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zuky: thegoddamazon: hamdoullahcava: Muhammad Ali on the...

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:17:06 -0400

thegoddamazon:

hamdoullahcava:

Muhammad Ali on the Vietnam War Draft

The fact that this is STILL relevant should be very telling.

Immortal words…

“If I’m gonna die, I’ll die right here fighting you … You my enemy, not the Viet Cong or Chinese or Japanese … You my opposer when I want freedom, you my opposer when I want justice, you my opposer when I want equality … You want me to go somewhere and fight, but you won’t even stand up for me here at home.”

gradientlair: Malcolm X, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz - May 19,...

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:16:46 -0400

gradientlair:

Malcolm X, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz - May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965. Happy Birthday.

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eosaze: goodvibestrilllife: Martin Luther King Jr. was...

Fri, 10 May 2013 08:08:20 -0400

eosaze:

goodvibestrilllife:

Martin Luther King Jr. was effortlessly cool

Somebody was too cool

soulbrotherv2: Jackie Robinson.

Wed, 08 May 2013 21:09:42 -0400

soulbrotherv2:

Jackie Robinson.

thesassyblacknerd: fyeahlilbit2point0: When the whole theater...

Sat, 04 May 2013 13:14:19 -0400

thesassyblacknerd:

fyeahlilbit2point0:

When the whole theater stood up and cheered.

note to self.

buy for blu-ray this weekend.

curvellas: me at the function

Sat, 04 May 2013 12:58:59 -0400

curvellas:

me at the function

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otherbully1: I don’t think he’ll ever be forgotten but this is...

Sat, 04 May 2013 12:53:49 -0400

otherbully1:

I don’t think he’ll ever be forgotten but this is a valid fear…

Michael will be forgotten, let me give you an example.

I am a juvenile counselor I counsel young men between the ages of 16/19

they know who Lil Wayne is but they did not know who Emmett Till was.

they have no idea who Nat Turner is.

blackpoemusic: The revolution will not be televised

Fri, 03 May 2013 21:21:09 -0400

blackpoemusic:

The revolution will not be televised

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the-17th-chamber: blackinasia: the-mighty-sloth: odelia-jay: ...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:05:37 -0400

the-17th-chamber:

blackinasia:

the-mighty-sloth:

odelia-jay:

»» The MLK that’s never quoted.

and it’s no accident that this segment is conveniently left out of our education

Always reblog.

Hero.

socialismartnature: Daily Kos: Tsarnaev’s “9/11 Citizen”...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:51:29 -0400

socialismartnature:

Daily Kos: Tsarnaev’s “9/11 Citizen” Anti-Immigrant angle going viral

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‘The Crisis’ Exposes Confederacy Behind Justice Scalia’s ‘Racial...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:40:25 -0400

‘The Crisis’ Exposes Confederacy Behind Justice Scalia’s ‘Racial Entitlements’ Comments

By Terrell Jermaine Starr

Anyone keen on the Supreme Court’s on-going arguments over the legality of certain parts of the Voter Rights Act surely has not forgotten Justice Antonio Scalia‘s “racial entitlement” remarks from earlier this year–especially “The Crisis,” the NAACP’s flagship publication.

“ I think it is attributable, very likely attributable, to a phenomenon that is called perpetuation of racial entitlement. It’s been written about, Scalia said of the Act during a hearing back in February. “Whenever a society adopts racial entitlements, it is very difficult to get out of them through the normal political processes.”

The award-winning magazine pulled no punches with its response, using its cover to feature an illustration of Justice Scalia with a Confederate flag bandana wrapped around his mouth. The conservative’s eyes peer ominously through his thinly-framed eye glasses, evoking worst memories from the era in which the original Voter Right’s Act was born.

The cover is very hard-hitting, but The Crisis’ Editor-in-Chief, Jabari Asim, told NewsOne, “we thought his comments were hard-hitting and deserved that kind of response. I think that voting rights is one of those principles that the Crisis, African-Americans, and the NAACP all hold sacred. The memory of people who died for our right to vote remains fresh in many of our consciences and I think in that instance when you dare to be that irreverent and that disrespectful of the lessons of history that’s the kind of response you earn.”

While the final ruling on the Act is not expected until June, the Crisis decided to run the cover now because the editors wanted to keep the case fresh in readers’ minds. The magazine, which is now available, also has a number of stories focused on the case.

The disputed part of the Act–Section 5–requires 16 mostly southern states to clear any voting changes with the federal government before enacting them into law. The Section became particularly important, when states across the US tried passing Voter ID laws, redistricting plans and restrictions on early voting.

More than 30 states have been successful in passing legislation requiring citizens to show ID before voting in recent years, including nearly 10 last year. But they were forced to hold off on enacting it until after the 2012 Presidential Election. In the past, presenting a social security card or a utility bill sufficed. The legislation was widely considered a nationwide GOP tactic to suppress the Black and Latino vote.

Whether that was the intent of the legislation or not, it did not hurt minority voter turnout–especially among Latinos, whose turnout actually increased a percentage point from the 2008 election.

Though, Mitt Romney’s focus on mostly White voter turnout and recent GOP debacles–see Rand Pauls’ speech a historically Black Howard University–have some wondering if the GOP will lean on the following : If we can’t get em’, suppress em’.

As the High Court is expected to hand down its ruling over the Act this summer, Justice Scalia’s remarks should be at the top of our minds. And, with its recent cover, The Crisis has provided a visual to ensure we don’t forget the importance of the High Court’s upcoming ruling.

“(The Crisis) believes there is only one right decision to make in this case and that is to retain Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act,” Asim said. “We wanted to make that clear.”

Indeed, the cover is very clear.

robbiethewabbit: wow look at how dutiful and loyal to her faith she is, she must have chosen what...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:34:16 -0400

robbiethewabbit: wow look at how dutiful and loyal to her faith she is, she must have chosen what...