Wrongly Convicted Civil Rights-Era Group Wilmington Ten Pardoned
AFRICANGLOBE- Outgoing North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue issued pardons Monday to the Wilmington Ten, a group wrongly convicted 40 years ago in a notorious Civil Rights-era prosecution that led to accusations that the state was holding political prisoners.
AFRICANGLOBE – I’ll never understand how these token Negroes who surrounded themselves with nothing but White friends and decide to ignore the fact that their skin color does play a role in their future. When I say the token Negro I’m talkin about those who surround themselves with only White friends and act as if racism is a thing of the past due to it being 2012.
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AFRICANGLOBE – After interviewing food historians, scholars, cooks, doctors, activists and consumers for his new film “Soul Food Junkies,” filmmaker Byron Hurt concluded that an addiction to soul food is killing African-Americans at an alarming rate.
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AFRICANGLOBE – Was the National Rifle Association inspired by the Black Panthers? Yes, according to Adam Winkler, a professor of constitutional law at UCLA School of Law and author of “Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America.”
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AFRICANGLOBE – Is there truly anything like the African mind? Or is it due to past slavery experience that an African is blamed or ascribed with ill-fated attributes or even derogatory name calling? Or can it be as a result of a constant mindset exhibited by an African or people of African descents?
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AFRICANGLOBE – The trope of the Black Republican has retained a man-bites-dog newsworthiness that is long past its shelf life. Clichés about fallen barriers are increasingly meaningless; symbols don’t make for coherent policies. Republicans will not gain significant Black support unless they take policy positions that advance Black interests
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AFRICANGLOBE – Dr. Michael Hodge of Morehouse College’s sociology department, has officially received the green light to launch a special topics course on Black lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history and culture to be offered for credit Spring 2013
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