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Issue: 230

May 17, 2007

Cover Story

Worrill’s World – The Legacy of Malcolm X

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD Columnist

It was on February 21, 1965 that Malcolm X was assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan, New York by forces that were trying to stop his impact on our movement. They were not successful. He will forever remain our “Shining Black Prince.” Malcolm X was a man who should be studied carefully in our…

It was on February 21, 1965 that Malcolm X was assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan, New York by forces that were trying to stop…

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Commentary

Malcolm X – God’s Judgment of White America

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Malcolm X Born: Malcolm Little, May 19, 1925, Omaha, Nebraska Died: El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, February 21, 1965, Audubon Ballroom, Harlem, New York City New York City, December 4, 1963 Edited by Benjamin Karim When this speech was delivered, Malcolm X was at the height of his influence as a minister and spokesman for the Nation…

Malcolm X Born: Malcolm Little, May 19, 1925, Omaha, Nebraska Died: El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, February 21, 1965, Audubon Ballroom, Harlem, New York City New York City,…

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Commentary

Left Margin: Cheney’s Agenda in Baghdad & Beyond

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

Something really momentous took place inside Iraq’s Green Zone last week and if you’re looking for a full report on it in the U.S. major media save yourself the trouble. As far as they are concerned, the fact that over half of Iraq’s parliament joined in a call for setting a withdrawal date of the…

Something really momentous took place inside Iraq’s Green Zone last week and if you’re looking for a full report on it in the U.S. major media…

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Commentary

Jackie Robinson and Bitterness

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

The recent commemorations of Jackie Robinson’s 1947 entrance into Major League Baseball have brought attention to what has and has not transpired on the ball field, as well as in the USA over the last 60 years. Much of this attention deservedly went to Jackie Robinson-the-man, and the courage that he exhibited in his protracted…

The recent commemorations of Jackie Robinson’s 1947 entrance into Major League Baseball have brought attention to what has and has not transpired on the ball field,…

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Art: Second Line

Art

Art: Second Line

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

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Commentary

A Jones for Justice: Unbalanced Justice and Wannabe Fascists

By Dr. John Calvin Jones, PhD, JD Columnist

Unbalanced? Check! If you review a standard American government textbook (employed at any level from elementary, middle, high school or with undergraduates), you will see various sections, if not entire chapters, explaining that there are three branches of government, that said branches are relatively autonomous, and that each branch can exercise control over the others.…

Unbalanced? Check! If you review a standard American government textbook (employed at any level from elementary, middle, high school or with undergraduates), you will see various…

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Commentary

The Hawk’s Nest: Stay Strong, Sisters

By HAWK (J. D. Jackson) Guest Commentator

During Mother’s Day week, the world’s one billion plus African (Black) people realize that they have at least one thing in common. If nothing else, they all recognize the fact that the worse thing that anyone could ever do is to say or do something bad about or to their “Momma.” Nothing seems to spark…

During Mother’s Day week, the world’s one billion plus African (Black) people realize that they have at least one thing in common. If nothing else, they…

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Commentary

Color of Law: Where Have All the Brother Lawyers Gone?

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

Hey, where did the brothers go? It is no secret that Black men – the most vulnerable, the most at-risk segment of the population, and sadly, often the most marginalized, scapegoated, neglected and unwelcome of all Americans – are in crisis. That they are overrepresented in the nation’s jails and prisons is well documented. In…

Hey, where did the brothers go? It is no secret that Black men – the most vulnerable, the most at-risk segment of the population, and sadly,…

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Commentary

Represent Our Resistance: The Invisible Chains of Higher Education

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

The current issue is always free to all readers Make no mistake. The subject of this article is political. It is about an institution and its “industrial complex” – books of prose and poetry, history and discourse. In this institution, chains are invisible and screams, sometimes, are muffled – sometimes. The visibility of one dominant…

The current issue is always free to all readers Make no mistake. The subject of this article is political. It is about an institution and its…

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