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The 50 Greatest Films by Black Directors

Source: The 50 Greatest Films by Black Directors


Muhammad Ali, ‘The Greatest of All Time’, Dead at 74

He called himself ‘The Greatest,’ and to many he was not only the greatest boxer, but the greatest sportsman who ever lived.

Source: Muhammad Ali, ‘The Greatest of All Time’, Dead at 74


Common A SonG for Assata Shakur (2pac’s aunt)


Frank Miller’s Latest Batman Tackles Police Brutality

Source: Frank Miller’s Latest Batman Tackles Police Brutality


The Great Dismal Swamp: Underground Route for Runaway Slaves and Hideout for Nat Turner

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Slave hunt in the Dismal Swamp: Virginia

 


UC Berkeley Students Outraged By “White Student Union” Efforts – Naturally Moi

Source: UC Berkeley Students Outraged By “White Student Union” Efforts – Naturally Moi


Mansa Musa – The Richest Human Being Who Ever Lived, Worth $400 Billion – How Africa

When we think of the wealthiest people in the world, we most often think of the Waltons (of Wal-Mart fame), Warren Buffett, or Bill Gates. However, if you go a

Source: Mansa Musa – The Richest Human Being Who Ever Lived, Worth $400 Billion – How Africa


Ta-Nehisi Coates on Police Brutality: “The Violence is Not New, It’s the Cameras That are New”

Source: Ta-Nehisi Coates on Police Brutality: “The Violence is Not New, It’s the Cameras That are New”


Pambazuka – Why did the world mourn so much for Paris?

Source: Pambazuka – Why did the world mourn so much for Paris?


AN OPEN LETTER TO THE KU KLUX KLAN

Source: AN OPEN LETTER TO THE KU KLUX KLAN


Gullah/Geechee, African-American Group Known as a “Nation Within a Nation”

The #Gullah/Geechee Nation exist from Jacksonville, NC to Jacksonville, FL. These African-American people are considered a “nation within a nation” from the time of enslavement in the United States until they officially became an internationally recognized nation on July 2, 2000. The #Gull

Source: Gullah/Geechee, African-American Group Known as a “Nation Within a Nation”


the house hustle made

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I love this poem. Glad I found it!

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Racist threats posted on Berkeley High library computer

Source: Racist threats posted on Berkeley High library computer

These students have been under attack for a year, and it isn’t until something as graphic as this occurs, that the BHS administration takes action – and only after the students finally rebel to call attention to the problems? What is more painful is that Berkeley High’s Afrikan student population was saddened, but was not truly surprised that this has occurred.

What does that say about the adult administration of a school when Afrikan students are not surprised at terrorist threats of extrajudicial killing are directed against them?

If you recall, Niya Kenney just told her classmates in South Carolina to film a dangerous white racist cop the minute he stepped into her math class, because she “knew the situation was going to go downhill.” The ‘administrators’ of that school, Spring Valley High, called in a steroid hyped, dangerous, 300 lb white male cop to ‘remove’ a 16 year old Afrikan female child from class for ‘disturbing school’ by refusing to put away her cell phone and/or to leave the room for not doing so. This child – who might of weighed 100 lbs. give or take – was ‘removed’ from the room in handcuffs after being wrenched out of her desk by the neck and thrown across the room.

And in Berkeley, CA, the BHS administration obviously hasn’t   de-escalated the level  of racist threats to its Afrikan student population since the students have been under attack for a year. Racists are now able to hack into the school computer system to spread terrorist threats of degradation, and extrajudicial killing aimed at Afrikan students.

The rope in the tree didn’t get enough attention, neither did racist epithets slipped into the school year book. It took hacking into the school library’s computer system and promising a public lynching to get admin’s attention?

How dangerously unacceptable is that?

Across the country Afrikan children are being attacked, assaulted, threatened, jailed, murdered. These are not isolated incidents perpetrated by lone nut cases. This is systemic racism and genocidal history repeating itself.

It cannot be allowed to continue.

MHK

 


Recent DNA Tests Prove That All Chinese Can Trace Their Roots Back To A Different Continent

The news is exciting for scientists and geneticists all over the world!

Source: Recent DNA Tests Prove That All Chinese Can Trace Their Roots Back To A Different Continent


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…

Source: When will the truth be told? The Black presence in America before Columbus


4 Movies You Should See & Know About Before You See Django that deal w/ Rebellion | Davey D’s Hip Hop Corner

 

4 Movies You Should See & Know About Before You See Django that deal w/ Rebellion | Davey D’s Hip Hop Corner.