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Issue: 266

February 28, 2008

The African World

Obama, Enthusiasm & Movement-building

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

First, and as I have noted in previous columns, we must all be clear as to what politics Senator Obama holds and what politics he does not hold. He is not the political reincarnation of The Rev. Jesse Jackson (and his ’84 and ’88 campaigns) and he is not the leader of the progressive movement.…

First, and as I have noted in previous columns, we must all be clear as to what politics Senator Obama holds and what politics he does…

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Commentary

Thinking Outside the Box: Economics and Party Building

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

It has been correctly observed that if a creature walks, quacks, acts, and looks like a duck, in all likelihood it probably is a duck. So it is with the Democrat and Republican parties who have repeatedly and insidiously conned Black, Brown, Red, Yellow, and White peoples for so very long in the United States.…

It has been correctly observed that if a creature walks, quacks, acts, and looks like a duck, in all likelihood it probably is a duck. So…

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Commentary

Readers Corner: The Obama Discussion/Debate – From Adoration to Revulsion

By BC Readers

Brother Pinkney-Once again, an inaccurate assessment of Senator Obama’s remarks regarding Ronald Reagan. Senator Obama never ‘heaped praise” on Ronald Reagan. He made the factual but painful point that Reagan was successful in pushing the conservative agenda in America while at the same time stating his disagreement with that agenda. Your assessment fails to account…

Brother Pinkney-Once again, an inaccurate assessment of Senator Obama’s remarks regarding Ronald Reagan. Senator Obama never ‘heaped praise” on Ronald Reagan. He made the factual but…

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Color of Law

J. Edgar Hoover, Enemy of the People

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

The current issue is always free to everyone The New York Times reported that according to a newly declassified document, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, in 1950, planned to suspend habeas corpus and permanently imprison 12,000 “disloyal” American citizens in military prisons. Under Hoover’s proposal, the mass arrests of “all individuals potentially dangerous to national…

The current issue is always free to everyone The New York Times reported that according to a newly declassified document, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, in…

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Commentary

Black History Month: Honoring a First in African American History – William Cooper Nell and The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution

By Dr. Marion Kilson, PhD Guest Commentator

In 1855, Nell achieved a milestone in American historiography with the publication of The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution, the first book-length scholarly history by an African American. As a second-generation black Boston activist and as a Garrisonian abolitionist, Nell made the case that civil equality was due to African Americans, because of their…

In 1855, Nell achieved a milestone in American historiography with the publication of The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution, the first book-length scholarly history by…

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Quote to Ponder

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Quote to Ponder

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

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Commentary

Black, Queer and in Nazi Germany?!

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Valaida Snow came from a family of musicians and was famous for playing the trumpet. Named “Little Louis” after Louis Armstrong (who called her the world’s second best jazz trumpet player, aside from himself, of course) Snow played concerts throughout the U.S., Europe and China. On a return trip to Denmark…

Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Valaida Snow came from a family of musicians and was famous for playing the trumpet. Named “Little Louis” after Louis Armstrong (who…

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Commentary

Imperialism Black: United States Today, United World Tomorrow

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

They are coming. We are coming to you! You try to prepare the children but how do you prepare for B-1 Bombers and F-16 Jets flying overhead or for foot soldiers pushing at your door? Imagine – there’s no escape. Neighbors are mesmerized by the animated, 3-D images of the attack to come. The talking…

They are coming. We are coming to you! You try to prepare the children but how do you prepare for B-1 Bombers and F-16 Jets flying…

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