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The Politics of Challenge = The Politics of Change
The Reparations Case
Ever since the end of slavery, Africans in America have been hoping for and seeking reparations, for wrongs done against Black people for centuries. Initially, after the US Civil War ended, Africans were offered 40… Full Transcript
We Must Stop Supporting Those Who Do Not Support Our Black Community
Muhammad Ali 1942-2016
It was Jan. 1942, when the baby, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. was. Born to a working-class Negro family in Louisville, Kentucky. In those days, Kentucky was famous for its distinctive blue grass, its championship horses… Full Transcript
The Genius of Huey P. Newton
To those of us who were alive – and sentient, the name Huey P. Newton evokes an era of mass resistance, of Black popular protest and of the rise of revolutionary organizations across the land.… Full Transcript
Boorish and Boring
Watching political debates is not my thing. First of all, they’re hardly really debates; they are, more often than not, a series of sound-bites; often, of promises that both speakers and listeners know won’t be… Full Transcript
From Katrina to Ferguson
It’s been 10 years since the watery carnage of Katrina, and 1 year since the fiery rage lit the night skies of Ferguson Missouri, and between the two harrowing events lay the state of Black… Full Transcript