Police: 10 Witness rape, do nothing
Minnesota Police Say Video Shows Neighbors Ignored Woman’s Cries for More Than an Hour
From WCCO.com News:
Police: Man Rapes Woman as Bystander Look On
(AP) St. Paul A 25-year-old man was charged Thursday for allegedly raping and beating a woman in an apartment hallway — an incident apparently witnessed by as many [...]
Today is International Day For the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition. STAMP, the Slave Trade Arts Memorial Project, on Columbus Day, 10th October 2005 announced the official unveiling and dedication of ‘CAPTURED AFRICANS‘ a memorial for the victims of the Transatlantic Slave Trade on the quayside in Lancaster, close to the Millennium Bridge.
The [...]
THE HISTORY
They are the descendants of slaves.
Unknown just a few years ago, they are celebrities now. Dozens of women from a poor, isolated, almost-forgotten black American community whose quilting, now recognized as a remarkable artistic achievement, has propelled them to national acclaim. A very impoverished community in Alabama, Gee’s Bend lies at the edge of [...]
A hurricane is a tropical cyclone, which in meteorological terms, is a storm system with a closed circulation around a center of low pressure that is fueled when moist air rises, condenses and releases heat. Producing very high winds and torrential rain, hurricanes can be catastrophic for living populations. However, hurricanes also play an important [...]
Associated Press
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“Carolyn Goodman, the mother of one of three civil rights workers killed by the Ku Klux Klan in the “Mississippi Burning” case, died Friday. She was 91.
Goodman, who lived to see a Klan leader convicted in her son’s death two years ago, died at her Manhattan home, her son Jonathan said.
Goodman’s son [...]
In 1965, the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote his report, “The Negro Family: The Case for National Action” http://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/webid-meynihan.htm , which attempted to address the inhumane effects of slavery on the black family. Forty-two years later, the insidous effects of this so-called report still paints a picture of the black family as being headed by [...]
by William Blake
“Engravings for J.G. Stedman, Narrative, of a five year’s expedition, against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guinea, on the Wild Coast of South America; from the year 1772, to 1777. Published in London, 1796.”
“Going now to take my leave of Surinam, after all the horrors and cruelties with which I must have [...]
This is my first bunch-o-links roundup post, so here are some topics that I think are sure to give thoughtful discussions:
1. I want to commend Gina McCauley of the blog, What About Our Daughters (http://whataboutourdaughters.blogspot.com/2007/08/updated-list-of-immorally-indifferent.html) ) for her strength and fortitude in championing the cause of black women who are under assault in this country. Gina has [...]
Southern trees bear a strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black body swinging in the Southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.
Pastoral scene of the gallant South,
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,
Scent of magnolia sweet and fresh,
And the sudden smell of burning flesh!
Here is a fruit for the crows to [...]
I have been putting off posting my essay on this story for some time. I would sit down in front of my laptop and attempt to write my thoughts on this horrible crime, only to push away from the computer and compose myself, and promise myself that I would try again the next day. Only thing [...]
