Saturday, November 20, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Paul Robeson "Hero of the Week"
Paul Robeson is being honored as the Moral Hero of the Week at
MoralHeroes.org. check it out.
Paul Leroy Robeson, born in New Jersey in 1898, earned an academic scholarship to Rutgers College in 1915. After graduation, Robeson went on to Columbia Law School. He paid his fees there by playing with the National Football League for three years. However, after briefly working in a law firm, Robeson turned to theater. He acted in films and on stage, and sang in concert, winning international acclaim. Outspoken in his criticism of racism, Robeson was blacklisted in the 1940s and 1950s because he refused to repudiate his leftist affiliation. Nonetheless, the NAACP gathered this large group of people to celebrate their presentation of the Spingarn Medal to Robeson for his achievements in 1945.
MoralHeroes.org. check it out.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
November 13, 2010 March on Washington
The organization Black Is Back, which held a march in Washingon last November will do it again this year. The group is unhappy with the policies of the Obama administration.
BIB is unhappy with the continuation of the foreign wars and with US foreign policy in Africa.
They are unhappy that Washington can give trillions to the Auto industry and Wall street yet have no offer of reparation to African Americans for centuries of slavery. Unjust imprisonment, unemployment and over the top foreclosures are also on their list.
Click here for more info.
BIB is unhappy with the continuation of the foreign wars and with US foreign policy in Africa.
They are unhappy that Washington can give trillions to the Auto industry and Wall street yet have no offer of reparation to African Americans for centuries of slavery. Unjust imprisonment, unemployment and over the top foreclosures are also on their list.
Click here for more info.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Oakland protests the Mehserle Verdict
100 Arrested After CA Ex-Officer Gets 2 Years In Fatal Shooting
More than 100 protesters angered by the two-year prison sentence handed down to former Bay Area Rapid Transit police Officer Johannes Mehserle were arrested Friday night after marching from downtown Oakland into a residential area, where mobs smashed about a dozen car windshields and a police officer’s gun was snatched, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The marchers headed out of downtown after a peaceful rally outside City Hall, where as many as 500 people sang songs and heard speeches denouncing the sentence Mehserle received that day for the fatal shooting of unarmed transit rider Oscar Grant.
About 200 demonstrators surged into the streets as darkness fell. Several in the crowd said they had been headed to the transit station where Mehserle shot Grant early on Jan. 1, 2009. As word of the destination spread, officials closed the station, allowing trains to go through but not to stop. Police penned in the marchers about a mile from the station.
Oscar Grant was murdered and Oakland is not happy with the Mehserle Verdict.
A CHANGE YOU SAY?
Listen to the mother of slain Black Panther "Little Bobby Hutton"
decide for yourself just how much has changed.
More than 100 protesters angered by the two-year prison sentence handed down to former Bay Area Rapid Transit police Officer Johannes Mehserle were arrested Friday night after marching from downtown Oakland into a residential area, where mobs smashed about a dozen car windshields and a police officer’s gun was snatched, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The marchers headed out of downtown after a peaceful rally outside City Hall, where as many as 500 people sang songs and heard speeches denouncing the sentence Mehserle received that day for the fatal shooting of unarmed transit rider Oscar Grant.
Photo by Thomas Hawk
About 200 demonstrators surged into the streets as darkness fell. Several in the crowd said they had been headed to the transit station where Mehserle shot Grant early on Jan. 1, 2009. As word of the destination spread, officials closed the station, allowing trains to go through but not to stop. Police penned in the marchers about a mile from the station.
Oscar Grant was murdered and Oakland is not happy with the Mehserle Verdict.
A CHANGE YOU SAY?
Listen to the mother of slain Black Panther "Little Bobby Hutton"
decide for yourself just how much has changed.
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