Kru People: The Africans Who Vigilantly Refused to Be Captured into Slavery
The Kru people are indigenous to Liberia and the Ivory Coast. Kru were most known for seafaring and their strong resistance to capture by European enslavers in the Transatlantic slave trade. The Kr…
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November 22, 2015 | Categories: & Literature, Adults, Africa, African Natural Teas, African-Brazilian, AFRIKAN, Afrobeat, Black Agenda Report, Black Commentator, Black History, Black Lives Matter, Black Women of Brazil, Caribbean, Caribbean, Children, Commentary, Community outrage, Congo, Culture, Education, Ethnic Studies, Families, Film, Griot, Haitian, Health, Immigration law, Indigenous, Indigenous, International Law, Islamic, Jim Crow, Liberation, Martial Arts, Masters of the Martial Arts, mothers, Museum Tours, Native American, Nigerian, Political, Politics, predictive policing, Racism, Serious2020, slavery, Spiritual, terrorism, The Warrior Within, War against Afrikans, Weaponry, Youth | Tags: African/Black experience, Afrikan, Angola, Bété, Black Seminoles, capoeira, Carolinas, descendants, Diaspora, Dida, Dr. Ian Hancock, Dr. Joseph Opala, Florida, freedom, Guéré, Gullah Geeche, Ivory Coast, Kipura Ngolo, Kru ethnic group, Kru People, Liberia, linguistics, Mexico, Mr. Francis Jackson Seyon a Kru elder from Los Angeles, Museum on Bunce Island off Sierra Leone coast, Nzinga of Matamba a warrior and strategist, Oklahoma, PBS documentary "Our Family Across the Sea", protest, racism, resist enslavement, revolutionary leaders, seafaring, Seminole Maroons, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone Black Seminole connection, Slavery, Spanish Florida, terrorism, Texas, War on Afrikans | Leave a comment
the house hustle made
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November 7, 2015 | Categories: & Literature, a capella, Adults, AFRIKAN, Afrobeat, Art, Black Consciousness Movement, Black Economic Development, Black History, Black Lives Matter, Black Media, Black Men, Black Women, Business, Children, Children, children, Commentary, Culture, Digital, Disabled, Education, Ethnic Studies, Families, Health, Human Rights, Independent Black Media, Indigenous, Indigenous, International Law, Lower Bottom Playaz, Marcus Garvey Bookstores, Media, Mental Health, mothers, Music, Poetry, Political, Politics, Rap, Sankofa, Serious2020, Spiritual, Strike!, Teaching While Black, The Warrior Within, Theatre, Weaponry, Women, Working Class, Youth, Youth | Tags: 101 in the shade, African/Black experience, Afrikan, blackberry lemonade, bulletproof so don't come gunning, Dr Ayodele Nzinga, freedom, incarceration nation, life, music, Oakland, Phavia Kujichagulia, poetry, protest, revolutionary, survival, terrorism, The House Hustle Made, War on Afrikans | 1 Comment
Meet the Women Who Created #BlackLivesMatter
“Saying ‘black lives matter’ both literally and figuratively restores people’s dignity.”
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October 21, 2015 | Categories: 1st Amendment Rights, Adults, African Natural Teas, AFRIKAN, Afrikan History, Afrobeat, AnnieGetYourGang, Art, BLA, Black Agenda Report, Black Arts Movement, Black Commentator, Black Consciousness Movement, Black Economic Development, Black Farmers, Black History, Black Lives Matter, Black Panther Party, Black Women, Black Women of Brazil, Border Patrol, Brown vs Board of Education, child abuse, children, COINTELPRO, Commentary, Community outrage, Community self defense, Culture, Dance, Davey D's Hip Hop Corner, Disabilities - Police Brutality, Disabled, Documentary Film, Education, El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, Ethnic Studies, Extrajudicial killing, Families, families in the world murdered by police, FANMI LAVALAS, Film, Genocide, George Jackson Radio, Glen Ford, Griot, Haiti, Haitian, Head pressing, Health, Human Rights, I Mix What I Like, ICE, Immigration law, Independent Black Media, Indigent, International Law, Invisible disabilities, Jim Crow, Karen Seneferu, Kenneth Harding Jr, Lance Armstrong, Larry Pinkney, Law, Lovinsky-Pierre Antoine, Lynching, Marcus Garvey Bookstores, Music, Nat Turner, NATO, NCTT, NEO-GRIOT, New Afrikan Nation, Night of the Long Knives, Pambazuka News, Pan African News Wire, Paul Scott, Photography, Poetry, Police brutality, Political, Politics, predictive policing, Prisoners, Professor Tina Bell Wright, Racism, rape, Sandra Bland, SAVE CITAZ!, Serious2020, Steven Bantu Biko, stop and frisk, Teaching While Black, The Black Woman Is God, The Truth Minista, The Warrior Within, Theatre, Torture, UN, Victoire Ingabire, Video, voter suppression tactics, War on Drugs, We Will Shoot Back, Weaponry, Women, Youth | Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, African/Black experience, Afrikan, Alicia Garza, Assata Shakur, Audre Lourde, Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Black Lives Matter, Black Panther Party, BPP, Brooklyn, COINTELPRO, Denise Perry, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, film, freedom, human dignity, incarcerated youth, incarceration nation, Los Angeles, mama, murder, National Domestic Workers Alliance, New York, New York Womens Foundation, Oakland, Oakland CA, Opal Tometi, Patrisse Cullors, police brutality, political assassination, Political Prisoners, prisoners, prisons, protest, racism, re humanization project, revolutionary, revolutionary leaders, Slavery, stop and frisk, terrorism, Trayvon Martin, UN, undocumented immigrants, War on Afrikans | Leave a comment
