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HAWK (J. D. Jackson)
BC Guest Commentator HAWK (J. D. Jackson) is a priest, poet, journalist, historian, and African-centered lecturer and a middle school teacher and part- time university history instructor. Contact HAWK and BC.
14 pieces
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The Hawk’s Nest: Dr. King’s Freedom-fighting and Philosophical African Ancestors
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Contrary to popular belief, the late but legendary slain Civil Rights Movement activist and leader the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., followed in the giant footsteps of a countless number of his African (Black) ancestors. Too many to include in this commentary, only a small number of them will be highlighted to emphasize the…
Contrary to popular belief, the late but legendary slain Civil Rights Movement activist and leader the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., followed in the giant…
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The Hawk’s Nest: The African World Family – Part 2
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In part I of this article, I sought to familiarize readers with general information about what I call the African World Family (AWF). In this article, however, the purpose is to provide steps that could possibly strengthen that family. It goes without saying that some of those ideas stem greatly from the thoughts, words, and…
In part I of this article, I sought to familiarize readers with general information about what I call the African World Family (AWF). In this article,…
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The Hawk’s Nest: The African World Family – Part 1
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(Previously published, in the historic but now-defunct Birmingham World, established in 1930 and Alabama’s oldest Black weekly, in its February 15-21, 1996 issue) Contrary to popular belief, African (Black) people are not a minority; they are majority on the world scene. Totaling over one billion people world-wide, they are arguably, to paraphrase the late world-renown…
(Previously published, in the historic but now-defunct Birmingham World, established in 1930 and Alabama’s oldest Black weekly, in its February 15-21, 1996 issue) Contrary to popular…
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Education: An Afrikan World View
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The great Afro-Puerto Rican historian and bibliophile, Arthur A. Schomburg, was absolutely right when he wrote, “History must restore what slavery took away, for it is the social damage of slavery that the present generation must repair and offset.” One thing that history can restore and that not even the savagery of slavery totally took…
The great Afro-Puerto Rican historian and bibliophile, Arthur A. Schomburg, was absolutely right when he wrote, “History must restore what slavery took away, for it is…
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