LIVE STREAMING II: The George Zimmerman Trial for the Murder of Trayvon Martin
• June 17, 2013 • 2 CommentsPosted in "Stand Your Ground" Laws, African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American Politics, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Facebook, Gun Violence, Hate Crimes, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, Obama Administration, People of Color, Peru, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, Religion, The Catholic Church, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Al Sharpton, Barack Obama, Benjamin Crump, Blacks, Children, Common Sense, Congressional Black Caucus, Constables on Patrol, Dick Parsons, George Zimmerman, Growing Up, Institutions, Latinos, Martin, Murder, NAACP, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Racism, Richard Parsons, Robert Zimmerman, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Time Warner, Trayvon Martin, United States, Zimmerman
Mo’ Kelly’s Take On The Latest Eddie Long Revelation About Centino Kemp
• August 3, 2011 • Comments Off on Mo’ Kelly’s Take On The Latest Eddie Long Revelation About Centino KempPosted in African American History, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Atlanta, Baptist, Bishop Earl Paulk, Bishop Eddie Long, Black Boys, Black Children, Black Women, Blacks, Centinio Kemp, Centino Kemp, Christianity, Civil rights movement, Coretta Scott King, Downlow, Eddie Long, Electronic Urban Report, EUR.com, Exculpatory Evidence, Fifth Accuser, Gay, Gay Lesbian and Bisexual, Growing Up, Gullibility, Homosexuality, Julian Bond, Jury Trial, Lesbians, LGBT, Lithonia Georgia, Minor, Minor Children, Morris O'Kelly, NAACP, New Birth, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Old School, Rape, Religion and Spirituality, Rod 2.0, Settlement (litigation), Sexual Acts, Sexual Misbehavior, Sexual Misconduct, The Down Low, United States
Shirley Sherrod Sues Right-Wing Blogger Andrew Breitbart for Libel
• February 13, 2011 • Comments Off on Shirley Sherrod Sues Right-Wing Blogger Andrew Breitbart for LibelPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black Farmers, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Democrats in Name Only, Discrimination, Food, Hate Crimes, Journalism and Ethics, National Issues, Native Americans/First Nations, Obama Administration, Race, Shirley Sherrod, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Albany Movement, AOL, Arianna Huffington, Black Farmers, Black Women, Blacks, Charles Sherrod, Civil Rights, Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, Keith Olbermann, Liars, NAACP, Native Americans, New Communities of Southwest Georgia, Pigford v. Glickman, President Barack Obama, Racism, Resignation of Shirley Sherrod, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Shirley Sherrod, The Eighties, The Kibbutz Movement, The Nineties, The Seventies, The Sixties
Why Nichelle Nichols Stayed On As Uhura in “Star Trek”
• September 9, 2010 • Comments Off on Why Nichelle Nichols Stayed On As Uhura in “Star Trek”Posted in Acting, African American History, American History, Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Drama, Film, Love, Memoir, Music, Nichelle Nichols, Race, Sexuality, Television, Television Series, Women
Tags: "Beyond Uhura: Star Trek and Other Memories", "Reflections", African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Commander Nyota Uhura, Creepin', Decision, Dr. King, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Extramarital Relationships, First Interracial Kiss on TV, Gene Roddenberry, Interracial Relationships, Kiss, Los Angeles CA, Love, Lt. Uhura, Majel Barrett, NAACP, Race, Racism, Saint of the Sixties, Savas Abadsidis, Sex, Star Trek, Starship Enterprise, The Original Series", UCLA, William Shatner
The Little Rock Nine Are Now Eight: The Ancestors Bring Home Jefferson Thomas
• September 6, 2010 • Comments Off on The Little Rock Nine Are Now Eight: The Ancestors Bring Home Jefferson ThomasPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Democrats, Education, Health, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, The Clintons, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Accounting, African Americans, Arkansas, Baptist, Barack Obama, Blacks, California, Carlotta Walls LaNier, Central High School, Charismatic Churches, Children, Church of God, Columbus OH, Congressional Gold Medal, Department of Defense, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Growing Up, Hillary Clinton, Huckajesus, Jefferson Thomas, L.A. State, Little Rock AK, Little Rock Nine, Los Angeles State, Los Angeles State College, Melba Pattillo Beals, Mike Huckabee, Minnijean Brown Trickey, Mobil Oil, NAACP, Ohio, Pancreatic Cancer, President Bill Clinton, Racism, Retail Sales Business, Sophomore, Terrence Roberts, The Little Rock Nine, The Little Rock Nine Foundation, The Supreme Court, Thelma Mothershed-Wair, Vietnam, Wayne State University
The Frame Up of Shirley Sherrod
• July 20, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Democrats in Name Only, Hate Crimes, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, Race, Teabagging Party, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Womanism, Women
