 2010 at 12:20pm

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Review: South of the Border

Black Bird Press Review

From: Nefertitti Jackmon
Sent: Wed, July 21, 2010 8:30:02 AM
Subject: Oliver Stone's SOUTH OF THE BORDER

I had an opportunity to view South of the Border this past Monday. It discusses the socialist movement thatis sweeping Latin America. I was not surprisedby any of the information that I saw in the film, but I was further empowered.My father (Marvin X) has been sharing with me (and others) much of what wasshown in the fil

Thirdy Eye Video presents Marvin X and the Reader's Theatre

Posted by Marvin X on July 19, 2010 at 12:30am

Paradise, poet

Third Eye Video presents

poet-playwright-essayist-activist

Marvin X

reading and signing his latest books

Pull Yo Pants Up fada Black Prez
and
The Wisdom of Plato Negro

Friday, August 6, 7pm
6040 Telegraph Ave., Oakland
510-830-7901
Donation $10.00

Accompanied by Rashidah Sabreen, guitar, vocals, Elliott Bey, keyboards,Raynetta Rayzetta,choreographer/dancer, Paradise, poet/reader, Mechelle
LaChaux, singer/reader,
Valarie
Harvey, reader, Talibah, reader

The Wisdom of Plato Negro, Parables/fabl

Now Available from Black Bird Press

Posted by Marvin X on July 18, 2010 at 1:31pm

Now Available from Black Bird Press

The Wisdom of PlatoNegro, Parables/fables by Marvin X

Hustler's Guide to the Game Called Life, Volume II, the Wisdom of Plato Negro, Marvin X
$100.00 each
Also

Pull Yo Pants Up fada Black Prez, essays on Obama Drama by Marvin X

PullYo Pants Up fada Black Prez, essays on Obama Drama by Marvin X
$19.95
Black Bird Press
1222 Dwight Way,
Berkeley CA 947 02

LEADERSHIP MA’AT: MA’AT AND MODERN YOUTH LEADERSHIP

Posted by KWASI Akyeampong on July 17, 2010 at 11:00pm

CHAPTER V

LEADERSHIP MA’AT:

MA’AT AND MODERN YOUTH LEADERSHIP

by David L. Horne, Ph.D

INTRODUCTION TO THE CHAPTER

There exists a prevailing crisis of African American leadership at all levels. That is a predicament both dangerous and adverse to the continued progress of the various dimensions of theAfrican American community. The crisis is both of content and conduct and it (along with other social factors) may be preventing the youth from learning what they must know and how they must

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Prayer Vigil Tonight Friday July 16th at 8:30 PM at Site of Recent Execution-Style Killing !!

Posted by Mark S. Allen on July 16, 2010 at 10:39am

PRAYER VIGIL TONIGHT -- FRIDAY, JULY 16th 8:30PM SITE OF VICIOUS EXECUTION-STYLE MURDER 8300 SOUTH HERMITAGE 8:30PM - 9:30PM

Community Activist Mark S. Allen 773-392-0165

CTA Mechanic Fatally Shot Near His South Side Home

Family Of Jerome Cole Muhammad Insist Killer Confused Victim With Someone Else

Mike Puccinelli

CHICAGO (CBS) ―

: 1 of 1; Jerome Cole Muhammad
CBS

An execution: That's what police are calling the murder of a 33-year-old CTA mechanic. Jerome Cole Muhammad was walking just a block from his ho

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"TruthFighter" Warren Ballentine's Site Visit To Chicago's Reggio's Pizza Plant - Legendary Black Owned Business Manufacturing Plant

Posted by Mark S. Allen on July 15, 2010 at 4:00pm

Mark S. Allen, Board Member of The Black Wall Street-Chicago Economic Empowerment Project salutes "The Truth Fighter" Attorney and National
Syndicated Radio & TV Personality Warren Ballentine
for his commitment to helping lift up, sustain and increase the
business and jobs of one of our legendary Black owned & operated
businesses, Reggio's Pizza!!

Ballentine recently returned home to Chicagoto visit Reggio's President & CEO John Clark on the site of the
Reggio's Southside Headquarters and Manufacturin

Hustler's Guide to the Game Called Life, (Volume II, the Wisdom of Plato Negro by Marvin X)

Posted by Marvin X on July 15, 2010 at 2:38pm

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Hustler'sGuide to the Game Called LIfe

Coming Soon from Black Bird Press

Hustler’s Guide to the Game

Called Life

Volume II, the Wisdom of Plato Negro

Marvin X

Contents

Parable of Value

Parable of Plato Negro’s Republic of North American Africans

Plato Negro’s Republic and Morality

Plato Negro’s Republic, Newark: A Case Study

Parable of Leave Me ‘Lone

Parable of a Nigguh

Parable of Slow Dance on the Killing Floor

Parable of the Demons

Parable of Solutions

Parable of Da Corner

Parable of Lor

Chicago-Midwest

Urgent Meeting at 12 Noon Thursday July 15th WILL TRANFORMER FILMING DESTROY HISTORIC ROSENWALD BUILDING SCHEDULED FOR REHAB ???

