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Who's Burning The Black Churches?
[Commentary]The count of black churches in the South that have been torched is not the six that have been burned since the massacre of nine blacks at Charleston's Emmanuel AME Church, but 37. The...
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WE LIVE HERE
Walking the streets of humanity with the intentions of living for life, we find our reward on the other side of bondage. Living for freedom, we hear the words of your chains holding our mind to the...
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Amazing Grace: More Reflections Upon Barack Obama's Charleston Euology
Obama delivers. He left Clementa Pinckney’s funeral as a Black man who happened to be president.If Martin Luther King’s "I Have A Dream" speech is the 20th century equivalent of Abraham Lincoln’s...
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SELF-PROTECTIVE PRACTICE: 1 EXAMPLE
Let me start with a recent teaching moment.One night while in the 145th Street Pathmark i went to use the men’s room, which was a bit crowded by some young brothers hanging-out.On entering i “kinda...
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Why Brands Need A Cultural Prime Directive
DopeBy Philip L. McKenzie and Michael BrooksTwo cinematic experiences, one just released in theaters the other celebrating its 25th anniversary, have injected tremendous cultural insight and energy...
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Filing An Amicus Brief in the "High Court" Reparations Now!
Alton H. Maddox, Jr.n Adam Liptak "Supreme Court To Weigh Race In Admissions," N.Y. Times, June 30, 2015 at A1, the U.S. Supreme Court will take another look at affirmative action.It would be an...
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Million People's March, In New Jersey, Announced
Larry HammNew York State Assembly member Charles Barron, Councilmember Inez Barron and NYC community leaders endorse the million peoples march in Newark, New Jersey. A statement on racism in America...
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3-D Rapper: Nameless Vagrant's A Name You Should Know
Nameless VagrantConscious- and envelope-pushing rap raised to the top this year with albums such as “Forrest Hill Drive” and “To Pimp a butterfly”; New York City’s underground provides a place where...
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"Kid Chocolate-'Peter Quillin'-Returns"
“Kid Chocolate-‘Peter Quillin’-Returns”BoxingGlove NotesDistinio Lois, Jr.Eligio Sardina Montalvo the original “Cuban Bon-Bon”-now Kid Chocolate of the 1930’s, is not the one I was talking about, it is...
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Donald Trump's Double Down
I cannot make this stuff up. Billionaire real estate/entertainment magnate Donald Trump – the 2016 Republican president candidate who basically broke the internet with the incendiary remarks he made...
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UGANDA: “BEWARE OF MICROPHONES WITH POISONOUS GAS”- OPPOSITION WARNED.
[Africa: Elections 2016]By John Muto-Ono p’Lajur8th July 2015.The Acting President of Uganda’s main opposition political party, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Mr. Ronald Reagan Okumu, has...
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House Okays Axing Funds Connected To Confederate Flag
Rep. Jeffries Last night, the House of Representatives unanimously passed on a voice vote an amendment sponsored by U.S. Representative Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) that will prohibit the allocation of...
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Flesh And Blood: The Individual Stories Of The Nine Charleston Massacre Victims
To think they even have to "debate" whether this should be removed or not...The lives of six women and three men were cut short under a hail of bullets from the gun of a self-professed white...
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Minions & the 2016 GOP presidential candidates (more alike than you think)
The word minion is a noun – and is defined as “a subordinate”, or “petty official.” Some folks in these parts might consider me a minion to/for President Obama. I simply refer to those people as wrong....
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Major Activist Group Hails Special Prosecutor Power For Schneiderman
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman -- new powersIn response to Governor Cuomo signing an executive order to authorize the Office of the Attorney General as a special prosecutor, the Justice...
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Book Review: Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, authorBook Review: Americanah Published by Alfred A. KnopfHardcover 2013; paperback 2014My rating: 5 of 5 starsIfemelu and Obinze, two teenagers in Lagos, Nigeria, are smitten...
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Malawian Chief Annuls 330 Child Marriages
Senior Chief Inkosi Kachindamoto annulled 330 child marriages in an effort to discourage its prevalence within her constituency.Kachindamoto’s actions follow the government’s recent adoption of the...
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Top Uganda Presidential Aspirants Arrested By Gen. Museveni, U.S.-Backed...
Dr. Besigye shown in custody. Gen. David Sejusa, who has also broken from Gen. Museveni paid him a courtesy visit. Uganda's leading opposition figure Dr. Kizza Besigye and separately Uganda's former...
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U.S. Calls For Free And Fair Elections In Uganda, Following Arrests Of Top...
Secretary of State John Kerry Following the arrest by police today of leading Ugandan presidential candidates Dr. Kizza Besigye and former prime minister Amama Mbabazi, who are both looking to unseat...
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Bragg, Deputy Attorney General To Be Lead Special Prosecutor Following...
AG Schneiderman introduces the new Special Prosecution teamNew York State Executive Deputy Attorney General Alvin Bragg -- a seasoned prosecutor and former Assistant U.S. Attorney -- will lead a new...
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