Stono Rebellion (sometimes called Cato’s Conspiracy or Cato’s Rebellion) was a slave rebellion that commenced on 9 September 1739, near the Stono River in the colony of South Carolina. The uprising was led by native Africans who were likely from the Kingdom of Kongo. The slaves may[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Black America’
April 23rd, 2015 - 2:23 pm § in America
HELP FUND A BLACK PANTHER MOVIE!
Help Stanley Nelson bring the story of the Black Panther Party to theaters across the country. Stanley Nelson, a film maker, has made an exciting film about the black panthers. He is offering memorabilia in return for donations to help fund this important film. as the Panthers would say, ‘Al[...]
February 4th, 2015 - 12:20 pm § in Uncategorized
Racism and the NFL
NFL Plantation Economics and all praise due to Marshawn – Brooklyn Bodega When Jevon Kearse caught that pass on the final drive by the Seahawks yesterday I thought it was the most incredible athletic moment I had ever seen. The only… brooklynbodega.wpengine.com[...]
January 19th, 2015 - 1:36 am § in Hypocrisy
MLK Day: Solving the Black Problem
RACE IS NOT THE PROBLEM The problem created for all Americans by the existence of Black America is not just “race.” Jews are not a race .. despite the Nazi’s phony science, you can not measure someone’s head and determine they are “Aryan” or “Jew.”[...]
January 3rd, 2015 - 2:59 pm § in America
Senator Ed Brooke, Dead
Remember when there were rational Republicans? Former Massachusetts Senator Edward W. Brooke Dead At 95 Brooke was the first Senator I ever campaigned for. I remember his answer to a questions over a talk show: “Mr. Brooke, what race are you. Brooke’s answer (as well as I can remem[...]
December 26th, 2014 - 11:03 am § in America
“We had a policeman responding to a call, protecting the residents of the city of Berkeley,”
Black Mayor Defends White Police Officer Who Shot Teen Near Ferguson Berkeley, Missouri Mayor Theodore Hoskins, who is black, in a press conference Wednesday defended a white police officer who fatally shot an armed teenager. Hoskins said he reviewed surveillance video of the shooting, which show[...]
December 25th, 2014 - 12:14 pm § in America
Yet Another Mitzvah in The Spirit of Christmas
Eric Garner’s Daughter Lays Wreath on Memorial for Slain NY Officers Emerald Garner said that she was moved after reading 13-year-old Jaden Ramos’ Facebook expressing grief over the loss of his father. theroot.com|By Stephen A. Crockett Jr.[...]
December 22nd, 2014 - 5:21 pm § in America, Schools & Colleges
BLACK AMERICA: Who chooses the schools?
This bothers me a lot more than the color of the skin in a police officer’s uniform. Too often I hear well-meaning lace curtain liberals, white and black, telling black parents what is best for their kids. Education is not a way out of the current occupation of black America, its is the only[...]
December 21st, 2014 - 3:29 pm § in America
A Wise Man Speaks Out
Eric Adams: New Yorker, A Black Man, A Politician, and A Former Cop Stop the protests BED-STUY, Brooklyn (PIX11) – Speaking at a makeshift memorial at the scene where two NYPD officers were assassinated, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams for Eric Garner protesters to hold off on future[...]
Memories of The South
I was born on a sharecropping farm in Missouri in 1950 and share cropper mothers were still working while pregnant and carrying the baby to the fields. [...]