The 13th amendment permanently abolishing slavery was ratified and became part of the Constitution on December 6, 1865. (The 1863 Emancipation Proclamation only applied to “states in rebellion,” and was an executive order that could be rescinded by a future president.) It passed Congre[...]
Posts Tagged ‘African American’
November 28th, 2015 - 1:20 am § in America
Occupied Black America
Bloods and Crips join forces to protect property in Ferguson.[...]
November 11th, 2015 - 1:32 pm § in Misc.
Samuel L Jackson Was Expelled From Morehouse In The 60s For Holding Martin Luther King Jr.’s Father Hostage By watchtheyard on November 5, 2015 Jackson enrolled at the historically black Morehouse College in Atlanta, the alma mater of Martin Luther King Jr. In 1968, when Martin Luther King Jr. w[...]
November 5th, 2015 - 11:54 am § in The Ave Scene
A Chance to Actually Do Something For District 3
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October 22nd, 2015 - 8:24 am § in Misc.
Spike Lee On Chicago’s ‘Self-Inflicted Genocide’ “There has to be some gun reform,”
Spike Lee is already getting blowback from the NRA, Chicago’s establishment and lace curtain liberals for his upcoming movie, CHIRAQ about gun violence in Chicago. (from interview at Deadline) “I would just be irresponsible as a filmmaker to not comment on this self-inflicted genocide[...]
October 19th, 2015 - 11:09 am § in The Ave Scene
Letter to Kshama Sawant: “This is not what I joined Socialist Alternative for.”
Seattle city council member, Kshama Sawant is the most prominent socialist in the United States. That’s why what she does and what her group, Socialist Alternative does, matters for the entire socialist movement. We carry below an open letter from a member of Socialist Alternative. The letter c[...]
October 19th, 2015 - 10:42 am § in The Ave Scene
CHARLIE JAMES: An Open Letter to Larry Gossett.
CHARLIE JAMES For over 40 years we have been in this city together working on issue relevant to people of color. My goal and objectives have always leaned heavily toward the Black community and i have accepted your insistence on a larger collaborative effort with third world people. But over th[...]
October 5th, 2015 - 12:22 am § in Misc.
Is this racist, sexist, gay, anti gay, or just two beautiful shy men?
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Charlie James on Watermelon
This is my favorite fruit and I had no idea what the original looked like until selective breeding was used to create what we eat now. A 17th-Century Stanchi Painting Reveals the Rapid Change in Watermelons through Selective Breeding Giovanni Stanchi (Rome c. 1645-1672). Oil on canvas. 38 5/8 x 52½[...]