Posted by Mark S. Allen on July 15, 2010 at 10:51am

From Mark S. Allen, Board Member of The Black Wall Street-Chicago Economic Empowerment Project, Founder of The Black Leadership Development Institute, BLDI

THURSDAY, JULY 15th, 2010

312-624-8351 or cell 773-392-0165

WILL TRANFORMER FILMING DESTROY HISTORIC ROSENWALD BUILDING SCHEDULED FOR REHAB ???

Transformer 3 movie production comes to Bronzeville 47th Street

Attention: Bronzeville and Chicago Land Area

Meet us on the block (47th and Michigan Avenue) Northwest corner news stand 12 Noon - 1PM - Thurs

Chicago-Midwest

WHITE AMERICA CALL ON SUPERMAN TO SAVE THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM - FORGET ABOUT IT!

Posted by Enoch Mubarak on July 14, 2010 at 10:56pm

OVER AT: http://edu2010.ning.com/ white America are taking pledges to watch a film due out this fall called: “ WAITING ON SUPERMAN TO COME” The film is about the current condition of the public school system and where white America fits in.

I haven’t seen the screening film but I did watch the post film screening discussions.

If the post film screening discussion in any way mirrors the true reflection of the film and if a hint is sufficient for the wise then FORGET ABOUT IT! White America knows f

You Got Next! (Real Talk For The Hip Hop Generation) The New Book by Kamal Imani

Posted by Kamal Imani on July 14, 2010 at 9:10pm

For teenagers and young adults coming up in today’s hip hop generation, You Got Next is a must read! It deals with the teen related subjects of drugs, sex, peer pressure, goals and dreams, faith, surviving the streets and more! When it comes to surviving the potholes and obstacles of the streets and growing up as an African American teenager, Kamal Imani knows what’s up and brings it to you with real talk!This is the perfect book to get the conversation started or to get you reflecting on your o

Parable of the Poet

Posted by Marvin X on July 14, 2010 at 7:44pm

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Parableof the Poet

Parable ofthe Poet

It is not about money, fame or fortune.Not about ego, greed and domination. It is not about the teacher but thestudents who are taught the higher things of life, above the thingsbelow. It is not about attacking the politician, the man of religion oreducation, for there is a duty that comes to the poet--beyond nurseryrhymes and beats, pussy and dick jingles and a turn of phrase, a cutemetaphor or simile.

It is beyond all this in the realm o

Chicago-Midwest

Why Governor Quinn Singles Out Walls Candidacy - Latest In Attacks On Black Men and Boys !!

Posted by Mark S. Allen on July 14, 2010 at 8:28am

Why Governor Quinn Singles Out Walls Candidacy - Latest In Attacks On Black Men and Boys !!

Marksallen

One of the first community organizers to work with Barack Obama in Chicago for over 20 years. Now Associate Editor of The South Street Journal Newspaper and 37 year activist/journalist, recently selected as 2010 Who's Who In Black Chicago. (312) 624-8351 or cell (773) 392-0165

Follow on:

Now that Independent gubernatorial candidate Scott Lee Cohen's challenge has been withdrawn and Cohen will offic

Chicago-Midwest

Activists Remember Unsolved 9 year old Mya Lyons' Southside Murder Two Years Ago Today July 14th,

Posted by Mark S. Allen on July 14, 2010 at 4:41am

Activists Remember Unsolved 9 year old Mya Lyons' Southside Murder Two Years Ago Today July 14th,

Marksallen

One of the first community organizers to work with Barack Obama in Chicago for over 20 years. Now Associate Editor of The South Street Journal Newspaper and 37 year activist/journalist, recently selected as 2010 Who's Who In Black Chicago.

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COMMUNITY ACTIVIST REMEMBERS TWO YEARS AGO ON THIS DAY (JULY 14TH) LITTLE MYA LYONS BRUTAL MURDER ON

Chicago-Midwest

Old School 70's Party Fundraiser, Saturday July 24th at Historic Regal Theater

Posted by Mark S. Allen on July 13, 2010 at 8:47pm

OLD SCHOOL 70'S PARTY AND FUNDRAISER

SATURDAY, JULY 24th !!

Regal Theater 1645 East 79th Street

New School come out and see how Old School Did it in the 70s

Watch Old Movies - Foxy Brown, Shaft, Blackular, etc.
Do the bump, rubber band, spank, soul train line...

