Tag Archives: African-American Community

University of Chicago: Video: George E. Kent Lecture: Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow

. This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger I do not agree with everything that Professor Michelle Alexander says about the American prison system. And the broader race relations in America, but I agree with her … Continue reading

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Barbara Billingsley: Airplane (1980) ‘Oh Stewardess, I Speak Jive’

Source:Movie Clips– Thank God the older, Anglo-Saxon woman was here, otherwise how would the stewardess be able to communicate with the jive-ass dudes! Source:Real Life Journal “CLIP DESCRIPTION: When a flight attendant struggles to understand her jive-talking passengers, a friendly … Continue reading

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Reason Party: Video: Oxford Union Debate, The American Civil Rights Movement

. This post was originally posted at FRS Daily Post on WordPress Bill Buckley seemed to be making the case that Africans were better off in America than they are in Africa or anywhere else in the world. Which may … Continue reading

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The Young Turks: Martin Luther King Was a Republican?

Source:Free State MD Pre-1964 or so I could see why Martin King was a Republican. Lets face it, the GOP was home to an overwhelming amount of African-Americans. Because of the Civil War, the freeing of the African slaves, Abraham … Continue reading

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Reason Party: Oxford Union Debate: Is America The Land of The Free?

. Source:The Daily Post Back in the 1960s America was the land of the free the home of the brave. But for very few people with African-Americans being forced to essentially live in an authoritarian state. And live as servants … Continue reading

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Democracy Now: Gloria Richardson Looks Back at the Rift Between Malcolm X & Martin L. King

  Source:FreeState Now I believe the main difference between Malcolm X and Dr. King had to do with different approaches. Dr. King’s approach was slower because it involved more people, more negotiating and was completely non-violent. But at the end … Continue reading

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TWR EFLECT: ‘Who is the Nigger? -James Baldwin (Clip)’

Source:TWR EFLECT– author James Baldwin I believe in 1965. “A clip from, “Take this Hammer”… KQED’s mobile film unit follows author and activist James Baldwin in the spring of 1963, as he’s driven around San Francisco to meet with members … Continue reading

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California Newsreel: James Baldwin- ‘The Price of The Ticket’

Source:California Newsreels– James Baldwin’s: The Price of The Ticket. Source:The Daily Post “James Baldwin (1924-1987) was at once a major twentieth century American author, a Civil Rights activist and, for two crucial decades, a prophetic voice calling Americans, Black and … Continue reading

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Disc Over Peace: Malcolm X Message To America

. Source:The Daily Press Malcolm X was correct in the sense that the racial discrimination that African-Americans faced from the time the African slaves were freed in the 1860s, until the 1960s with the civil rights laws was a human … Continue reading

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Sullen Toys: Martin Luther King: I Have A Dream Speech, August 28, 1963

Source: FreeState MD Dr. King’s I Have a Dream Speech, is the crown jewel of the American civil rights movement. Because it laid out exactly what the vision of the movement is. That it is about jobs, justice and equal … Continue reading

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