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Issue: 91

May 20, 2004

Cover Story

Wal-Mart Threat Fuels New Urban Politics

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

“We need the vision to see in this generation’s ordeals the opportunity to transfigure both ourselves and American society. Our present suffering and our nonviolent struggle to be free may well offer to Western civilization the kind of spiritual dynamic so desperately needed for our survival.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “Strength to Love,”…

“We need the vision to see in this generation’s ordeals the opportunity to transfigure both ourselves and American society. Our present suffering and our nonviolent struggle…

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Commentary

God’s Judgment of White America by Malcolm X

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Born: Malcolm Little, May 19, 1925, Omaha, Nebraska Died: El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, February 21, 1965, Audubon Ballroom, Harlem, New York City God’s Judgment of White America (The Chickens Come Home to Roost) New York City, December 4, 1963 Edited by Benjamin Karim When this speech was delivered, Malcolm X was at the height of his…

Born: Malcolm Little, May 19, 1925, Omaha, Nebraska Died: El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, February 21, 1965, Audubon Ballroom, Harlem, New York City God’s Judgment of White America…

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Commentary

Analysis: Black Power Tools on the Internet

By Bruce Dixon Editor

We’ve all heard that the coming presidential and congressional elections are the most significant in decades, perhaps the most crucial of our lifetimes. While this is important news, it’s not especially good news for African Americans. The number of parties and candidates that will be available to choose from in November is seriously limited and…

We’ve all heard that the coming presidential and congressional elections are the most significant in decades, perhaps the most crucial of our lifetimes. While this is…

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Commentary

Freedom Rider: Emmett Till and Abu Ghraib

By Margaret Kimberley Guest Commentator

Once again credit has to be given where it is due. The Bush administration propaganda machine is flexing its cut, bulging, muscles. Just when it appears that the Bush team is down for the count they change the subject, distract an already complacent media and a hypnotized public, get off the mat and then return…

Once again credit has to be given where it is due. The Bush administration propaganda machine is flexing its cut, bulging, muscles. Just when it appears…

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Commentary

The Broken Promise of Brown

By Julian Bond Editorial Board

Prof. Bond delivered the following speech on May 15 in Topeka, Kansas, at the NAACP’s Brown commemoration. Fifty years ago this past April, Martin Luther King, Jr. preached his first sermon as the new pastor of Montgomery’s Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. He was twenty-five years old. One month later, on May 17th, 1954, the United…

Prof. Bond delivered the following speech on May 15 in Topeka, Kansas, at the NAACP’s Brown commemoration. Fifty years ago this past April, Martin Luther King,…

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Commentary

South African 10th – A Decade of Democracy

By Andre Banks and Devanne Brookins

It took U.S. activists decades of campaigning against the apartheid regime in South Africa to arrive at strategies that, when combined with a commitment to transnational relationships, changed more than individual attitudes. The anti-apartheid movement changed the balance of power in the U.S., the future of South Africa, and lives on both sides of the…

It took U.S. activists decades of campaigning against the apartheid regime in South Africa to arrive at strategies that, when combined with a commitment to transnational…

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