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Blacks are Under Attack in Academia – In-Depth BlackCommentator.com Report
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Black academics face a 'a uniquely racialized form of anti-black public harassment' that is quite different from that of their non-black counterparts, and is intended to terrorize black progress.
October 05, 2017 - Issue 714 "Black academics face a 'a uniquely racialized form of anti-black public harassment' that is quite different from that of their…
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W.E.B. DuBois on Robert E. Lee
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Lee followed Virginia. He followed Virginia not because he particularly loved slavery (although he certainly did not hate it), but because he did not have the moral courage to stand against his family and his clan. Lee hesitated and hung his head in shame because he was asked to lead armies against human progress and Christian decency and did not dare refuse. He surrendered not to Grant, but to Negro Emancipation.
Each year on the 19th of January there is renewed effort to canonize Robert E. Lee, the greatest confederate general. His personal comeliness, his aristocratic birth…
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Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break Silence – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr – Riverside Church, New York City, 4 April 1967 (Full Text and Audio of Speech)
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When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.
I come to this magnificent house of worship tonight because my conscience leaves me no other choice. I join with you in this meeting because I…
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International Women’s Day
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International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity.
International Women’s Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to…
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BlackCommentator.com Women’s History Month – Shirley Chisholm Unbought & Unbossed (includes video)
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On January 25, 1972 Shirley Chisholm, Member of Congress from New York's Twelfth District announced her candidacy for President of the United States. She became the first woman and the first African-American to seek the nomination of the Democratic Party for the nation's highest office.
On January 25, 1972 Shirley Chisholm, Member of Congress from New York's Twelfth District announced her candidacy for President of the United States. She became the…
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April 3, 1968 – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – I’ve Been to the Mountaintop
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Men, for years now, have been talking about war and peace. But now, no longer can they just talk about it. It is no longer a choice between violence and nonviolence in this world; it's nonviolence or nonexistence.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered this speech in support of the striking sanitation workers at Mason Temple in Memphis, TN on April 3, 1968 —…
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Thanksgiving: The National Day of Mourning – Text of 1970 speech by Wampsutta – An Aquinnah Wampanoag Elder
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The Pilgrims had hardly explored the shores of Cape Cod for four days before they had robbed the graves of my ancestors and stolen their corn and beans.
When Frank James (1923 - February 20, 2001), known to the Wampanoag people as Wampsutta, was invited to speak by the Commonwealth of Massachusettsat the 1970…
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