Tag Archives: Black Power

Movie Clips: ‘Free Angela & All Political Prisoners (2012)’

Source:Movie Clips– from the documentary Free Angela, which is about New-Left political activist Angela Davis. “A documentary that chronicles the life of young college professor Angela Davis, and how her social activism implicates her in a botched kidnapping attempt that … Continue reading

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Hezakya Mixologist: Video: CBS News Special Report: Black Power/White Black Lash, From 1966

. To me at least Black Power wasn’t one movement, but a larger movement with several different sub-divisions. You had the more socialist if not Marxist revolutionary Black Panthers on the Far-Left with their own militia. You had Malcolm X … Continue reading

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CBS News: Special Report- Malcolm X: The True Story (1992)

Source:CBS News The real story of Malcolm X is of a man who came from a modest but not a bad upbringing who didn’t finish high school who got into trouble as a young man and became a thug and … Continue reading

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DCCAH: Bayard Rustin and James Baldwin, Freedom Fighters and Friends

. James Baldwin and Bayard Rustin both had two strikes against them and really in Bayard’s case three. But I guess he didn’t strike out because the umpire felt charitable or what have you. But they were both Black and … Continue reading

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Moorsh Jaywalker: Minister Malcolm X- ‘The Last Speech’

  Source:FreeState Now “Malcolm X – the last speech” From Moorsh Jaywalker The fact that Malcolm X that gave this last speech talking about racial equality and individual freedom for everyone, wasn’t the Malcolm X that first came on to the … Continue reading

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Malcolm MinisterMalcolm X: ‘We’re Going to Have to go to War Against the Racists’

Malcolm X: “We’re going to have to go to war against the racists.” – YouTube. Source:The New Democrat  This could easily be interpreted as saying that the supporters of equal rights and freedom for all Americans “are going to have … Continue reading

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Front Page Challenge: Malcolm X (1965)

. Source:The New Democrat  Malcolm X’s message was about self-reliance and self-defense for the African-American community. Not trying to destroy any other community in the United States. Which is something that the right-wing especially the far-right does not understand that … Continue reading

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National Journal: Matt Berman: The Forgotten, Radical Martin Luther King Jr.

Source:The New Democrat  The radicalism of Dr. Martin Luther King had to do with his economic politics and philosophy. He would be what would be described as a Social Democrat both as it related to civil and equal rights. But … Continue reading

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Brian Rob: ‘The Reason Why Black Men Won’t Date or Marry Black Women’

. Source:The New Democrat  Malcolm X seems to be saying in this video that African-Americans should be building their own livable middle class communities instead of feeling the need to have to live in mostly or majority Caucasian communities in … 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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