Tag: John Lewis
John Lewis Must Answer For His Treachery On Zimbabwe
AFRICANGLOBE - Let us not forget that when the Bush administration decided to make an example of President Mugabe by imposing crippling economic sanctions, John Lewis did not hesitate to vote in favour of this white supremacist and isolationist measure. Just because John Lewis skipped an inauguration does not mean he will not fall in line when President Trump calls for all hands on deck when it's time for US imperialism to wreak havoc on a nation that refuses to succumb or capitulate.
John Lewis ‘Presided Over The Destruction Of Black America’
AFRICANGLOBE - Mason Weaver, an author and alleged former member of the Black Panther movement, said Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) presided over the "destruction of Black America" in the years following his march with other Civil Rights leaders across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965.
Despite Boycotting Netanyahu, Black Lawmakers Vow To Stand By Israel
AFRICANGLOBE - “During that telephone conversation I pleaded with the ambassador to seek a postponement of the joint session, but he dismissed that idea,” Butterfield said. “Notwithstanding, I pledged my continued personal support and explained that Israel has many friends in the Congressional Black Caucus, and do not think that Speaker Boehner’s conduct will interfere with our relationship.”
The Gun Debate: Don’t Let Them Rewrite Black History
AFRICANGLOBE - Rush Limbaugh thinks John Lewis should have been armed. “If a lot of African-Americans back in the ’60s had guns and the legal right to use them for self-defense, you think they would have needed Selma?”
Black America Silent While its Voting Rights are Being Threatened
An open letter to African America:
In the late '90s, the Internet belched forth a rumor that the Voting Rights Act was soon to expire...
Gary Ackerman Urges President Obama To Recognize Slaves Who Built White...
The U.S. Congress two years ago acknowledged the work of enslaved Africans in building the United States Capitol, and a lawmaker Thursday argued that...
Letter From House of Representatives Urge Clemency for Troy Davis
More than 50 members of the House of Representatives signed a letter sent to Georgia’s State Board of Pardons and Paroles Monday, urging it to stop the scheduled execution Troy Anthony Davis and shift his sentence from death to life in prison.