Tags: African Americans, Andrew Breitbart, Black Women, Blacks, Faux News, Fear, Fear Pimps, Fox News, Georgia, Half-Truths, Hate Speech, Lies, Mark Williams, NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, President Barack Obama, Race Baiting, Racism, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Set Up, Tea Party, The Cult of White Victimhood, The Department of Agriculture, The Economy, The Eighties, The Great Recession, The New Black Panther Party, The Obama Administration, The Tea Party Movement, The White House, Tim Wise, Tom Vilsack, Whites
There’s Jim Crow in Silicon Valley
• March 12, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Education, History, India, People of Color, Race, Science, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "The San Jose Mercury-News", AMD, Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, Apple, Applied Materials, Caroline Simard, Chicanos, Cisco Systems, Diversity, eBay, Electrical Engineering, Freedom of Information Act, Gender, Google, Henry Alford, Hewlett-Packard, Hispanics, India, Indians, Information Technology, Intel, La Raza Unida, Latinos, Lawsuits, Mark Dean, Midwest, NAACP, Oracle, Pacific Rim, Race, Richard Ford, Roy Clay, Sanmina, Silicon Valley, Silly Con Valley, Sun Microsystems, The Department of Labor, The Great Recession, The Pacific Rim, Urban League, West Coast, Women, Yahoo
Mighty Funny Someone Like Poor Chelsea King Can Get the Cops and the FBI to Hunt for Her and Her Assailant–But Mitrice Richardson Gets No Respect
• March 10, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Jasmyne Cannick, Latice Sutton, Mental Health/Psychology, Mitrice Richardson, Race, Rep. Maxine Waters, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Billy's Law", "The Los Angeles Times", African Americans, Blacks, Captain Tom Martin, Charles Croft, Chelsea King, Dr. Ronda Hampton, Drone, FBI, Janice Smolinski, John Albert Gardner III, LASD, Latice Sutton, Lauren Sutton, Lesbian, LGBT, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Malibu-Lost Hills Station, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Michael Richardson, Mitrice Richardson, NAACP, Poway, Racism, Registered Sex Offender, Rep. Maxine Waters, San Diego, SCLC, Sheriff Lee Baca, The Viz Center, Young Black Woman
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
Update: Troy Dale West Indicted for Beating Tasha Hill
• September 26, 2009 • Comments Off on Update: Troy Dale West Indicted for Beating Tasha HillPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Hate Crimes, Mental Health/Psychology, Race, Women
Tags: "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution", Clayton County District Attorney's Office, District Attorney Tracy Graham Lawson', Hate Crime, NAACP, Pam's House Blend, Racism, Racist, Tasha Hill, Tashawnea Hill, Troy Dale Hill
This Cracka Beat Up A Sista Army Vet Reservist at a Georgia Cracker Barrel Restaurant
• September 17, 2009 • 4 CommentsPosted in Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Class, Crime, Health Care/The Public Option, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, Race, Race and the Health Care Debate
Tags: "Newsweek", African Americans, Army Reservist, Clayton County District Attorney's Office, CNN, Cracker Barrel, Cracker Barrel Restaurants, FBI, Kip Jones, Morrow GA, Morrow Police Department, NAACP, Pam's House Blend, Physical Assault, Post-Racial, President Jimmy Carter, Racism, Tasha Hill, Tashawnea Hill, Troy Dale West, Veterans, White Supremacist, White Supremacy, Whites
President Obama at the NAACP 100th Anniversary Convention
• July 16, 2009 • Comments Off on President Obama at the NAACP 100th Anniversary ConventionPosted in American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Class, Education, History, People of Color, Race
Tags: 100th Anniversary Convention, Africa, Barack Obama, Benjamin Jealous, Black People, Ghana, Julian Bond, NAACP, Obama, President Barack Obama
Too Late, Valley Swim Club; You’ve Got a Lawsuit on Your Hands
• July 13, 2009 • 2 CommentsPosted in Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, People of Color, Race
Tags: African Americans, Arlen Spector, Blacks, Brian R. Mildenberg, Creative Steps Day Camp, Cullen Jones, Huntingdon Valley, Latinos, NAACP, Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, Philadelphia, Valley Swim Club
That Philly Swim Club Story: We’re NOT Post-Racial by a Long Shot
• July 12, 2009 • Comments Off on That Philly Swim Club Story: We’re NOT Post-Racial by a Long ShotPosted in American Politics, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, History, People of Color, Race
Tags: Black Children, Blacks, Cab Drivers, Color of Change, Discrimination, Girard College, Huntingdon Valley, Intolerance, James Rucker, Latinos, Main Line, Mexican American, Minorities, NAACP, New York City, Northeast Philadelphia, Oxford Circle, Parks & Recreation Department, Philadelphia, Post-Racial, Senator Arlen Spector, Summerdale, Swimming, Swimming Pools, The Valley Swim Club, What About Our Daughters?