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Issue: 231

May 24, 2007

Cover Story

Anti-Immigrant in Black Face?

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

The current issue is always free to all readers The picture in the ad immediately caught my attention. The photo was of a very dignified older African American man looking into the camera, very determined and equally pensive. Underneath his photo was a caption giving his name—T. Willard Fair—and the fact that he was the…

The current issue is always free to all readers The picture in the ad immediately caught my attention. The photo was of a very dignified older…

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Commentary

Inclusion: The King Family’s Mixed Legacy

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

The LGBTQ community, as well as the African-American community, lost another one of this nation’s fierce allies in the King family for queer civil rights – Yolanda King. Fondly known as Yoki, she was the oldest daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King. “If you are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, you do not have…

The LGBTQ community, as well as the African-American community, lost another one of this nation’s fierce allies in the King family for queer civil rights –…

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Commentary

A Jones for Justice: What If There’s a Time Bomb Ticking?

By Dr. John Calvin Jones, PhD, JD Columnist

The current issue is always free to all readers What if there’s a time bomb ticking? Tick, tick, tick… what if a time bomb were ticking? So did Brit Hume posed the question while speaking with a panel of would-be Emperor-Presidents. But like so many public spectacles and mediated diversions, inquiries and discussions about the…

The current issue is always free to all readers What if there’s a time bomb ticking? Tick, tick, tick… what if a time bomb were ticking?…

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