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Issue: 66

November 27, 2003

Commentary

Cover Story: The End of American Thanksgivings

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

The English arrived with criminal intent – and brought wives and children to form new societies predicated on successful plunder. To justify the murderous enterprise, Indians who had initially cooperated with the squatters were transmogrified into “savages” deserving displacement and death. The relentlessly refreshed lie of Indian savagery became a truth in the minds of…

The English arrived with criminal intent - and brought wives and children to form new societies predicated on successful plunder. To justify the murderous enterprise, Indians…

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Commentary

Freedom Rider:”No Michael, No Peace!”- Issue 65

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

There are certain little lies that everyone tells. We don’t intend to be malevolent, but we know what sounds like the right thing to say and we comply. It sounds right to say that we won’t watch the accident by the side of the road. We fuss and fume about rubber necking motorists but the…

There are certain little lies that everyone tells. We don’t intend to be malevolent, but we know what sounds like the right thing to say and…

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Guest Commentary

The Land Question in America

By Mark P. Fancher Guest Commentator

In 1864, Colonel John Chivington surveyed his troops with pride as they galloped into a Colorado town. The locals cheered these “brave” cavalry men who were returning from their recent massacre of the “savages” at Sand Creek. The mounted soldiers waved more than a few newly harvested scalps of elderly Indian men. But more than…

In 1864, Colonel John Chivington surveyed his troops with pride as they galloped into a Colorado town. The locals cheered these "brave" cavalry men who were…

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Commentary

The Trail of Tears Continues for Black Indians

By Saeed Shabazz

The following article originally appeared in Finalcall.com ENID, Oklahoma – “History speaks of the ‘Trail of Tears’ in the past tense, and perhaps for the Indian nations it is, but for Black Indians 173 years later, we find ourselves still traveling this journey,” Eleanor “Gypsy” Wyatt, chairman of the Freedman Descendents of the Five Civilized…

The following article originally appeared in Finalcall.com ENID, Oklahoma – "History speaks of the ‘Trail of Tears’ in the past tense, and perhaps for the Indian…

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