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• Dr. Boyce Watkins: KKK Rally at Ole Miss University

  
  Black Politics, Black Voters, Black People — Authority: 119
  By Dr. Boyce Watkins , Syracuse University   I was intrigued by recent reports that the Ku Klux Klan had a rally on the Ole Miss Campus recently. It might surprise you to know that I am essentially unconcerned by their presence on campus. Don’t get me wrong, Klansmen are incredibly ignorant. Also, we cannot ...
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• Your Health News: Another Hurdle Jumped for Healthcare Reform

  
  Black Public Scholars — Authority: 125
  WASHINGTON – A bruising debate on health care awaits the Senate after Thanksgiving now that the historic legislation has cleared a key hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. The bill would extend coverage to roughly 31 million who lack it, crack down ...
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• Dr. Boyce Watkins: Jesse Jackson Gets into it with the CBC

  
  Black Public Scholars — Authority: 125
  by Dr. Boyce Watkins , Black Planet , Your Black World Coalition I love speaking with Rev. Jesse Jackson.  He walks and talks like a man who has seen and heard nearly everything.  Our civil rights leaders are social hubs through which many members of our society must travel in order to reach their ...
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• Jesse Jackson Gets into it with the CBC

  
  Black Politics, Black Voters, Black People — Authority: 119
  by Dr. Boyce Watkins , Black Planet   I love speaking with Rev. Jesse Jackson.  He walks and talks like a man who has seen and heard nearly everything.  Our civil rights leaders are social hubs through which many members of our society must travel in order to reach their destinations.   You can’t call ...
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• OPINION: Jesse Jackson Was Right About Artur Davis…Sort Of

  
  NewsOne — Authority: 638
  I love speaking with Rev. Jesse Jackson.  He walks and talks like a man who has seen and heard nearly everything.  Our civil rights leaders are social hubs through which many members of our society must travel in order to reach their destinations.   You can’t call yourself a black man and not know the Rev. Jesse ...
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• Its Time, Dont You Think?

  
  DarkStar Spouts Off — Authority: 423
  Dont you think its due time to cut off Jesse Jackson, Srs nuts?
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• Miami madness: ‘We Shall Overcome’ (the sequel)

  
  The Reid Report — Authority: 509
  Today, hundreds of  Black Miamians will take to the streets and march, to protest the decades of ineffective and corrupt government that has held back their neighborhoods, while some Black politicians — who were elected to bring hope and opportunity to their communities — lived high on the hog on the public dime, ...
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• Dr. Boyce Watkins – The Heather Ellis Case: All About Racism

  
  Black Politics, Black Voters, Black People — Authority: 119
  by Dr. Boyce Watkins   My mother raised me to believe that black men are supposed to stand up for black women . Heather Ellis is the woman who now faces 15-years in prison for an incident deriving from her being accused of cutting line at a Walmart. Based on my knowledge of the Heather Ellis case (and seeing ...
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• Historical Progress and Reasonable Men

  
  Izgad — Authority: 121
  Miss S. raises some issues with one of my arguments from my presentation on Orson Scott Cards Speaker for the Dead. I argue that history should be taught with a decidedly unpolemical stance, even when dealing with societies and institutions that most people today would find morally abhorrent such as slavery or open ...
  6 days ago

• Glenn Beck: Time to Be Heard

  
  American Power — Authority: 704
  Im watching the late-show rerun right now. But check Another Black Conservative for some post-show reaction as well, " UPDATED: The Glenn Beck Show: The Aftermath ": Watch the latest business video at FOXBusiness.com Also, check Motivation: Truth and My Voice on the Wings of Change . Saber Point ...
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• Why Michael Steele is right about white republicans being scared of blacks

  
  Let's Talk Honestly — Authority: 131
  George Cook of www.letstalkhonestly discusses Michael Steele’s recent comment about white republicans being scared of African Americans and why he believes Mr. Steele has a point here. Because of this fear or whatever you want to call it the RNC is missing a huge chance to recruit more African Americans. Ironic ...
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• The Problems with Obama’s Health Care Plan

  
  Black Public Scholars — Authority: 125
  By Dr. Elaina George, MD The health care reform bill (HR 3962) that just passed the House of Representatives is bad on so many levels it is difficult explain. As it stands, it will destroy both the doctor patient relationship and change the practice of medicine as we know it. We have one of the finest health ...
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• Local buzz — Miami District 5: You’ve been punk’d

  
  The Reid Report — Authority: 509
  Well knock me over with a feather… Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones, having just cruised to re-election with Saddam Hussein=style margins on the strength of $180,000 in developer-related campaign cash and a lot of boxed chicken dinners at the senior centers  — and after fewer than 10 percent of the 40,000 ...
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• What to make of the punch by the Columbia University Professor – Dr. Boyce

  
  Black Politics, Black Voters, Black People — Authority: 119
  by Dr. Boyce Watkins , Syracuse University   When I heard that black Columbia University professor Lionel McIntyre punched out a white university employee , I was obviously taken aback. I was even more intrigued by the fact that the two were having a heated conversation about white privilege when the alleged ...
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• News: African American students told to pick cotton in front of white classmates

  
  Black Politics, Black Voters, Black People — Authority: 119
  A history lesson that asked black elementary students to act like slaves has sparked protests from parents and teachers at a North Carolina school Wednesday. During a field trip to Latta Plantation, three students from Rea View Elementary in Waxhaw were chosen by tour guide Ian Campbell to wear bags and mimic ...
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• News on the Heather Ellis Trial: New Prosecutor Has Confederate Flag on His Book Cover

  
  Black Politics, Black Voters, Black People — Authority: 119
  Should we be concerned about this?  Our rally is in Kennett, MO on November 16 at 11 am. Visit www.TheHeatherEllisCase.com for more information.
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• What Do the Cleveland Murders Say About Our Society?

  
  Black Public Scholars — Authority: 125
  by Dr. Boyce Watkins , Syracuse University   Anthony Sowell is a name that most of us would like to forget. Sowell is the 50-year-old man in Cleveland found to have 11 corpses in his home after being arrested on a rape charge. His neighbors noticed the smell, but some blamed it on the sausage factory next ...
  2 weeks ago

• Black Preachers and Elections: What Gives?

  
  Black Politics, Black Voters, Black People — Authority: 119
  A few weeks ago, the Rev. Calvin O. Butts III , the influential pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, came to a difficult decision, one he had wrestled with all summer. Daniel Barry for The New York Times "What could I say to a man who was mayor, and was supportive of a lot of programs that ...
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• NY1s Dominic Carter Keeps Having a Bad Week

  
  Black Entertainment, Money, Style and Beauty Blogs - Black Voices — Authority: 156
  Filed under: News , Opinion , Politics Somebodys having a really tough week. After dealing with wife-beating allegations, being hammered in the media and getting kicked off the air , NY1s celebrated and humiliated journalist Dominic Carter has found himself in yet another controversy. The story goes like ...
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• Several US Cities elect black mayors on 11/03/09

  
  Let's Talk Honestly — Authority: 131
  On 11/03/09 several African Americans won mayor’s seats in several US cities while David Bing retained his seat in Detroit. Take a look at 6 of these new mayors by using the link below: http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html
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