Aren’t You Glad It Isn’t Anyone Black? Putting to Rest The Myth of The Dark-Skinned Terrorist
• April 19, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Chechya, Class, Crime, Discrimination, Domestic Terrorism, European History, Facebook, Health, History, Islam/Sufism, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, MSNBC, National Issues, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Religion, Russia, Stephen Colbert, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Boston, Boston Marathon Bombing, Bronx, Caucasian, Caucasians, Chechens, Chechya, CNN, Common Sense, Facebook, Guilty, Haj, Homeland Security, John Allen Mohammad, John King, Journalism, Journalism and Ethics, Lee Boyd Malvo, Lynch Mob, Malcolm X, Martin Richard, Middle East, MSNBC, Murder, Muslim, N.Y. Post, Nation of Islam, Naturalized American, New York Post, Oklahoma City Bombing, President Obama, Race Baiting, Ruslan Tsarni, The Twitterverse, Timothy McVeigh, Twitter, United States, White People
Leith Mullings, Cornel West, and Gary Younge Discussing Manning Marable’s “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention”
• June 15, 2011 • Comments Off on Leith Mullings, Cornel West, and Gary Younge Discussing Manning Marable’s “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention”Posted in African American History, American Politics, Black People, Books, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Islam/Sufism, Mental Health/Psychology, Public Intellectualism, Race, Sexuality, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: African American Studies, African Americans, Amiri Baraka, Bio, Biography, Black Liberation, Black Men, Black Women, Blacks, City University of New York, Columnist, Cornel West, Culture, Gary Younge, Guardian, History, Leftist, Leith, Leith Mullings, Malcolm Little, Malcolm X, Manning Marable, Princeton University, Progressive, Racism, Stanley Aronowitz, The Sixties, United States, Writer
The Ancestors Bring Home Manning Marable, 60, Author-Scholar-Activist, Two Days Before He Was To Publish His Bio of Malcolm X
• April 2, 2011 • Comments Off on The Ancestors Bring Home Manning Marable, 60, Author-Scholar-Activist, Two Days Before He Was To Publish His Bio of Malcolm XPosted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Education, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, National Issues, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "The Autobiography of Malcolm X", African American, Alex Haley, Civil Rights, Columbia University, Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism, Double Lung Transplant, Hip Hop Generation, Legacy, Malcolm X, Manning Marable, New York City, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital, Sarcoidosis, The Crisis of Color and Democracy: Essays on Race Class and Power, The Great Wells Of Democracy: The Meaning Of Race In American Life, Transplant, University of Wisconsin Madison, UW-Madison, Working Families, Working Families Party
Malcolm X’s Daughter, Malikah, Jailed in North Carolina for Grand Larceny and Forgery
• February 23, 2011 • Comments Off on Malcolm X’s Daughter, Malikah, Jailed in North Carolina for Grand Larceny and ForgeryPosted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Betty Shabazz/Shabazz Daughters, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Crime, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Alcohol Abuse, Assassination, Betty Shabazz, Black Women, Children, Columbia SC, Drug Abuse, Drugs, FBI Informant, Grand Larceny, Khaula Bakr, Larceny, Louis Farrakhan, Madison County, Malcolm Shabazz, Malcolm X, Michael Jackson, Motherhood, New York, North Carolina, Plea Agreement, Psychological Counseling, Psychological Problems, Qubilah Shabazz, Queens, Racism, Sean Devereux, Twins, United States
The Ancestors Claim Lena Horne, 92
• May 10, 2010 • Comments Off on The Ancestors Claim Lena Horne, 92Posted in Acting, African American History, American History, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Film, Lena Horne, Love, Music, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Stormy Weather", Activist, Affairs, African American, African Americans, Artie Shaw, Billy Strayhorn, Black Sororities, Black Woman, Blacks, Brooklyn NY, Cafe Society, Civil Rights Activist, Delta, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Donald Bogle, France, Gail Lumet Buckley, Interracial Marriage, Interracial Relationships, James Gavin, Janet Jackson, Joe Louis, Katherine Dunham, Kevin Buckley, Lena Horne, Lennie Hayton, Love, Malcolm X, Marriage, New York City, Orson Welles, Racism, Recluse, Secret Marriage, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Singer, Soror, The Eighties, The Fillmore, The Horn, The Nineties, The Sixties
This is The Face of Another of Malcolm X’s Assassins, William Bradley, But He Never Got a Day in Prison. Why?
