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Read MoreJACK GREENBERG – NAACP Legal Defense Fund
by: Marceline Donaldson I read this morning of the death of Jack Greenberg and it hit me much harder than I would have expected. Jack Greenberg, Percy Julian, Dolores Orey and so many others are among the people who surrounded me at a very dire time of my life. I am so grateful for the fact…
Read MoreHow To Make Groundnut (Peanut) Soup – Ghanaian Style
by: Abubakari A. Adams …
Read MoreA Solution to Police Violence
“When you sow the wind, you reap the whirlwind.” That is truth and a quote from some fount of wisdom. Back in the 1970’s when I lived in Minneapolis I was on the board of the Minneapolis Urban Coalition. We worked hard to attempt to establish Civilian Review Boards which would work with the police…
Read MoreTO CELEBRATE JULY 4th AND TO REMEMBER
The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro (Ed. Note: 25 to 35 Million Africans were robbed of their freedom; taken from their country and put into slavery for 400 plus years – first by the Arabs and then by Europeans and Americans – Southern Americans, but the people in America who most benefitted from…
Read MoreThe Rev. Nicholas Hood
by: Marceline Donaldson, April 11, 2016 Some remembrances write themselves. This one is being written through heavy grief because it is not only a memory of Nicholas Hood, but long overdue grieving of my youth and someone who contributed majorly to who I am as a Christian today. Nicholas Hood is in my heart and…
Read MoreSandra Bland – Strange Fruit
Once upon a time, the “Strange Fruit, hanging from the trees” used to be from trees with green leaves, a trunk and branches growing up from the ground splattered with red. Today, the “Strange Fruit, hanging from the trees” is hanging from man-made trees with blue reflected all around. But look! Isn’t that the old…
Read MorePresident Obama’s Eulogy of Rev. Pinckney
We have been asked by many of our readers for the URL address of where they could find President Obama’s eulogy. Apparently, you folks didn’t think it was going to be great so you were doing other things while this incredible statement was being made. At the end, President Obama was referred to as “the…
Read MoreResponse to Dalezal Blog
Hey guys, I sent you an email signing up as a member of The Black Race. Why isn’t my name in the membership list yet? I know you are busy, but pay attention – check your emails. I stand with Rachel Dalezal! What she has done takes guts. In addition, – oh, btw, I used…
Read MoreRachel Dolezal
by: Marceline Donaldson Ms. Dolezal is paying a high price, claiming to be who she feels she is inside – which is the right we all have in this life. But look – who is that they are nailing to a cross and raising high into the air for all to see? Is that Ms.…
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