Posted on 22 January 2008
Juanita Young of New York City survived a beating by 8 police officers
Here she holds a picture of Malcolm Ferguson, her son shot by police in 2000. In 2007 she won a $10 million dollar judgment in court but continues to fight appeals by the government.
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Posted on 17 January 2008
Nina Simone (1933-2003) helped to popularize the natural look in the early 1960s.
Into the void, she walked in unconcerned. It seem that she actually floated.
Men didn’t want to stare but it was hard not to.
The women looked, gaped and held laughter in their throats. Eyes slid like slingshots towards partners.
There had always been beautiful women [...]
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Posted on 09 January 2008
Assata ShakurAssata Shakur, (b. 1947 in New York )of the Black Liberation Army was captured in May 1973. She is a US Political Exile and former US Political Prisoner now living in Cuba.
“The price of the beef is higher than the dope in the street”
Curtis Mayfield, Future Shock
When Chicago’s music wizard Curtis Mayfield produced an [...]
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Posted on 30 December 2007
Two Generations of African men and boys, New Orleans, August, 2005
Crisp, that was a way to describe the point guard’s passes.
Without breaking a stride and completely ‘no-look’, speedy Felton flipped one over his head to the trailing player. He didn’t worry that his defender had a tryout with the pro’s and he wasn’t concerned about [...]
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Posted on 25 December 2007
Inside These Books Are The Lives Of People
There are books written about us, many books.
Yet you won’t see them, unless you are a lawyer, and even a few of the professionals can’t comprehend what is on the inside.
We, who the millions and billions of words are written about know [...]
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