Showing posts with label people. Show all posts
Showing posts with label people. Show all posts
Monday, May 18, 2015
Sunday, May 17, 2015
Thursday, April 23, 2015
21 Things You Probably Didn't Know About D'Angelo
I love this shirt byGirl With Curves. I love it because it's a bold declaration of my pride in my body and my curves. But that's only a part of me. I'm proud that I'm 50 years young and still here to love and enjoy life. In fact, I should have a shirt that says "50...Curvy...and Fabulous" because that's exactly the way I feel. It's also the reason I decided to start blogging.
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Saturday, April 18, 2015
Black Panther Co-Founder Bobby Seale discusses Huey P. Newton, COINTELPRO & other Topics {Part 1}
The PBS series "Finding Your Roots" is all about uncovering the ancestry of the show's celebrity guests. But according to a hacked Sony email, one guest requested to have his family tree censored.
Ben Affleck was featured in a "Finding Your Roots" episode from last October, "Roots of Freedom," which discusses his Freedom Rider mother, a Revolutionary War ancestor and his thirdRead more...
Ben Affleck was featured in a "Finding Your Roots" episode from last October, "Roots of Freedom," which discusses his Freedom Rider mother, a Revolutionary War ancestor and his thirdRead more...
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Obama Normalizes Relations with Cuba
Obama Normalizes Relations with Cuba
As far back as 2009, members ofA the Congressional Black Caucus had recommended that President Obama normalize relations between Cuba and the US and push for a liftingA of the decades-old U.S. trade embargo on Cuba. The CBC sent delegations to Havana to dialogue with Havana in pursuit of normalizing relations between the two long-estranged countries.Read more...
As far back as 2009, members ofA the Congressional Black Caucus had recommended that President Obama normalize relations between Cuba and the US and push for a liftingA of the decades-old U.S. trade embargo on Cuba. The CBC sent delegations to Havana to dialogue with Havana in pursuit of normalizing relations between the two long-estranged countries.Read more...
Monday, April 13, 2015
Booker T Washington Web Dubois
What do you do if you think your girlfriend cheated on you with a bunch of rappers? Take her to court, obviously.
In an episode of "Divorce Court" from February, Nathan Sellers accused his girlfriend at the time, Lia Palmquist, of cheating on him with "the entire Wu-Tang Clan." In a clip from the episode recently posted to YouTube, Palmquist explains that she went backstage at a Wu-TangRead more...
In an episode of "Divorce Court" from February, Nathan Sellers accused his girlfriend at the time, Lia Palmquist, of cheating on him with "the entire Wu-Tang Clan." In a clip from the episode recently posted to YouTube, Palmquist explains that she went backstage at a Wu-TangRead more...
African American Politics and Race History in America
Michael Slager, the South Carolina police officercaught on video shooting an unarmed black man who was running away after a traffic stop, is reportedly heard in new audio laughing about his “pumping” adrenaline immediately after the incident.
Theaudio was obtained by The Guardian newspaper, which said it came from the dashcam of Slager’s police cruiser and was recorded in the hour after he
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The Stolen Girls of Nigeria
The Stolen Girls of Nigeria - http://www.blackpolitics.org
The New Yorker’s Alexis Okeowo reports on the social and political factors that have allowed this mass kidnapping to occur.A�A
The Stolen Girls of Nigeria
The circumstances of the kidnapping, and the militaryA�A�A�s deception, especially, have exposed a deeply troubling aspect of NigeriaA�A�A�s leadership: when it comes to BokoRead more...
The New Yorker’s Alexis Okeowo reports on the social and political factors that have allowed this mass kidnapping to occur.A�A
The Stolen Girls of Nigeria
The circumstances of the kidnapping, and the militaryA�A�A�s deception, especially, have exposed a deeply troubling aspect of NigeriaA�A�A�s leadership: when it comes to BokoRead more...
Saturday, April 11, 2015
Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin Meets the Press
The National Basketball Association said Saturday that it is calling for more details following the arrest earlier this week of Atlanta Hawks' Thabo Sefolosha, which ended with the playerenduring a broken ankle.
