Ta-Nehisis Coates (Journalist … Poet) The MacArthur Foundation gave its genius award to the 39-year-old national correspondent at The Atlantic in Washington, D.C. His writing is amazing. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘African American’
September 23rd, 2015 - 10:33 am § in Misc.
Charlie posts “This is a life time pursuit and many do it until they leave this planet. I salute you Bro. “
90-year-old Charleston-born civil rights activist: ‘We’re still working on those revolutions’ -… James Campbell, an activist who worked alongside Malcolm X, offers his insight in the aftermath of the Charleston shootings THEGUARDIAN.COM[...]
Lebron James understands the importance of education
Last month, Lebron James announced that his foundation would donate $41 million to cover tuition at the University of Akron for 1,100 Ohio high school graduates. For many years programs have trained kids, without taking into account that the kids parents may also need help. Programs can not contin[...]
Why Do South Carolina Jews Deny Jewish Racism?
Over at William Quick’s website named Steveshits, my brother in law claims that I have said that “the KKK was founded in “Charleston South Carolina, where principles of the KK [sic] were written in a synagogue.[sic]” Sadly Bill is wrong about the racist history of the synagogue he now[...]
Seat at the table mentality should be dead!
“Lebron James is more powerful than Adam Silver(NBA commissioner)” I laughed at that statement when I heard it. I corrected it. Lebron James could be more powerful than Adam Silver, if the brotha wasn’t scared of independence. You can have the potential to be more powerful than[...]
Black people, do Black Lives Matter?
Where is the Black Proganda movement? How do we expect America to think Black Lives Matter when we are doing very little to establish that fact nowadays? Our movies, filmmakers actors/actresses have to reflect that fact, and right now they do not. The black community had Mario Van Peebles, Spike Le[...]
What would you do for a laugh?
Nigga Turtles, a YouTube video created by ITSREAL85VIDS brings both anger and laughter. Basically some guy had a great idea. He decided to take an old Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movie and do voices over it. Sad to say the first time that I saw this video, I was laughing. As I was reviewing [...]
June 6th, 2015 - 8:31 am § in The Ave Scene
Whom would YOU Choose to Replace a Mural in Seattle’s Historic “Africatown”
This painted out wall once held a fine mural depicting soe of the history of Seattle’s African American Community. Then it was gone. A new mural is being painted nearby by a successful artists, Emily Charlotte Taibleson. I hope and assume she will do a great job, but I am sad that with all the[...]
May 27th, 2015 - 8:08 am § in America, The Ave Scene
Seattle’s Apartheid Success
Back in the 70s, while we liberals were protesting Apartheid in Capetown, Seattle’s ethnic housing practices created ghettoes. Segregation here, as in South Africa, was not just for “colored” people. Restrictive racial covenants prohibited the sale or rental of properties to [...]
Davey L. Whitney (1930-2015)
Davey “The Wiz”Whitney, an influential American Basketball coach, was born January 15, 1930, in Lexington, Kentucky, to parents Albert Whitney Sr. and Elizabeth Whitney. Mr. Whitney coached Alcorn St. to the first NCAA tournament win ever by an historically black university with a 70-62 vict[...]