Discussing the Diaspora as seen through an internal Black lens
January 6th, 2011
From BlackPerspctive.net:
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We have covered the Scott Sisters story and advocated for justice for the sisters ardently here for the pass 2 years. (check this link for the back story.)
It seems that all the work of people on the ground, and of the black blogosphere in propelling this story into the mainstream, like we did before [...]
Tags: NAACP, Scott Sisters
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September 23rd, 2010
“I don’t want to wake up four years from now and discover that we still have more young black men in prison than in college.”
-Barack Obama, rally in Harlem, Nov. 29, 2007
This mis-truth has been repeated time and time again for years now, especially by the likes of the NAACP; Jesse Jackson, who can’t [...]
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September 2nd, 2010
With Tea Party participants and candidates pushing rhetoric such as nullification of federal law under states rights, an issue that was decided during the civil war and reienforced when Southern states tried to deny black children access to school against court orders after Brown v. Board of Education; or Neveda Senate hopeful Sharon Angle proposing [...]
Tags: Tea Party
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