My Brother, ChickenBones made my day today. I’ve been very depressed lately and
the soulful writings of this magazine help me. John Lennon once said “Whatever gets
you through the night, it’s alright…” And that’s how I feel with ChickenBones – my
therapy. No woman. No drugs. But I got ChickenBones. Thanks brother and
in all seriousness keep up … Read the rest
We were a young revolutionary group seeking answers and ways to alleviate racism.
We had chosen to confront an evil head on and within the limits of the law.
But perhaps our military strategy was too much of a great leap forward.
Books by Huey P. Newton
Revolutionary Suicide / War Against the Panthers / Huey P. Newton Reader / … Read the rest
Tucept HighJohn, inspired by a set of mystical bones passed on to him by a dying brother in Vietnam, undergoes “hoodoo” training in his isolated house on stilts in a wilderness park in Memphis
Books by Arthur Flowers
De Mojo Blues / Another Good Loving Blues
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Reviews of De Mojo Blues
A Novel by A.R. … Read the rest
Dennis Leroy Moore Table
NYC Independent Filmmaker, Theatre Director & Writer
Film Reviews & Essays
Dennis Leroy Moore (DLM) — New York City guerilla filmmaker — was born in 1976 in Flushing, NY and is first-generation American. His parents are originally from Port of Spain, Trinidad. His first independent feature film As an Act of Protest, a lacerating, surreal … Read the rest
I’m contacting you now because I am in an online photo competition and I need your vote to help me win in the people’s choice category. It’s a big competition with the winners receiving great
exposure in the photography worlda potentially massive boost for my career
A Short Overview of
Dennison Bertram, Photographer
Born 1981 in USA, is based now … Read the rest
Blacks, Unions, & Organizing in the South, 1956-1996
A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Compiled by Rudolph Lewis
1199 WINS!!
Monthly Organizing Report
August 1969
August 22 Lutheran Hospital. Baltimore, Maryland. Hospital & Nursing Home Employees, Local 1199. For the Union 174; Against, 99; Challenged, 14. Election run by Maryland Dept. of Labor & Industry. Total eligible, 301. Worker contracts and meetings. … Read the rest
Literature is part of a historical process of reflecting prevailing attitudes as well
as personal visions; literature is an integral part of the practice of everyday life.
Books by Richard Wright
Richard Wright: Early Works / Black Boy / Native Son / Uncle Tom’s Children / 12 Million Black Voices / Richard Wright: Later Works
Separate But Equal Doctrine Is Basically Unsound and Unrealistic
Thurgood Marshall. Donald Murray, and Charles H. Houston
NAACP & the Ada Sipuel Case
In the 1930’s. Charles Hamilton Houston, special counsel for the NAACP, instituted a strategy for challenging segregation in education through the courts. These major cases in the years before 1951, paved the way for Brown v. Board … Read the rest
By Melissa V. Harris-Perry
According to the author, this society has historically exerted considerable pressure on black females to fit into one of a handful of stereotypes, primarily, the Mammy, the Matriarch or the Jezebel. The selfless Mammys behavior is marked by a slavish devotion to white folks domestic concerns, often at the expense of those of her own familys … Read the rest
Black Baltimore Table
Links to Articles on People and Events
Overview
Blacks have had a major presence in the city of Baltimore since its founding in the early 1700s. They made their numbers relevant during the Revolutionary War. The British offered freedom to escaped slaves. Thus Blacks fought on both sides of this war and remained in the city afterwards.… Read the rest
