January 2011
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“See, justice is a joke in this country, and it stinks of its hypocricy.”
– H. Rap Brown
Jan 31st
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Jan 31st
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“There’s a lot of Americans, black and white, who think that we’ve...”
– Spike Lee
Jan 30th
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“Media mystifications should not obfuscate a simple, perceivable fact; Black...”
– Angela Davis
Jan 30th
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Who Said It Was Simple
There are so many roots to the tree of anger that sometimes the branches shatter before they bear. Sitting in Nedicks the women rally before they march discussing the problematic girls they hire to make them free. An almost white counterman passes a waiting brother to serve them first and the ladies neither notice nor reject the slighter pleasures of their slavery. But I who am bound by my mirror...
Jan 29th
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Jan 29th
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Jan 28th
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“The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national...”
– Marcus Garvey
Jan 27th
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"...It is a call for black people in this country...
- Stokely Carmichael (On Black Power)
Jan 26th
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"They can lock up our bodies but they can't cage...
Jan 26th
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“I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor...”
– Zora Neale Hurston
Jan 26th
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Jan 25th
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Jan 25th
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Jan 24th
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create suspicion.
Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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“As far as I was concerned, the Panthers were ‘baaaaaad.’ The Party...”
– Assata Shakur
Jan 23rd
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Jan 22nd
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100 Free College Rides You Don’t Need Daddy to Pay... →
Hate the title but really worth checking out!
Jan 22nd
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“I really don’t think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about...”
– Nikki Giovanni
Jan 21st
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We Make Us Better
After a spate of recent muggings and robberies, a group of 20 Bed Stuy men started escorting people home as they got off the train and are walking through the neighborhood reaching out to young men. “We’re not the Guardian Angels, we’re not armed,” said Kareem Varlack, 35, a field technician for Verizon and a founding member of the group We Make Us Better. ...
Jan 21st
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10 Colleges and Universities with $0 Tuition →
Jan 21st
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“Stop comparing yourself to anything but you. You know how special you are? Never...”
– Dick Gregory
Jan 20th
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Jan 20th
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“When you use that word (nigga) that way, are you talking about you too? Or just...”
– Ossie Davis as Jeremiah AKA Pop to Wendell (Get On The Bus) 1996
Jan 19th
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Teaching Malcolm X in school?
Michael: …Its a book on the writings of Malcolm X. Willona: Don’t they teach you about Malcolm X in school? Michael: Are you kidding? The teachers in my school still call Muhammad Ali…Cassius Clay! Good Times: Too Old blues (1974)
Jan 19th
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“Civil Rights: What black folks are given in the U.S. on the installment plan, as...”
– Dick Gregory
Jan 17th
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Happy Birthday!
- Muhammad Ali (1942)
Jan 17th
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Happy Birthday!
- Muhammad Ali (1942)
Jan 17th
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Jan 17th
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Jan 17th
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“My son deserved just what he got…another nigger gone.”
– As told by Mamie, a message sent to Emmett’s mom Mamie Till after people heard she was going to attend Emmett’s trial.
Jan 17th
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The Untold Story Of Emmett Louis Till (2004)
Directed by Keith Beauchamp The Untold Story Of Emmett Louis Till is a Documentary on the never before seen story behind the brutal murder of Emmett Till in 1955. Catch it tonight (1/16/11) at 8:00pm- 9:30pm and 12:00am- 1:30am on TvOne. 
Jan 16th
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Soul Of The Game (1996)
Directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan Soul Of The Game is a (baseball) movie about the Negro leagues and breaking the major leagues color barrier. It’s starring Blair Underwood as Jackie Robinson, Delroy Lindo as Satchel Paige, and Mykelti Williamson as Josh Gibson. Catch it tonight (1/16/11) at 8:00pm- 10:00pm and 4:00am-6:00am on Centric.
Jan 16th
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Selma, Lord, Selma (1999)
Directed by Charles Burnett Selma, Lord, Selma is a Disney movie about Bloody Sunday ‘65 told through the perspective of young Sheyann Webb played by Jurnee Smollett. This movie is based on true events and Sheyann Webb is a real person. Catch it tonight (1/16/11) at 6:00pm-8:00pm and 2:00am- 4:00am on Centric.
Jan 16th
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Happy Birthday!
- Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929- April 4, 1968)
Jan 15th
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Happy Birthday!
- Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929- April 4, 1968)
Jan 15th
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Jan 14th
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Jan 14th
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Justice
That Justice is a blind goddess Is a thing to which we black are wise: Her bandage hides two festering sores That once perhaps were eyes. Langston Hughes
Jan 13th
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Justice
That Justice is a blind goddess Is a thing to which we black are wise: Her bandage hides two festering sores That once perhaps were eyes. Langston Hughes
Jan 13th
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Jan 13th
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Teaching Malcolm X in school?
Michael: …Its a book on the writings of Malcolm X. Willona: Don’t they teach you about Malcolm X in school? Michael: Are you kidding? The teachers in my school still call Muhammad Ali…Cassius Clay! Good Times: Too Old blues (1974)
Jan 12th
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Jan 12th
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Jan 12th
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Jan 12th
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"Never look down on anybody unless you're helping...
-Jesse Jackson
Jan 11th
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"Never look down on anybody unless you're helping...
-Jesse Jackson
Jan 11th
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...People think they diss my person by stating i'm...
And he states,            “Black Is Black”
Jan 10th
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...People think they diss my person by stating i'm...
And he states,            “Black Is Black”
Jan 10th