June 21, 2018
Commentary
Editorial Board
The more I studied the situation,” Ida B. writes, “the more I was convinced that the Southerner had never gotten over his resentment that the Negro was no longer his plaything, his servant, and his source of income.”
Here the victim was tortured for fifty minutes by red-hot iron brands thrust against his quivering body. Commencing, at the feet the brands were placed against…
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Commentary
Columnist
Teachers and other educators are both opposing and joining efforts to eviscerate their profession. Since 2000, more than seventy majority white communities have tried to secede from large diverse school districts, primarily in the South, and more than fifty have succeeded.
In response to Trump’s recent binge on issuing pardons, Kwame Kilpatrick, the disgraced former African American Mayor of Detroit, who is currently serving an extensive prison…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
Columnist
Yes, the hate is great, and it’s blind - we’re all sub-human. History illustrates just that. The deeds of white America, even before the inception of the country, going back to Pilgrims exemplifies that what we’re seeing today is merely . . . ”business as usual.”
Same thing, right? Two sides of the same 1863 Confederate coin? Either way what’s the difference here in Trump’s America, 2018? Dig it, even Republicans are…
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Commentary
Columnist
As we look out and observe the African World Community, we can see a common set of problems that all African people face, as a result of hundred of years of exploitation by Europeans and others against African people. This exploitation has developed into a worldwide system of white supremacy and white domination aimed at wiping out African culture. We must resist and refuse any efforts to wipe out our culture.
Our late, great ancestor, Dr. Asa G. Hilliard’s book, The Maroon Within Us, once again reminds us of a major problem that we, as African people…
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