Monthly Archives: August 2011

John Cole, Scranton, PA. The Times.

Much has been written of the daring and patriotic exploits of Black American men who have served in World War II. But, less known are the stories of Black American military women of WW II who joined in the fight … Continue reading →

Emmett Till. This past July 25, would have been the 70th birthday of Emmett Louis “Bobo” Till. His young and innocent life was savagely taken from him by J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant, two racist murderers who were set free … Continue reading →

ESTHER GORDY EDWARDS, SISTER OF MOTOWN RECORDS FOUNDER By Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times August 28, 2011 As Motown and its Detroit headquarters turned into a pop-soul powerhouse, she served as a company executive who guided a young Stevie … Continue reading →

News Observing Photo Gallery Magazine Archive Shop at Sky News Swinburne Astronomy Productions Bulletin at a Glance News Observing This Week’s Sky at a Glance Community A Planet Made of Diamond August 25, 2011 | Astronomers have discovered another weird … Continue reading →

    August 25, 2011 Colorlines.com Direct | Published by the Applied Research Center The Alabama Town Most Changed (and Saved) by Immigration Poverty, dangerous work, struggling schools–yes, there’s a problem in Alabama, but it’s not immigration. Gabriel Thompson reports … Continue reading →

Cherokee Nation Revokes Tribal Citizenship From Descendants of Slaves by Jorge Rivas Wednesday, August 24 2011, 10:54 AM EST On Monday the Cherokee Nation Supreme Court reversed and vacated a district court decision that granted equal tribal citizenship rights to … Continue reading →

Nativist Leader Says Violence May be Needed to Save ‘White America’ by Leah Nelson –on August 23, 2011 While much of the political rhetoric on the right these days is laden with violent imagery and gun-based metaphors, outright suggestions of … Continue reading →

Many people are familiar with the now infamous 1932 Tuskegee Syphilis Study. For forty years, the state, federal and local government allowed syphilis-infected Black men of Macon County, Alabama to go untreated for their “bad blood” to see the effects of … Continue reading →

INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE REMEMBRANCE OF THE SLAVE TRADE AND ITS ABOLITION Quick Facts The United Nations’ (UN) International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is held on August 23 each year to remind people … Continue reading →