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Posted Tuesday, March 20th 2012 at 8:22PM
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Sometimes Black men fall victim to themselves. They give up the fight. They find the struggle too hard. The goal is too far away. They are impatient. But one would ask, how long do we have to wait? it seems we've been waiting for eons. And, some have ...
Posted Friday, March 16th 2012 at 8:40PM
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In the midst
Of evening glow
An image appears
To take the show.
Varying shades
Of red and yellow
Quiet, serene, subdued
And mellow.
Blades of grass
Weed and cattails
Off shore
Baring no nails.
A shadow appears
Creating a hole
Accents an ...
Posted Friday, March 16th 2012 at 7:34PM
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I woke up to a frosty morn
all dusted white with snow
there was no breeze
not even a flicker
to disturb the serenity.
among the lacy branches sat
a family of birds of red
a mama, a papa, a boy or a girl.
the downy feathered flakes of ice
cov ...
Posted Friday, March 16th 2012 at 7:28PM
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I had a conversation today that brought up the fact that Americans of color do not believe that the President is a "Black" man and that he does not have the so called African American on his agenda. When I first heard the statement, I was blown away. ...
Posted Friday, March 16th 2012 at 7:20PM
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Volumns can be written about what is inside, things we keep hidden, sometimes from ourselves. It is a protection, a cloak, but are we protectiong ourselves from US? It could be dangerous for us to put it all out there. We could be hurt. We could be ...
Posted Friday, March 16th 2012 at 5:06PM
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Is the book "The Invisible Man" written by Ralph Ellison revelent today. Some say that Ellison's ideas are old school and we have passed all of that. Men, I ask this question, when you walk down the street in a crowded city, do you feel invisible? So ...
Posted Friday, March 16th 2012 at 3:33PM
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You Go Girl. I have been saying just what you said since 1959. When the government gave women money for their children, the men had to go and in places like Arizona, they would come to your house at 3 or 4 oclock in the morning looking for a man. If ...
Posted Friday, December 9th 2011 at 12:19PM
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The capture of Osama Bin laden will go down in history as one of the all time life changing events. President Obama will be the man credited with finding and capturing The worlds most feared criminal. He had said that he would not be taken alive. Pa ...
Posted Thursday, May 5th 2011 at 11:47PM
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There are some of us and they are on this site, who do not seem to understand the value of celebrating Black History Month. I, for one, do not believe that we, as a people can truly progress if we do not know from where we've come. It has been my ex ...
Posted Friday, February 11th 2011 at 11:58PM
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The slave trade destroyed entire Indian Nations.
The first non white settlers in america were in North Carolina 1526.
Beginning the story with the pilgrams, leaves out the Spanish, Dutch and the French.
The inhabitants of the pacific Islands ...
Posted Thursday, February 10th 2011 at 4:46PM
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Our-story is a bit different from His-story. Somehow some of the writers forgot to include some information. It wouldn't be history if it were not viewed from someone else's point of view. Well, since there are those who say that certain history is l ...
Posted Tuesday, February 8th 2011 at 5:20PM
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Today's jews are descendents of Attila the Hun?
Timbuctoo was the center of trade for the entire world while Europe was still occupied by barbarians.
Spain was ruled by the moors in 710 AD.
The census in 1820 showed 233,504 free African Amer ...
Posted Sunday, February 6th 2011 at 10:18PM
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According to Quintard Taylor in "America I Am..." Elias Neau a frenchman opened a school in New York City for African slaves in 1704.
In 1708, slaves outnumbered whites in South Carolina.
The first major slave revolt occurred in South Carolina ...
Posted Friday, February 4th 2011 at 4:19PM
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It is unnecessary to CALL NAMES. Some people on this site decided to have some kicked off just for that very thing. What is going on here? I am disappointed with the way the site is headed. The first amendment guarentees free speech unless libal or ...
Posted Thursday, November 4th 2010 at 4:01PM
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Mr. Canada hit the nail on the head. Instead of waiting for a savior, we need to save ourselves. Most educational systems have not kept up with the times nor have they taken into consideration the changes in the community that inpact the citizens and ...
Posted Saturday, October 30th 2010 at 4:20PM
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The educational system was designed by John Cotton from Massachusetts in 1650. The purpose was to teach obedience. Do not disrupt the status quo. If we ccontinue to exclude the family, we will exclude the main engine of education. The family is the r ...
Posted Wednesday, October 27th 2010 at 6:00PM
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Upon the death of Hatshepsut, the power was transferred to Tuthmoses III which began the reign of the 18th dynasty. His kingdom included western Asia, islands of the eastern Mediterranean, such as Babylonia, Cilicia, Hittite states, Cyprus, Crete, Sy ...
Posted Sunday, October 17th 2010 at 4:28PM
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It is getting down to the wire. It is almost time for the American public to speak once again. Do we really want a lame duck President? That is something to think about. Our President cannot be effective if he does not have support. He has the power ...
Posted Friday, October 15th 2010 at 3:43PM
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After 1957, and America's race to the moon, focus shifted in education, back to the basics. New Math, open classrooms, programmed instruction, and upgraged schools beame the trend. Behaviorism, whole language, reading mastery learning, and standardiz ...
Posted Thursday, October 14th 2010 at 11:11PM
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Oklahoma had an earthquake today 5.1, felt from Kanas to Texas. Including five states. What do you know. They re getting stronger and stronger. ...
Posted Wednesday, October 13th 2010 at 8:32PM
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According to J.A. Rogers, the word slave" originally applied to eastern Europeans---Russians captured by Germans. The first slaves in the U. S. were Europeans, mostly British, who scaecely survived the middle passage. In the West indies, they were he ...
Posted Wednesday, October 13th 2010 at 8:12PM
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About 1500 BCE Hatshepsut declared herself a Pharaoh and became the personification of the legitimate monarchy. She ruled Egypt for 25 years. She was the only surviving daughter of Pharaoh Tuthmosis I, and his royal wife. She was married to her half ...
Posted Saturday, October 9th 2010 at 7:04PM
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