Fred Hampton Born_August 30, 1948 - Taken_December 4, 1969

Let's Remember Fred Hampton

Fred Hampton Born August 30, 1948

Fred Hampton was a dynamic young Black leader who was eliminated before reaching the prime of his life. Before his death at 21 years of age Hampton along with many other young Black men of his caliber, during the mid to late sixties, had begun to organize the people with the aim of becoming self reliant, to take control of their own communities and to take responsibility for the defense of their neighborhoods. Please share the story of Fred Hampton  in order for young people today to have the knowledge of the sacrifices that Fred Hampton and his courageous confreres made so that we might continue to strive for self sufficiency, security and prosperity in our places of birth.

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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

I won't forget the year I spent in the Bay Area. It was in the mid seventies, a long way from Montreal, which I had been my home for the past six or seven years. The music on the radio was very different from the stuff I had been lisening to in the east. I actually picked up a nice little Teac stereo cassette recorder, at the Alemeda Flea Market and used to record right off the radio. If I liked a piece, I'd keep it if not I'd rewind to the end of the last one and start again. That's how I discovered Gil Scott Heron - just noticed I was keeping quite a bit of his work. Finally I had to go out and buy it because the radio was just too slow.
On the podcast there are some choice selections along with some interesting vocals. CLICK HERE  and ENJOY

Welcome Back Occupy The Hood Website

Finally some sign of life at the Occupy the Hood Official Website.

After 6 or 7 months of inactivity the OTH web site is finally active again. I'm so glad. I hope you folks will be able to keep someone at the helm of your site this time. I and I'm sure many others are looking to you for inspiration and information. Props for getting it back up. Here's a song in your honor.

 

Is the US war on drugs racist?

"as the war on drugs rages in US inner cities, the issue has not come up on the campaign trail of either Obama or his Republican presidential opponent, Mitt Romney."

  Is the US war on drugs racist? - Inside Story: US 2012 - Al Jazeera English

Drug Sentencing Disparities

"About 14 million Whites and 2.6 million African Americans report using an illicit drug
5 times as many Whites are using drugs as African Americans, yet African Americans are sent to prison for drug offenses at 10 times the rate of Whites
African Americans represent 12% of the total population of drug users, but 38% of those arrested for drug offenses, and 59% of those in state prison for a drug offense.
African Americans serve virtually as much time in prison for a drug offense (58.7 months) as whites do for a violent offense (61.7 months). (Sentencing Project)"

Beauty and the BEAT!

Lesson Plan

See if you can find the stereotypes in the following video.

 
Todrick Hall's Beauty and the Beat would make a great class project, doncha think?