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Issue: 465

Mar 29, 2012

Guest Commentary

Justice for Trayvon Martin – Indict America’s Justice System

By Joe Navarro Guest Commentator

At the forefront of the headlines has been the blatant and apparent case of racial profiling and murder of Trayvon Martin, an African American youth, because of his race.� Complicit in this crime are George Zimmerman, the Sanford, Florida Police and the so-called Stand Your Ground law.� Now the Florida and US Justice Departments have…

At the forefront of the headlines has been the blatant and apparent case of racial profiling and murder of Trayvon Martin, an African American youth, because…

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Commentary

The National Tragedy Of Violence And The Opportunists Who Exploit It

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

The violent and cold-blooded publicized murders of people of all ages and colors in this nation, including those of Amadou Diallo, Oscar Grant, and most recently Trayvon Martin are but the tip of the insane iceberg of violence nationwide. The violence that permeates this nation is akin to this government’s violence in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan,…

The violent and cold-blooded publicized murders of people of all ages and colors in this nation, including those of Amadou Diallo, Oscar Grant, and most recently…

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Commentary

Another Educational “Reform” Proposal Misses the Mark

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

On the same day a national task force warned that the country�s security and economic prosperity are at risk if America�s schools don�t improve, California State University system said it would shut out thousands of mid-year applicants for spring terms starting in January. According to the Oakland Tribune, only eight of the system�s 23 campuses…

On the same day a national task force warned that the country�s security and economic prosperity are at risk if America�s schools don�t improve, California State…

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Guest Commentary

I Am Trayvon Martin; Who Are You?

By Wilson Riles Columnist

As a 65 year old African American male, I identify with Trayvon Martin, the 17 year old youth that was killed in Sanford, Florida, on February 26. Despite the age difference, I visualize myself in his shoes, walking down the dark street near a gated community, talking to a girlfriend on the phone, and discovering…

As a 65 year old African American male, I identify with Trayvon Martin, the 17 year old youth that was killed in Sanford, Florida, on February…

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Commentary

Same Actors, Different Stage

By Perry Redd Columnist

I�d like to ignore this one, act like it never happened� but it did� a murder at the hands of the self-righteous. Facts, unfounded. Another young brother, dead. Case closed. But then again, we cannot allow the same production to speak to how this story ends� for Trayvon Martin�s sake, as well as America�s own.…

I�d like to ignore this one, act like it never happened� but it did� a murder at the hands of the self-righteous. Facts, unfounded. Another young…

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Commentary

An Accumulation of Contradictions

By Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD Editorial Board

The purchase of Obama from the auction block by the rulers of the U.S. Empire did not come about because the already enslaved Obama admired the trinkets and power of the system over and above freedom. The rulers had and still have plenty of such creatures among the advanced colored people who are just so…

The purchase of Obama from the auction block by the rulers of the U.S. Empire did not come about because the already enslaved Obama admired the…

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Sharp n’ Blunt

Open Season on Ni**ers

By Desi Cortez Columnist

No one, not even angry White folks, can tell me there�s no effort by Black folks to halt the murders of Black boys by Black men, nonetheless we face millions of Black boys who were born into a contrived, make-believe world where they�ve been painted n� tainted by the White majority as inherently inferior, as…

No one, not even angry White folks, can tell me there�s no effort by Black folks to halt the murders of Black boys by Black men,…

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Commentary

Women’s History Month – Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) Testimony Before the Credentials Committee, Democratic National Convention Atlantic City, New Jersey – August 22, 1964 (includes audio)

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

The MFDP served as a prototype for the model of Black Power advocated and popularized by Stokely Carmichael. At the Democratic National Convention in Chicago four years later the MFDP succeeded when Hamer became the first African American to take her rightful seat as an official Mississippi delegate at a national-party convention since the Reconstruction…

The MFDP served as a prototype for the model of Black Power advocated and popularized by Stokely Carmichael. At the Democratic National Convention in Chicago four…

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