$20 in advance $25 at the door -- DJ HOT

Tickets at SSJ/BWS - 449 E 35th Street (Lobby Level)

TOG - 14524 S Halsted - Harvey
So East Chamber of Commerce - 8334 S Stony
Team 15 U - 2440 East 63rd Street

70's style best dress contest
70s dress option

Chicago-Midwest

Chicago's Roseland Community Hospital's Open House Wednesday, July 14th

Posted by Mark S. Allen on July 13, 2010 at 12:44pm

sthurman@roselandhospital.org

773-995-3000

Sharon Thurman, Director of External Affairs

Roseland Community Hospital

PRESS RELEASE

Chicago, IL (July 8, 2010) –

ROSELAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL: THE TRANSFORMATION

An open house and tours of the facilities will be held Wednesday, July 14, 2010 from 11am-12pm beginning in the Multi-Purpose Conference Room at 45 W. 111^th Street, Chicago, Il 60628.

Chicago Southside Community Hospital Perseveres Through Economic Turmoil to Restore Image and Continue Excellence in

Europe

Nigeria: Past, Present, Future - The way forward*

Posted by Akintokunbo Adejumo on July 13, 2010 at 9:20am

* Invited Guest Speech at theJoshua Generation Summit organised by the Town Hall Meetings Project (THMP) andTimeless Magazine held on Saturday 26^th June 2010, Lagos, Nigeria.

† Global Coordinator, ChampionsFor NigeriaInternational

‡‡ I owe a very large part of this section to Dr Femi Ajayi’s paper titled “Nigerian Politics-Past, Present, andFuture” Presented at the 46^th Independence Anniversary of Nigeriaorganised by Nigerian Association of Southern California, Colton, Californiaand published in N

Chicago-Midwest

Rev. Al Sharpton Keynote Speaker For Tribute To Rev. Al Sampson Sunday, July 18th

Posted by Mark S. Allen on July 12, 2010 at 11:19pm

The Rev. Al Sampson of Fernwood United Methodist Church is a man of many words. The Rev. always have a lot to say and he have accomplished a lot a long the way.

Rev. Dr. Albert Sampson is an internationally known and respected icon and leader renowned as one of the most insightful and inspirational motivators in the field today. WGN -TV describes him as a spiritual leader whose message of leadership and self development has inspired millions in the United States and in 72 countries around the wor

Parable of Walter Riley, Civil Rights Attorney, Beaten and Jailed During Oakland Riot

Posted by Marvin X on July 12, 2010 at 9:14pm

Monday, July 12, 2010

Parableof Walter Riley

Parable ofWalter Riley

PlatoNegro's friend and supporter, Attorney Walker Riley, was beaten andarrested by OPD pigs as he attempted to enter his office on Broadway asrioters and looters ransacked the Footlocker next door.

Thelegendary civil rights attorney and humanitarian works closely withactor Danny Glover on radical social projects. Walter, wife anddaughter, were in Haiti on the day of the earthquake. The Bay Area wasconcerned for their lives until we

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Prayer Vigil Tonight Friday July 16th at 8:30 PM at Site of Recent Execution-Style Killing !!

PRAYER VIGIL TONIGHT -- FRIDAY, JULY 16th 8:30PM SITE OF VICIOUS EXECUTION-STYLE MURDER 8300 SOUTH HERMITAGE 8:30PM - 9:30PM

CTA Mechanic Fatally Shot Near His South Side Home

Family Of Jerome Cole Muhammad Insist Killer Confused Victim With Someone Else

"TruthFighter" Warren Ballentine's Site Visit To Chicago's Reggio's Pizza Plant - Legendary Black Owned Business Manufacturing Plant

Hustler's Guide to the Game Called Life, (Volume II, the Wisdom of Plato Negro by Marvin X)

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Hustler'sGuide to the Game Called LIfe

Urgent Meeting at 12 Noon Thursday July 15th WILL TRANFORMER FILMING DESTROY HISTORIC ROSENWALD BUILDING SCHEDULED FOR REHAB ???

WHITE AMERICA CALL ON SUPERMAN TO SAVE THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM - FORGET ABOUT IT!

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Parable of the Poet

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Parableof the Poet

Why Governor Quinn Singles Out Walls Candidacy - Latest In Attacks On Black Men and Boys !!

Why Governor Quinn Singles Out Walls Candidacy - Latest In Attacks On Black Men and Boys !!

Activists Remember Unsolved 9 year old Mya Lyons' Southside Murder Two Years Ago Today July 14th,

Activists Remember Unsolved 9 year old Mya Lyons' Southside Murder Two Years Ago Today July 14th,

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Chicago's Roseland Community Hospital's Open House Wednesday, July 14th

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Parable of Walter Riley, Civil Rights Attorney, Beaten and Jailed During Oakland Riot

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CTA Mechanic Fatally Shot Near His South Side Home

Family Of Jerome Cole Muhammad Insist Killer Confused Victim With Someone Else

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