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October 27, 2005

Cover Story

The Battle for New Orleans

By Glen Ford and Peter Gamble Publishers

New Orleans represents a challenge to African Americans, unprecedented since the epic struggles of the Fifties and Sixties. The perverse reality, to which African Americans must rise, is that the man-made disaster in the Gulf provides what may be the last chance to build a real Movement, encompassing the broadest sectors of Black America. Cruel…

New Orleans represents a challenge to African Americans, unprecedented since the epic struggles of the Fifties and Sixties. The perverse reality, to which African Americans must…

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Commentary

Freedom Rider: Toledo, New Orleans and the Failure of Black Leadership

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

October 15, 2005 is a day that should live in infamy. On that date a group of white supremacists from the National Socialist Movement (NSM) were given permission to march in a racially mixed but mostly black neighborhood in Toledo, Ohio. Typically hate groups are allowed to march only near courthouses and city halls. Their…

October 15, 2005 is a day that should live in infamy. On that date a group of white supremacists from the National Socialist Movement (NSM) were…

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Commentary

A Moment of Silence for Rosa Parks: A Poem

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

A moment of Silence For she sat down so that we could stand up She endured the indignation of a prison cell So that we could cross over into a different space She pointed the way of struggle through self-sacrifice So that we could weather the storm of the ongoing fight. She taught us that…

A moment of Silence For she sat down so that we could stand up She endured the indignation of a prison cell So that we could…

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Commentary

Think Piece: Seeing Ourselves Through Our Own Black Eyes

By Darice Jones

Africans have been held underwater again by the big hand of US hypocrisy that has no love in reserve for us and never has – but that has love unlimited for those considered family. But we Africans do not drown under water, we transform into sea creatures – we breathe anyway – and we swim…

Africans have been held underwater again by the big hand of US hypocrisy that has no love in reserve for us and never has - but…

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Commentary

Player Hating: Setting Rigid Controls for ‘Nothing But Africans’

By Terry Lynn Howcott

As most know by now, NBA Commissioner David Stern has issued an executive order that predominantly Black players will dress in a “business casual” manner when traveling. This new “dress code” dictates players can no longer leave or arrive at games wearing headphones, sunglasses while indoors, T-shirts, shorts, sleeveless shirts, chains, medallions or pendants. They…

As most know by now, NBA Commissioner David Stern has issued an executive order that predominantly Black players will dress in a "business casual" manner when…

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Commentary

The Great Reward

By Brooks Berndt

Once upon a time, there lived a mighty slave master on the mightiest plantation in the world. When asked the secret of his might, he responded with one word: God. The slave master was a religious man, a pious one in fact. Every morning he rode his horse out to the fields and had his…

Once upon a time, there lived a mighty slave master on the mightiest plantation in the world. When asked the secret of his might, he responded…

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Commentary

Canada’s Crimes Against Haiti

By Norman (Otis) Richmond Guest Commentator

Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin is attempting to position himself as a champion of the downtrodden. Martin talks the talk but doesn’t walk the walk. He put on quite a show at the United Nations 2005 World Summit. “Canada cannot conceive of a world succeeding without the United Nations,” said Martin. “But, make no mistake,…

Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin is attempting to position himself as a champion of the downtrodden. Martin talks the talk but doesn’t walk the walk. He…

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