FROM THE ARCHIVES: THE HEARTS OF DARKNESS: HOW EUROPEAN WRITERS CREATED THE RACIST IMAGE OF AFRICA, PART 5

Wednesday, 21 February 2007

 
 
  The defeat of British troops by an African, Muslim army at Khartoum, Sudan in 1885 sent shockwaves throughout the European world. The Mahdi’s triumph over colonial forces challenged both white and Christian notions of supremacy over “black savages” and “Mohammedans,” sparking fears that all North Africa might rise in revolt. [...]

MISSOURI LAWMAKERS ADVANCE 2ND VOTER ID PHOTO BILL

ASSOCIATED PRESS - 5/12/08
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -Missouri Republicans on Monday advanced a constitutional amendment allowing a photo identification requirement for voting and recrafted an ID law similar to one the state Supreme Court struck down two years ago.
The Republican-led Senate elections committee voted along party lines to send the legislation to the full chamber, [...]

JACKSON STATE - MAY 14, 1970

IN REMEMBRANCE OF PHILLIP LAFAYETTE GIBBS AND JAMES EARL GREEN
MARTYRS OF JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY
Phillip Lafayette Gibbs, age 21, lay dead from four gunshot wounds: two in his head, one under his left eye, and one in his left armpit. Gibbs left behind a wife, one child, and another on the way.
Behind the police line across [...]

WHO’S PAYING FOR PROSTITUTES?

WHO’S PAYING FOR PROSTITUTES?
by Leila Noelliste
 
According to a new report, college- educated men with wives and girlfriends are the johns who frequent West and South Side prostitutes. Researchers at the Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation interviewed 113 men who buy sex and reported that 79 percent had attended or completed college, 62 percent made more [...]

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OUTSIDE R. KELLY TRIAL, DEBATE RAGES

OUTSIDE R. KELLY TRIAL, DEBATE RAGES
 
FANS AND ACTIVISTS AT ODDS, MIRRORING LARGER DIVISIONS
 
By Kayce T. Ataiyero | Tribune reporter
10:04 PM CDT, May 11, 2008
 

 The debate simmered outside R. Kelly’s child pornography trial last week. Fans fiercely defended the popular R&B singer, while a handful of detractors railed at him.

Their opposing views of Kelly—as either [...]

IN REMEMBRANCE, 5-11-2008

MILDRED LOVING, WHO FOUGHT FOR RACIALLY-MIXED MARRIAGES
By DIONNE WALKER

ASSOCIATED PRESS
 
 
RICHMOND, Va. -

Mildred Loving, a black woman whose challenge to Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling striking down such laws nationwide, has died, her daughter said Monday.
 
Peggy Fortune said Loving, 68, died Friday at her home in rural Milford. [...]

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!

I originally posted this essay last year on May 8, 2007, in honor of Mother’s Day. I am re-posting it for those of you who missed it. But, most of all, I am posting it to wish my  Mother a wonderful and happy Mother’s day.
Happy Mother’s Day, Mother.
Thank you for all you have done for [...]

BIG BROTHER

Your name is big brother
You say that you’re watching me on the tele,
Seeing me go nowhere,
Your name is big brother,
You say that you’re tired of me protesting,
Children dying everyday,
My name is nobody
But i can’t wait to see your face inside my door.
Your name is big brother
You say that you got me all in your notebook,
Writing [...]

FROM THE ARCHIVES: MICHELLE OBAMA: A CHALLENGE TO OVERCOME

November 25, 2007 by patwilsonsmith

A speech by Michelle Obama, as delivered in Orangeburg, South Carolina - Tuesday, November 20, 2007
A few years ago, I had the privilege of meeting Coretta Scott King. It was an extraordinary moment for me, meeting this graceful and dignified woman. One I’ll never forget. And what I remember most was [...]