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Fifty years ago this week marked the beginning of summer recess for my 4th grade class in southern New Jersey. A wonderful week, made all the more so with my first trip to Girl Scout Camp just a few days away. And yet, the long-awaited summer vacation and the prospect of going away from home…

Summer is A-Comin’ In By Nancy Littlefield BlackCommentator.com Managing Editor Summer is A-Comin’ In and that means many BC readers are leaving school for the summer, going on vacation, doing things a bit differently than they do the rest of the year. Whether it is that they are occupied with other things and aren’t visiting…

Helen Hampton shivered under two blankets. Her knit hat, gloves and whatever layers she wore did little to deter the wind and cold from embracing her as she waited in her wheelchair. She is petite, thin, and while her body may be frail, there was nothing frail about her determination to see Barack Obama take…

“Arise then, women of this day! Arise all women who have hearts, whether your baptism be of water or of tears! “Say firmly: We will not have questions decided by irrelevant agencies. Our husbands shall not come to us reeking of carnage for caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be taken from us to…

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What are you doing November 6, 2008? Today, you’re enjoying BlackCommentator, Issue #205, with early reaction and analysis of Election 2006. You’ve probably already read the cover story, and whether you agree or disagree with what you’ve read, you’re thinking about it. Later today or tomorrow, what you’ve read in BC will come up in…

Last year, my little town held an election for commissioner, and my candidate one by one vote. One vote. One person who stepped up and voted when they could have done a thousand other things. One vote, which also turned the political tide from Republican-controlled to Democrat-controlled. That an election could be won on one…