by admin | Apr 24, 2007 | Afrofuturism, Black Leadership, Black Power |
General Baker is an old school labor activist in Detroit. Check this video out…it runs a little long but it is worth it. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/JUfop2Pl9pc” width=”425″ height=”350″...
by admin | Apr 4, 2007 | Black Leadership, Politics |
I just found about the results of some qualitative interviews done with black bloggers by Antoinette Pole from posts by Cobb and Prometheus 6. The results of her interviews suggest that black bloggers are likely to blog about racial issues and likely to use their...
by admin | Apr 1, 2007 | Black Leadership |
Ok. Now on to the black blogosphere. More specifically to black bloggers who are interested in politics from a moderate to left perspective. I don’t have a particular beef with black bloggers who have a different set of political preferences, but they have...
by admin | Apr 1, 2007 | Black Leadership |
We freed Shaquanda Cotton. Now what? I think folks recognize exactly why this happened, and what our role was as black bloggers. But there are a couple of points that I think need to be driven home. Our rights as citizens are not based on our behavior. Freeing Ms....
by admin | Mar 9, 2007 | Black Leadership, Culture, Pop Culture |
Black people have always battled over their art. On the one hand you’ve got those who believe that Kenny G. or even Kirk Whalum shouldn’t hold a candle to Wynton Marsalis. And on the other you’ve got those who would claim with a straight face that...
by admin | Mar 4, 2007 | Black Leadership |
Bruce Gordon, President of the NAACP resigned today, after only 19 months, citing problems with the board. I wrote a piece about the NAACP right after Mfume left his post. Here’s an important snippet: the NAACP is a highly centralized organization, with a...
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