Dover, DE – Governor Jack Markell today joined legislators, civil rights and civic leaders, educators, and community members to mark Black History Month and sign a resolution that apologizes for Delaware’s historic role in slavery, acknowledges its painful and lasting legacy, and commits to embracing a future free of racial bias, prejudice, and discrimination.

Markell signed House Joint Resolution 10, which was sponsored by Representative Stephanie T. Bolden (D-Wilmington East) and Senate Majori

Love Poems by Marvin X

Marvin X: America's Rumi, Plato, Hafiz, Saadi

 

  

Ishmael Reed calls him "Plato teaching on the streets of Oakland." Bob Holman says,  "He is the USA's Rumi!--the wisdom of Saadi, the ecstasy of Hafiz." Rudolph Lewis says, "A master teacher in many fields of thought. One of America's great story tellers. I'd put him ahead of Mark Twain!" James G. Spady writes, "When you listen to Tupac Shakur, E-40, Too Short, Master P or any other rappers out of the Bay Area of Cali, think

Beyonce and her Girl Gang

NB Commentary: I enter this discussion kicking and screaming and swearing to myself that I am not, and I mean, am not gonna fall prey to the hype. But today, I had to come forth with another blog post.  I was compelled by the comments under many of the pictures posted of her and her girl gang at the Super Bowl and how some folks were actually seeing it as a Powerful Movement, a statement about Black Power, a high five to Malcolm X, and the insane indicators of it being a

                                                From The Ramparts

                                                Junious Ricardo Stanton

                                       Reclaiming Our African Mind

            "When we talk about the so-called diagnosing of our people, it involves an analysis not only of the behavior of our people, but of the behavior of the society as a whole; and we must recognize this fact and face up to it as a people. Diagnosis then is not merely procedural or neutral.

Black Arts Movement Business District planner and BAM co-founder Marvin X and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf at the opening of NFL player Marshawn Lynch's Beast Mode store in the Old Oakland District--well, Marvin says Marshawn's store will be listed as part of the BAMBD.
photo Troy Williams

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My new book "Leave the Rat Race to the Rats" has just been released. This is my second book on the Goodwill Revolution.
About the book:
America boasts about its grand quality of life while the ghettos wallow in despair and neglect. The residents of these poor black ghettos must put up with conditions such as inferior education, slave wage jobs, high unemployment, no health insurance, high crime rate , unjust hostile policing, political impotency. My book, “Leave the Rat Race to the Rats”, is a

From The Ramparts | By Junious Ricardo Stanton | "LANSING  In January of 2015, when state officials were telling worried Flint residents their water was safe to drink, they also were arranging for coolers of purified water in Flint's State Office Building so employees wouldn't have to drink from the taps, according to state government e-mails released Thursday by the liberal group Progress Michigan. A Jan. 7, 2015, notice from the state Department of Technology, Management and Budget, which over

Nine – No Country For Old (Mixtape)

Bronx native,  Nine exploded onto the scene in 1994 with the underground smash “Six Million Ways to Die” feature on Funkmaster Flex’s & the Ghetto Celebs. A repeat hitter on the Billboard Charts Nine’s “Whutcha Want” single from debut album NINE Livez charted at #3 and stayed there for 17 weeks. Followed by the Cloud Nine album which is regarded as a hip hop classic.  Nine’s vocals have appeared on the Beastie Boys, Madonna and Portishead and paved the way for

Annapurna circuit trek, one of the well known trekking/climbing goal on the planet situated in Annapurna protection region at mid-western piece of Nepal. Annapurna circuit trekking is the trekkers/climbers heaven where enterprise voyager will appreciate with various wonderful Himalayan view, diverse kind of Animals, for example, musk dears, panthers, jackals, mountain Thar, winged creatures, for example, Pheasant, long tails fowls. Annapurna circuit trekking is an impeccable trekking goal for tr