A Black man has no rights which the White man is bound to respect.” — Sup. Ct. C.J. Roger Taney, Dred Scott Decision, 1857
On March 6, 1857, Chief Justice Roger Taney and the United States Supreme Court put into words what America had been putting ...
Posted Tuesday, July 23rd 2013 at 12:16AM
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Let me just say: Peace to you if you're willing to fight for it... I believe I'm going to die doing the things I was born to do, I believe I'm going to die high off the people, I believe I'm going to die a revolutionary in the, "International Revol ...
Posted Tuesday, July 23rd 2013 at 12:10AM
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A New Faculty of Interpretation
By: Mutabaruka
Is the bible the Word of God? Most reggae musicians - Rastafarian or otherwise - accept that it is. Like any other Jamaican, we were all taught to believe that there was no teaching of morality o ...
Posted Tuesday, July 23rd 2013 at 12:06AM
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Let it be known, we are demanding that United States Congress hold Congressional Hearings and that a Task Force, or Commission, be formed for reparations for the descendants of Africans who were enslaved in the United States of America for centuries. ...
Posted Monday, July 22nd 2013 at 11:33PM
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If there’s any race that shouldn’t feel guilty about slavery, it’s Caucasians, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh said on Monday, responding to the growing outrage over the George Zimmerman verdict. On Saturday, 100 cities held rallies organiz ...
Posted Monday, July 22nd 2013 at 11:26PM
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BREAKING NEWS!...BREAKING NEWS!!!
IN RESPONSE AND DUE TO THE STAND YOUR GROUND LAW ON THE BOOKS IN FLORIDA! ALONG WITH THE GREAT STEVIE WONDER, THE FOLLOWING ACTS HAVE CANCELED (ALL) OF THEIR UP-N-COMING CONCERT DATES, IN AND AROUND FLORIDA, INDEFIN ...
Posted Monday, July 22nd 2013 at 11:05PM
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If you hear one sermon about America’s Trayvon Martin moment, let it be this one. Pastor Howard-John Wesley of Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Va., preached this powerful message on Sunday, July 14, the morning after a Florida jury found ...
Posted Sunday, July 21st 2013 at 7:13PM
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Every death is a tragedy in this nation, whether in Pennsylvania, Connecticut or Florida. We all have suffered a great tragedy with the death of Trayvon Martin. But Trayvon’s story is only the latest in our epidemic of violence, compounded by race, t ...
Posted Sunday, July 21st 2013 at 7:08PM
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Republican Sen. John McCain on Sunday echoed President Barack Obama’s call to review so-called “Stand Your Ground” laws in the wake of the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin. "I can also see that Stand Your G ...
Posted Sunday, July 21st 2013 at 7:07PM
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