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Issue: 364

February 25, 2010

Cover Story

Finally Black Farmers May Get A Little Justice

By John Funiciello Columnist

Black farmers of America may finally be compensated for the loss of their farms and their land all across the southern states, with the recent announcement of a $1.25 billion bias settlement between representatives of the farmers and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The discrimination occurred over decades and involved county agriculture committees that were…

Black farmers of America may finally be compensated for the loss of their farms and their land all across the southern states, with the recent announcement…

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Commentary

Black History Month – The Equality of All Men Before the Law – A Speech

By Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass delivered the following speech on the subject: “The Equality of all men before the law” at the Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in Boston, April, 1865. The speech was given within days of the close of the Civil War and the assassination of President Lincoln. I came here, as I come…

Frederick Douglass delivered the following speech on the subject: "The Equality of all men before the law" at the Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society…

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Color of Law

Tiger Didn’t Apologize for Profiting Over Dubai Slave Labor – The

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

When golf giant Tiger Woods made his public apology recently, he said he let a lot of people down. Personally, I cared very little about his personal dalliances and extracurricular activities. With an economic and political crisis afoot in this crumbling empire, it seems that this salacious celebrity gossip is nothing more than that—a media-created…

When golf giant Tiger Woods made his public apology recently, he said he let a lot of people down. Personally, I cared very little about his…

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Commentary

Kill Resistance: Kick-a-Nigger Era in the U.S.A

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

“For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback,” said Michelle Obama in March 2008. See. See. She’s a militant! She remembers! In the same month, journalist Evan Thomas, in “Alienated in the U.S.A.,” published for Newsweek, referred to…

“For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback,” said…

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Commentary

The 1958 Wichita Sit-in – African American Leadership

By Dr. Ron Walters Editorial Board

My friend George Curry reminded me of something in his article on “Being True to Black Historymakers” when he said that in this year when we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Greensboro Sit-in that we must remember “they were not alone.”— It is true that these students were not alone, because in August of…

My friend George Curry reminded me of something in his article on “Being True to Black Historymakers” when he said that in this year when we…

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Commentary

The Irony of Joe Stack – The Gambit

By Nathaniel Turner Editorial Board

Maybe you thought Republicans were “strong on defense.” Perhaps you had the impression that Dick Cheney-admirers consider terrorists to be unmitigated, unredeemable, unappeasable evil in the flesh. Then came Joe Stack – the anti-tax, anti-government software engineer who plane-bombed an IRS building in Texas last week killing two workers. The kind of guy Republican Congressman…

Maybe you thought Republicans were “strong on defense.” Perhaps you had the impression that Dick Cheney-admirers consider terrorists to be unmitigated, unredeemable, unappeasable evil in the…

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Commentary

Has Black America Been Politically Lobotomized?

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

Why has much of Black America come to love those who, in reality, hate them and hate those who actually love them and/or who are, or at least should be, economic and political allies? Has the collective conscience and consciousness of Black America been politically lobotomized in the 21st century, and what can be done…

Why has much of Black America come to love those who, in reality, hate them and hate those who actually love them and/or who are, or…

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The African World

Owing Gratitude to Curt Flood

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

Either at the beginning of spring training or the beginning of the formal baseball season, the form of spring fever I experience is the need to write about Curt Flood. Curt Flood, the outstanding player for the St. Louis Cardinals, took the bold step of challenging the so-called “reserve clause” in baseball that kept players…

Either at the beginning of spring training or the beginning of the formal baseball season, the form of spring fever I experience is the need to…

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