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No Jail for Officers in Harassing of Staten Island Youth

Posted in Afro-American, GENERAL, LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE BRONX, tagged on Thursday, January22, 2009 | Comments Off

No Jail for Officers in Harassing of Staten Island Youth – NYTimes.com
No Jail for Officers in Harassing of Staten Island Youth
By TRYMAINE LEE
Two police officers accused of assaulting a 14-year-old boy they suspected of making Halloween mischief and leaving him half-naked in a desolate Staten Island marsh pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct on Wednesday, prosecutors [...]

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At Defining Moment, Stories of Injustice

Posted in Afro-American, GENERAL, tagged , on Sunday, January18, 2009 | Comments Off

Jersey – Roselle – As Obama Inauguration Nears, Blacks Recall Stories of Injustice – NYTimes.com
At Defining Moment, Stories of Injustice
By KEVIN COYNE
Roselle
Timothy Ivy for The New York Times

DENIED Josephine Taylor Evans, who wanted to teach.

New Jersey
Complete Coverage

Timothy Ivy for The New York Times

WITNESS Dinah White, who recalled her uncle’s lynching.

HOW do you measure the distance [...]

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Why Do Black People Have An Accent?

Posted in Afro-American, CULTURE, GENERAL, tagged , , , on Monday, November24, 2008 | Comments Off

Why Do Black People Have An Accent?
I was reading this on Topix in the African-American forum, and Topix reader Bruhman wrote:
“The stereotypical “Southern Black” accent is acually derived from Africans learning broken English from their Liverpudlian transporters, and overseers. The black accent has been traced directly back to 17th century Liverpool.
Even blacks in the midwest, [...]

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AFRICAN AMERICAN DAY PARADE

Posted in ANNOUNCEMENTS, EVENTS, GENERAL, tagged on Wednesday, September10, 2008 | Comments Off

THE
39th ANNUAL
AFRICAN AMERICAN
DAY PARADE
(Largest Black Parade In America )
On
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2008

1:00 P.M.
IN HARLEM
111th Street & Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. To 142nd Street
GRAND MARSHALS
Governor David Paterson *David Dinkins * Rev. Al Sharpton *Dr. Adelaide Sanford
Congressman Charles Rangel * Comptroller William Thompson
* Lillian Roberts
* Showcase of Positive Black Achievements
* Black Dignitaries and Celebrities
* Queens and Organizations Reflecting [...]

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THE COLORED SOLDIERS

Posted in Afro-American, tagged , on Monday, August18, 2008 | Comments Off

THE COLORED SOLDIERS
If the muse were mine to tempt it
And my feeble voice were strong,
If my tongue were trained to measures,
I would sing a stirring song.
I would sing a song heroic
Of those noble sons of Ham,
Of the gallant colored soldiers
Who fought for Uncle Sam!
In the early days you scorned them,
And with many a flip and [...]

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