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*There are plenty of students that have problems to contend with at home that no one knows about. These brave soldiers still get up every morning and go to school to get some relief from their situation and try hard to focus. Drew Gooch is a high school senior that was living in his 1997 [...]
*On Tuesday (04-15-13), the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “Letter From Birmingham Jail,” his niece, Alveda King, director of African-American Outreach for Priests for Life, said her uncle’s letter applies just as profoundly today to abortion as it did in 1963 to segregation, says BCNN1.com. If Uncle M.L. were alive [...]
*The letters written by civil rights leader and world icon, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. are floating around in different places around the country. One note addressed to a white police officer turned up at a dealer in Philadelphia. Dated May 21, 1965, Sgt. James was thanked by the leader for serving his [...]
*An aspiring New York firefighter is resigning from the city’s fire department, where he was working as an EMT, because of his racially inflammatory tweets, reports The Root. The tweeter, by the way, just so happens to be the son of the city’s fire commissioner, Salvatore Cassano. Joe Cassano’s targets included Jews, blacks and “Obama [...]
*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE “I didn’t have anybody, really, no foundation in [...]
*The Rev. Raymond Foster said it was up to standing-room only crowd of more than 200 at St. John Baptist Church how they chose to show their praise Monday evening. “Let your word be heard tonight through whatever means necessary,” the Foster said in a prayer to the church full of worshipers. And the crowd [...]
*It was more than fitting that President Obama’s inauguration fell on the national day of celebration for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It was even more fitting that he took the oath of office on the bible that King used. More than any other resident of the White House, Obama understood that King is a [...]
*Just a few days after his birthday, the family of Dr. Martin Luther King is in a bit of a tangle. The estate recently filed a lawsuit against Baude Ballou, the civil rights leader’s former secretary, over documents that she currently possesses. Ballou became Dr. King’s right hand shortly after the arrest of Rosa Parks [...]
*Another historic moment is going to take place on January 21st, when President Barack Obama will be sworn in for the second time. But this one is special. Since the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday is being observed the same day as all the action, he’s to be sworn in using the late civil [...]
*We’re not even a month away from watching President Obama be sworn into the office of the Presidency for the second time and the date alone may attract more people to the capital than his last inauguration. The date he will be sworn in on will be a private ceremony on January 20, but the [...]
*44-years after his assassination, there’s a lot of interest in Martin Luther King Jr. by filmmakers. At one point last year “Memphis” was one of 5 MLK productions in the pipeline … all at varying stages of development. The bottom line is that only ONE of the five projects has the backing of the King [...]
*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE “We must develop and maintain the capacity to [...]
*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE “We must develop and maintain the capacity to [...]
*The history of the U.S. has racist residuals that haunt today’s society. Black face is one of those racist practices that dates back to the turn of the 20th century when whites would put black make-up on their face to debase and negatively stereotype the image of African Americans. But these facts may not be [...]
*As hundreds descended Friday, March 9, 2012 on the Alabama State capitol to culminate the re-enactment of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery, Alabama march, civil rights icon Doris Crenshaw reflects on the impact of the march and modern day activities such as Occupy Wall Street, Occupy the Hood and her own Southern Leadership Youth Insititute. Watch: [...]
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