"We are working with the Hawks organization and local law enforcement to obtain more information about the circumstances surrounding Thabo's arrest," NBA spokesman Mike Bass said in aRead more...
"We are working with the Hawks organization and local law enforcement to obtain more information about the circumstances surrounding Thabo's arrest," NBA spokesman Mike Bass said in aRead more...
Monday, April 6, 2015
Obama Normalizes Relations with Cuba
Small business loans approved by big banks are at an all time high.
Small Businesses Getting Loans From Big Banks In Record NumbersRead more...
Small Businesses Getting Loans From Big Banks In Record NumbersRead more...
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Bridge to Black Power: Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. [W/ Kwame Ture]
UNION, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey's Kean University has cancelled hip-hop artist Common as commencement speaker after police voiced concerns over a song about a woman convicted of killing a police officer who fled to Cuba.
The school announced the Academy Award winner's selection on Monday, but said on its social media sites on Tuesday night that he would not be the speaker.
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The school announced the Academy Award winner's selection on Monday, but said on its social media sites on Tuesday night that he would not be the speaker.
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Elombe Brath - African Internationalist - Pan Africanist - Garveyite
Elombe Brath Pan Africanist Garveyite
African American activists know May 19th as the birthday of El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, or Malcolm X. As fate would have it, renowned African internationalist and Pan Africanist scholar, activist, and leader, Elombe Brath, joined the spiritual world of the ancestors on May 19th 2014.
I cannot think of a more gifted Pan Africanist leader than Elombe Brath,Read more...
African American activists know May 19th as the birthday of El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, or Malcolm X. As fate would have it, renowned African internationalist and Pan Africanist scholar, activist, and leader, Elombe Brath, joined the spiritual world of the ancestors on May 19th 2014.
I cannot think of a more gifted Pan Africanist leader than Elombe Brath,Read more...
Elombe Brath - African Internationalist - Pan Africanist - Garveyite
Elombe Brath Pan Africanist Garveyite
African American activists know May 19th as the birthday of El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, or Malcolm X. As fate would have it, renowned African internationalist and Pan Africanist scholar, activist, and leader, Elombe Brath, joined the spiritual world of the ancestors on May 19th 2014.
I cannot think of a more gifted Pan Africanist leader than Elombe Brath,
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Monday, March 30, 2015
Brown v. Board of Education - The Court Decision that Rocked America 60 years Ago
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Brown v. Board of Education
On May 17, 1954, the US Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education, a history altering decision, that, “in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place"
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas
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Brown v. Board of Education
On May 17, 1954, the US Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education, a history altering decision, that, “in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place"
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas
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Saturday, March 28, 2015
Queen Mother Audley Moore - Over 80 Years of Struggle - African American Reparations Leader/Garveyite
Queen Mother Moore - African American
Reparations Leader/Garveyite
At the time of her passing, at age 99 on May 2, 1997, Queen Mother Moore held the distinction of being the longest serving African American female activist in the movement for the liberation of African people in America. She was born as Audley, to Ella and St. Cry Moore, on July 27, 1898 in New Iberia, Louisiana. Her
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Queen Mother Audley Moore - Over 80 Years of Struggle - African American Reparations Leader/Garveyite
Queen Mother� Moore - African American
Reparations Leader/Garveyite
At the time of her passing, at age 99 on May 2, 1997, Queen Mother Moore held the distinction of being the longest serving African American female activist in the movement for the liberation of African people in America. She was born as Audley, to Ella and St. Cry Moore, on July 27, 1898 in New Iberia, Louisiana. HerRead more...
Reparations Leader/Garveyite
At the time of her passing, at age 99 on May 2, 1997, Queen Mother Moore held the distinction of being the longest serving African American female activist in the movement for the liberation of African people in America. She was born as Audley, to Ella and St. Cry Moore, on July 27, 1898 in New Iberia, Louisiana. HerRead more...
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