DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER

And so is the death and destruction that comes with them. When you watch this video/documentary:
 http://www.wghfilms.com/bling.htm#
You will see that diamonds are anything but just beautiful gems to adorn your body with. Are black men and women in America that cold and heartless to love diamonds more than women, children and men who are butchered in [...]

TRUTH

Justice will not be denied for long;It may be stomped and crushed to the ground,But, it will triumph and rise up and proclaim itself.Justice may take a long time to arrive;It may take a lifetime;
Many times it never comes.
But, it will come out, of the darkness
Screaming and crying forth its pain.
One day, justice will roll [...]

THE BUS

I have often wondered what happened to the bus on which Sister Rosa Parks made her decision to not give up her seat to a white man. I have often wondered what became of that bus. The bus on which Sister Parks said,  “No”.  “No”, to the humiliation and diesrespect that had been heaped upon [...]

JUNETEENTH

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration of the ending of slavery. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19TH that a band of union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston Island, Texas with the news that the Civil War had ended, and was won by the Union North forces, and that all [...]

A LEGACY OF LOVE

A Legacy of Love by Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955)
 

Mary McLeod Bethune
I leave you love.  Love builds.  It is positive and helpful.  It is more beneficial than hate.  Injuries quickly forgotten quickly pass away.  Our aim must be to create a world of fellowship and justice. “Love thy neighbor” is a precept which could transform the [...]

ISABELLA BAUMFREE

“I sell the shadow, to support the substance.”  Sojourner Truth
 
A women’s rights advocate who would become widely known for a single speech delivered in Ohio in the summer of 1851, Sojourner Truth, was born a slave named Isabella Baumfree, who by the 1840s had renamed herself and dedicated her life to traveling through New York [...]

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!

Father’s Day is a primarily secular holiday inaugurated in the early 20TH Century to complement Mother’s Day in celebrating fatherhood and parenting by males, and to honor and commemorate fathers and forefathers. Father’s Day is celebrated on a variety of dates worldwide, and typically involves gift-giving to fathers and family-oriented activities.
In the United States, the [...]

MEME

Quite a while back, Sylvia of the http://antiessentialistspeaksup.wordpress.com
 gave me the challenge of the meme of the great imperative of my life. Since I always take every opportunity that comes my way to speak up for black women, I have decided to compose and dedicate a poem to the beauty of black women and how we [...]

BARBARA HILLARY

INTREPID CANCER SURVIVOR, 75, SKIS TO TOP OF THE WORLD
MAY BE 1ST BLACK WOMAN TO MAKE IT TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD
 
 
By Meghan Barr,Associated Press  |  May 7, 2007
 
 
 

 

When Barbara Hillary heard that there had never been a black woman at the North Pole, she took that as a challenge. So on April 23rd, [...]

PETITIONS

There are  so many racist and sexist logos, icons and words on many products in America. Many of these are stereotypical and as a result of their demeaning callousness, disregard the integrity and honor of the group so denigrated.
In addition to my petition to rid the world of Aunt Jemima, I have written four more [...]