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February 4, 2010

Cover Story

Do we still need to celebrate Black History Month?

By The Reverend Irene Monroe Editorial Board

February 1 began Black History Month, a national annual observance since 1926, honoring and celebrating the achievements of African-Americans. This February 1 the International Civil Rights Center and Museum (ICRCM) opened in Greensboro, North Carolina, honoring the courageous action of four African- American students. Their actions led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which…

February 1 began Black History Month, a national annual observance since 1926, honoring and celebrating the achievements of African-Americans. This February 1 the International Civil Rights…

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Commentary

Howard Zinn: How I Want to Be Remembered

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

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The African World

Natural and human disasters, or why we need a Haiti teach-in

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

The coverage of the aftermath of the two earthquakes to hit Haiti has been increasingly troubling, but not just for the obvious reasons. What is left of the Haitian government reports that 150,000 bodies have been buried, leading to the conclusion that the estimate of at least 200,000 dead is probably, and very unfortunately, accurate.…

The coverage of the aftermath of the two earthquakes to hit Haiti has been increasingly troubling, but not just for the obvious reasons. What is left…

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Commentary

The Good and the Not So Good State of the Union

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

First the good stuff. “Washington has been telling us to wait for decades, even as the problems have grown worse,” President Obama told the country. “Meanwhile, China is not waiting to revamp its economy. Germany is not waiting. India is not waiting. These nations – they’re not standing still. These nations aren’t playing for second…

First the good stuff. “Washington has been telling us to wait for decades, even as the problems have grown worse,” President Obama told the country. “Meanwhile,…

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Commentary

Safiya Bukhari: The War Before

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

“Tell No Lies and Claim No Easy Victories” Kids aren’t learning it, because we’re not spreading the history ourselves. In Africa, they had griots. So we have to be the modern-day storytellers. Safiya Bukhari died in 2003. She was just 53 years old. It saddens me to know this courageous woman no longer walks this…

“Tell No Lies and Claim No Easy Victories” Kids aren’t learning it, because we’re not spreading the history ourselves. In Africa, they had griots. So we…

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Color of Law

Haiti Reminds Us of the Poverty at Home – The

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

It is unfortunate that it took an earthquake to put the spotlight back on poverty in Haiti. To be sure, the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that leveled Port-au-Prince would have been devastating under any circumstances. But the people of Haiti had been suffering for years. The difference is that no one cared, because people often become…

It is unfortunate that it took an earthquake to put the spotlight back on poverty in Haiti. To be sure, the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that leveled…

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Commentary

State of the Black Union: A Freeze? – African American Leadership

By Dr. Ron Walters Editorial Board

In President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address he did, as expected, pivot sharply toward addressing the economy in a pointed, feisty, significant display of pushback to critics and the Republican establishment that his programs have not worked. But two things worry me about his strategy where the state of black America is concerned.…

In President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address he did, as expected, pivot sharply toward addressing the economy in a pointed, feisty, significant display of…

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Commentary

Plantation ‘America’ and Obama’s Ongoing Treachery

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

Those who trust in myth are always ultimately betrayed by the fruition of reality. U.S. president Barack Obama is the zenith of the insipid embodiment of the actualization of 21st century plantation politics. His actions belie his dazzling, yet insidiously treacherous, displays of rhetorical adroitness. Not only are we Black people in the U.S. and…

Those who trust in myth are always ultimately betrayed by the fruition of reality. U.S. president Barack Obama is the zenith of the insipid embodiment of…

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