Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD

A young Black American man, 30-something at the time, told me something about himself and, most importantly, about the conditioning of Black Americans, although I didn’t realize it at the time. Both of us (along with a few others) had recently arrived in Ethiopia in 2002 as part of a teacher’s organization, and both of…

Under Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels” direction, “anti-Semitic slurs appeared in Nazi newspapers, on posters, the movies, radio, in speeches by Hitler and top Nazis, and in the classroom” (The History Place). The target of the Nazis “smear campaign,” the Jews of Germany, noted the difference. Following the “smear campaign,” the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 announced…

Capitalists have the power to make everyone else worry about them. – Vivek Chibber, Professor of Sociology, NYU Happy days are here again! It’s not just an old song. Happy days are here again for some Black Americans! The last time these happy days came around, Old Abe freed them. Dismiss what you hear about…

“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…

“Today, the moment has come to fulfill that promise so that Aristide can return to participate in reconstruction” (Long memory Productions). The leaders of Lavalas ask: “if Obama can do it, then why can’t Preval?” That is, why can’t Preval stand side by side with Aristide – in Haiti if the U.S. president is able…

-Langston Hughes, “Dream Variations” Peace Man’s State of the Union speech, his first, was hailed as another historical speech. It’s rhythmic; it repeats jobs, jobs, and jobs and notes that U.S. children deserve a better education. Jobs, jobs, jobs. Thousands will be put to work building solar panels. Others can work on creating high-speed rail…

“Tell No Lies and Claim No Easy Victories” Kids aren’t learning it, because we’re not spreading the history ourselves. In Africa, they had griots. So we have to be the modern-day storytellers. Safiya Bukhari died in 2003. She was just 53 years old. It saddens me to know this courageous woman no longer walks this…

“We have in Europe a false idea of the country in which we fight and the men whom we fight against”— – General Charles Leclerc, French Army, 1802. “The past is never dead—it’s not even past.” – William Faulkner From the ground, people hear the sound of helicopters above. Twenty Black Hawk helicopters circling the…

The freedom of the murderers is virtually guaranteed – so long as the murders have the might of the U.S. government behind them. This was the case with the Ku Klux Klan. The KKK was more than a “vigilant” group. As a preeminent organization, the KKK was not limited to southern states but consisted of…