When will the truth be told? The Black presence in America before Columbus
Every October, Americans pause to celebrate Columbus Day. Children are taught that the Italian navigator discovered America. Parades are held in his honor and tributes tell of his skill, courage an…
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October 11, 2015 | Categories: Adults, Africa, AFRIKAN, AFRIKAN, Afrikan History, Afrobeat, Art, Ayotzinapa School in Mexico, Black Consciousness Movement, Black Farmers, Black History, Caribbean, Children, Commentary, Community outrage, Community self defense, Culture, Documentary Film, Education, El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, Ethnic Studies, FANMI LAVALAS, Filep Karma, Film, Glen Ford, Guatemala, Haitian, Health, Human Rights, I Mix What I Like, Independent Black Media, International Law, Karen Seneferu, Liberation, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Mayan, Media, Museum Tours, Native American, NEO-GRIOT, New Afrikan Nation, Oakland Maroons Art Collective, Pambazuka News, Pan African News Wire, Political, Politics, Racism, Refa-1, Rise of the Orishas, Robert F. Williams, Sankofa, Serious2020, The Black Woman Is God, The Truth Minista, The Warrior Within, Theatre, Video, Vigils for AFRIKAN children, We Created Chavez, We Will Shoot Back, West Papua, West Papua, West Papua, Wopashitwe Mondo Eyen we Langa, Working Class, Youth, Yusak Pakage | Tags: 000 years ago, 19th dynasty, 25th dynasty, 56, African/Black experience, Afrikan, Alexander Von Wuthenau, ancient Afrikan presence, Andrzej Wiercinski, Artists, arts, astronomy, California, Central America, central Mexico, Cerro de las Mesas, city attorney Emeritus, cocaine, Compton CA, cotton, David Imhotep, Dr. Ivan van Sertima, Dr. John Henrik Clarke, Egypt, Egypto-Nubian world, El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, Emory Douglas, film, freedom, Ghana, Gulf of Mexico, J.A. Villacorta, King Ramesis III, La Venta, Legrand H Clegg II, Mali, mathematics, Mathu Otir, MesoAmerica, Michael Coe, Monte Alban, Nicholas Leon, NO to Columbus Day, North America, Olmec civilization, Olmec: Mother Culture of Mexico, R.A. Jairazbhoy, revolutionary, Songhay, South America, southern Mexico, The First Americans Were Africans: Documented Evidence, They Came Before Columbus, Tlatilco, Tres Zapotes, War on Afrikans, When Black Men Ruled the World, When will the truth be told?, written language | Leave a comment
Apply by Nov. 3 for Large Scholarships for High-Achieving, Low-Income High School Students
Application Period Begins for Nation’s Largest Undergraduate Scholarship for High-Achieving, Low-Income High School Students LANSDOWNE, VA –The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation invites applications for …
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October 4, 2015 | Categories: Adults, Afrobeat, AnnieGetYourGang, Black Agenda Report, Black Commentator, Black Economic Development, Black Entrepreneurs, Black Farmers, Black Media, Black Men, Black Women, Black Women of Brazil, Business, Children, Children, Commentary, Culture, Davey D's Hip Hop Corner, Digital, Disabled, Disabled, disabled / disability rights, Education, Ethnic Studies, Glen Ford, Griot, Health, Human Rights, I Mix What I Like, Independent Black Media, Invisible disabilities, Invisible disabilities, Larry Pinkney, Liberation, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Marcus Garvey Bookstores, Media, Mental Health, NEO-GRIOT, Pambazuka News, Pan African News Wire, Paul Scott, Photography, Political, Prisoners, Professor Tina Bell Wright, Serious2020, Spiritual, The Truth Minista, Video, Vigils for AFRIKAN children, Women, Women, Youth | Tags: 000.00 yearly, 1st Amendment Rights, 40, academic ability and achievement, academic transcripts, African/Black experience, Afrikan, and essays, and leadership, awarded 147 million dollars in scholarships to 2000 students, awarded over 88 million dollars in grants, books, College Scholarship Program, desire to help others, end the Excellence Gap, fees, financial need, founded in 2000, freedom, high achieving, high school students, http://www.jkcf.org/scholarships/college-scholarship-program/, Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, living expenses, low income, national scholarships, November 3 deadline, persistence, scholarships, self-assessments, standardized test scores, submit applications, teacher recommendations, tuition, unmet financial need, www.jkcf.org | Leave a comment
Hurricane Katrina and the Revival of the Political Athlete
Hurricane Katrina and the Revival of the Political Athlete.
