Harriet Tubman: A Great Liberator and A Great Woman Harriet Tubman quotes, a glimpse of her story: I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductor…
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African Americans
Family members, activists demand answers in shooting of unarmed man by HPD officer
Community activists and family members want to know how HPD can justify the shooting death of an unarmed man last week.
Community Village‘s insight:
After reading “The Warmth of Other Suns” this kind of violence against Black people sounds like more of the same that has happened since the first Africans were brought to Virginia in 1619.
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Frisky Business – Jessica Williams
Family wants answers in man’s mysterious death in Texas
A coroner says Alfred Wright, whose body was found on a Texas ranch, died because of “drug intoxication,” but his family calls his death suspicious.
Community Village‘s insight:
The family found his body in the same area that the police said that they already searched. Apparently someone put the body there after the police called off the search.
Death cause by severe trauma to neck and head area.
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LaVena Johnson
“LaVena Johnson (1985-2005), an American soldier, was the first female soldier from Missouri to die in the Iraq War. The Army called it suicide. Her parents say she was beat up, raped, shot in the head and then dragged to a storage tent that was set on fire to destroy the evidence.”
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‘SNL’ welcomes black female cast member
CNN’s Don Lemon talks to Sheryl Underwood about “Saturday Night Live” hiring its newest black female cast member.
Community Village‘s insight:
And Native Americans, and Persians need to be added to the cast. (the CNN video mentions Asians).
There’s always some white person trying to defend hiring only white people. He’s trying to say that only white people had the talent.
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Building the Movement to End the New Jim Crow
This booklet follows the ideas from the book The New Jim Crow with action. With stories, it teaches how to build groups, win campaigns, and grow a movement.
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Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete
From Jackie Robinson to Muhammad Ali and Arthur Ashe, African American athletes have been at the center of modern culture, their on-the-field heroics admired and stratospheric earnings envied. But for all their money, fame, and achievement, says New York Times columnist William C. Rhoden, black athletes still find themselves on the periphery of true power in the multibillion-dollar industry their talent built.
Community Village‘s insight:
For those who have no sympathy for millionaires, remember that money isn’t everything. How much is your health worth?
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Fruitvale Station
MUST READ: Michael B. Jordan opens up about the pressures of playing Oscar Grant and the importance of sharing his story in Fruitvale Station during a recent interview. CHECK OUT Michael B Jordan’s…
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Texas Man Charged With Federal Hate Crime For Knock-Out
The U.S. Attorney’s office reports that Conrad Alvin Barrett of Katy, TX, is charged with assaulting a 79-year-old African American man in a knockout game-style attack. Barret, 27, attacked the vi…