• April 29, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Crime, Documentary, Domestic Terrorism, Film, Hate Crimes, Political Malfeasance, Race, The Rest of the World
Tags: A Singular Voice, Abdur-Rahman Muhammad, African Americans, Agents Provocateurs, Assassination, Benjamin Thomas, Black Muslims, Blacks, El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, FBI Agent, John Ali, Leon Davis, Malcolm X, Mujahid Halim, Murder, Mustafa Shabazz, NOI, Racism, Sunni Islam, Talmadge X. Hayer, The Audubon Ballroom, The Nation of Islam, Thomas Hagan, Unfinished Business, Washington D.C., Wilber McKinley, William Bradley
New Book, “The Assassination of Fred Hampton” Discussed on Democracy Now!, December 4, 2009
• January 3, 2010 • Comments Off on New Book, “The Assassination of Fred Hampton” Discussed on Democracy Now!, December 4, 2009Posted in American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Books, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Documentaries, Education, Hate Crimes, History, Journalism and Ethics, Murder/Manslaughter, Native Americans/First Nations, People of Color, Public Television, Race
Tags: "Big Brother", "Book TV", "Democracy Now!", "Eyes on the Prize", "Talking Book", Activism, Amy Goodman, Attica, Black Nationalism, Black Youth, C-Span, Chicago IL, Chicago Police Department, Coalition Politics, Deborah Johnson, Edward Hanrahan, Empowerment, FBI, Fred Hampton, Fred Hampton Jr., Jeffrey Haas, Jr., Latino Youth, Malcolm X, Mark Clark, Maywood IL, Media PA, NAACP, Oakland CA, Police Brutality, Stevie Wonder, The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther, The Black Panther Party for Self Defense, The Black Panthers, The Red Guard, The Young Lords, William O'Neal, Young Gifted and Black, Youth, YouTube
President Obama in New Orleans Today
• October 15, 2009 • Comments Off on President Obama in New Orleans TodayPosted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Gang Violence, Gentrification, Health, History, Hurricanes, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, New Orleans, Obama Administration, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Ninth Ward
Tags: Barack Obama, Brad Pitt, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Brangelina, Hurricane Katrina, Katrina, Malcolm X, New Orleans LA, New Orleans Police Department, NOPD, President Barack Obama, President Obama, The Gulf Coast, The United Nations, U.N. Declaration of Human Rights
Malcolm is 84
• May 19, 2009 • Comments Off on Malcolm is 84Posted in American Politics, Black People, History, Race
Tags: Alliances, Birthday, El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, Gays, Malcolm X, Nation of Islam, People of Color, Racism
“How can we help President Obama?”
• April 13, 2009 • 3 CommentsPosted in American Politics, Black People, Cuba, History, Journalism and Ethics, Obama Administration, Race, Television, The Rest of the World
Tags: 125th Street, 7th Avenue, 8th Avenue, Black Nationalism, Charlie Rangel, Ché Guevara, Communism, Congressional Black Caucus, Dick Gregory, Drug Cartels, Fidel Castro, Gays, iPhone, Lesbians, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Neo-Colonialism, Neo-Imperialism, Nikita Khrushchev, Pan-Africanism, Redd Foxx, Ron Brown, The Embargo, The Hotel Theresa, Voudou
Memo to Jimi Izrael: Fronting as Straight Always Pays Off
• March 29, 2009 • 2 CommentsPosted in Black People, Books, Nonfiction/Essays, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Women
Tags: Bayard Rustin, Betty Shabazz, Bisexuality, Bruce Perry, El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, Enforced Heterosexism, Fronting, Gay, James Baldwin, Jimi Izrael, Malcolm X, Malcolm: The Life of the Man Who Changed Black America, The Nation of Islam, The Root
Sorry To Be Gone So Long…
• March 25, 2009 • Comments Off on Sorry To Be Gone So Long…Posted in American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Homelessness, Nadya Suleman, Obama Administration, Tent Cities, The Economy
Tags: Bayard Rustin, Eliot Spitzer, Jimi Izrael, John Hope Franklin, Malcolm X, Nicholas Hughes, Sacramento