August 17, 2015 | Categories: 13th Amendment, 14th Amendment, 1st Amendment Rights, 1st Amendment Rights, 2nd Amendment, 8th Amendment, Adults, AFRIKAN, Afrobeat, AnnieGetYourGang, Assata Shakur, Basketball, Black Agenda Report, Black Commentator, Black Consciousness Movement, Black History, Black Lives Matter, Black Media, Black Men, Black Panther Party, Black Women, Black Women of Brazil, Block Report Radio Station, Boxing, Children, Commentary, Community outrage, Community self defense, Cruel and inhuman punishment, Culture, Davey D's Hip Hop Corner, Deaf, Death Penalty, Digital, Disabilities - Police Brutality, Disability, Disabled, Disabled, Education, El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, Emory Douglas: The Art of the The Black Panthers, Ethnic Studies, Extrajudicial killing, Families, families in the world murdered by police, FANMI LAVALAS, fathers, Football, FRUITVALE STATION, George Jackson Radio, Glen Ford, Haiti, Haitian, Haitian, Hip Hop, Human Rights, Hunger Strike, I Mix What I Like, illegal sentencing, Immigration law, In Your Corner: BAYVIEW Boxer: Raquel Miller, Incarceration nation, Independent Black Media, International Law, Invisible disabilities, Invisible disabilities, Jim Crow, Kenneth Harding Jr, Larry Pinkney, Law, Leonard Peltier, Liberation, Lords of the Revolution - BPP, Lovinsky-Pierre Antoine, Lynching, Malcolm, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Martial Arts, Martial Arts, Media, Mental Health, Militarized police, Military, Military rapes, Mumia-Abu Jamal, Music, Mychal Denzel Smith, Nat Turner, NCTT, Nelson Mandela, NEO-GRIOT, New Afrikan Nation, Night of the Long Knives, OAAU, Oscar Lopez-Rivera, Pambazuka News, Pan African News Wire, Paul Scott, Photography, Police brutality, Police Brutality, Police Brutality - murder, Political, political assassination, Political Prisoners, Politics, predictive policing, predictive policing, predictive policing, Prison Law, Prisoners, Prisoners, Prisons, Professor Tina Bell Wright, Racism, Rap, Reggae, Sandra Bland, SAVE CITAZ!, Secret Squirrels, secret surveillance, Sekou Odinga, Serena Williams, Serious2020, Sexual predators, SHU, special rendition, Spiritual, Sports, Steven Bantu Biko, stop and frisk, Strike!, Stuck in the smoke hole of our Tipi, Tae Kwon Do, Teaching While Black, Tennis, The Rebirth of Black Rage, The Spook that sat by the door, The Truth Minista, Through A Lens Darkly, Torture, UN, Victoire Ingabire, Video, Vigils for AFRIKAN children, War on Drugs (alleged), Weaponry, Women, Women, Youth | Tags: $40 Million Slaves, 1st Amendment, 1st Amendment Rights, African/Black experience, Afrikan, Afrikan origin of martial arts, Airyana Smith, Alan Blueford, Andy Lopez Jr., basketball, Black Lives Matter, Black Panther Party, Black rage, boxing, Craig Hodges, David Zirin, El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, Emory Douglas, Eric Garner, Etan Thomas, Ferguson Missouri, Fly Benzo, football, freedom, George Bush doesn't care about Black people, Haiti, Hip Hop, Hurricane Katrina, I can't breathe, incarceration nation, Joe Horn, John Carlos, Lebron James, levees blown up, levees broke, Mahmoud Abdul Rauf, Malcolm X, martial arts, Mike Brown, Muhammad Ali, Mumia Abu Jamal, murder under the cover of law, Mychal Denzel Smith, NBA, Olympics, Oscar Grant, police brutality, political assassination, political athlete, protest, racism, revolutionary, revolutionary leaders, Serena Williams, Slavery, St Louis Rams, stop and frisk, Tennis, terrorism, The New Jim Crow, Tommie Smith, Trayvon Martin, UN, Venus Williams, War on Afrikans | Leave a comment
The South African death of Thandwisa Qubuda | San Francisco Bay View
The South African death of Thandwisa Qubuda | San Francisco Bay View.
March 5, 2013 | Categories: & Literature, 'I Write What I Like', Adults, Africa, AFRIKAN, Afrobeat, Ann Garrison, AnnieGetYourGang, Autobiography of Malcolm X, Black Consciousness Movement, Black History, Black Media, Black Men, Black Women, Children, Commentary, Community outrage, Community self defense, Culture, Education, Evictions, Health, Housing, Human Rights, Independent Black Media, International Law, Law, Media, Mental Health, Militarized police, Military, Police brutality, Political, Politics, Radio, Rape, South Africa, South Africa, special rendition, Steve Biko, Steven Bantu Biko, Strike!, Torture, Weaponry, Women, Women, Youth | Tags: African/Black experience, Afrikan, apartheid, Black Consciousness Movement, Davey D's Hip Hop Corner, freedom, gang rape, militarized police, murder, police brutality, protest, racism, rape, rape by police, revolutionary leaders, SF BAYVIEW newspaper, South Africa, South African police, Steven 'Bantu' Biko, terrorism, Thandwisa Qubuda, war, War on Afrikans, weapons of war | Leave a comment
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See the #fireworks I created by blogging on #WordPressDotCom. My 2015 annual report.
See the fireworks serious2020 created by blogging on WordPress.com. Check out their 2015 annual report.
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December 29, 2015 | Categories: & Literature, 'I Write What I Like', Adults, AFRIKAN, Afrikan History, Afrobeat, Andre Ward, Ann Garrison, AnnieGetYourGang, Art, Assata Shakur, Assata Shakur - In Her Own Words, Autobiography of Malcolm X, Ayotzinapa School in Mexico, BLA, Black Agenda Report, Black Commentator, Black Consciousness Movement, Black Economic Development, Black Farmers, Black History, Black Lives Matter, Black Media, Black Men, Black Panther Party, Black Science Fiction, Black Women, Black Women of Brazil, Border Patrol, Boxing, BPP, Business, Children, children, Commentary, Community outrage, Community self defense, Culture, Davey D's Hip Hop Corner, Disabilities - Police Brutality, Disabled, Education, Emory Douglas, Extrajudicial killing, Families, families in the world murdered by police, Film, FRUITVALE STATION, George Jackson Radio, Glen Ford, Haiti: We Must Kill the Bandits, Health, Human Rights, Hurricane Sandy, I Mix What I Like, ICE, illegal sentencing, Imam Jamil Al-Amin, Immigration law, Incarceration nation, International Law, Invisible disabilities, Jim Crow, Joy Elan, Kevin 'Rashid' Johnson, Larry Pinkney, Law, Liberation, Lovinsky-Pierre Antoine, Lynching, Mainstream Media gaffes, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Marcus Garvey Bookstores, Martial Arts, media cover ups, Militarized police, murder by medical neglect, Music, Negroes With Guns, NEO-GRIOT, Octavia Butler, Pambazuka News, Pan African News Wire, Paul Scott, Photography, Police brutality, Police Brutality, Police Brutality - murder, police corruption, Political, predictive policing, predictive policing, predictive policing, prison industrial complex, Prisoners, Prisoners of War, Prisons, Professor Tina Bell Wright, Racism, Rape, Raquel Miller, Robert F. Williams, Robert Seth Hayes, Sandra Bland, Sekou Odinga, Sekou Odinga, Serious2020, Steve Biko, Stop and frisk, Tae Kwon Do, Teaching While Black, terrorism, The Autobiography of Ida B Wells, The Truth Minista, UN, Victoire Ingabire, Vigils for AFRIKAN children, War against Afrikans, We Will Shoot Back, Weaponry, Women, Youth | Tags: African/Black experience, Afrikan, freedom, Oakland, racism, revolutionary leaders, serious2020, War on Afrikans | Leave a comment