Monthly Archives: August 2012
Black Agenda 2012
Alton H. Maddox, jr. Tel.: (718) 834-9034 Acting Chairman Fax : (718) 884-8241 P.O. Box 35 Bronx, NY 10471 August 30, 2012 Dave Davis President and General Manager WABC-TV 7 Lincoln Square New York, NY 10023 Re: “Here and Now” […]
General Obama vs. “Private” Romney
Until I can secure organizational and financial support for the formation of a media rights organization for the tri-state area, the acquisition of a board of directors and the election of officers, I am in a financial limbo and in […]
Cong. Akin Revisits Celia, A Slave
When Cong. Todd Akin made his comment about “legitimate rape”, I knew he was saying what he meant and he meant what he was saying. He is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives […]
Are You a Racist if You Do for Self?
When I arrived in New York City in 1973, there was no Black liberation movement. There was a Liberation Bookstore but no Black group was challenging white authority. There were Negro pacifists. Some Blacks were seeking knowledge about liberation movements but there was no leading […]
Todd Akin: Here We Go Again
On virtually any issue that arises in the United States, Dred Scott is invariably lurking in the background. Dred Scott initiated litigation for reparations in Missouri. Dred Scott was a “must” read for all law students at the predominantly-white University […]
Michael Stewart: A Legal Argument for Darrius Kennedy
Eleven law enforcement officials fatally beat an unarmed Michael Stewart in Manhattan in 1983 for kissing a white woman. This was not Money, MS in 1955. A zebra is unable to change its stripes and a leopard is unable to […]
Black Snitches or Black Community?
“Repetition is the key.” I have repeated this story many times but Blacks still lack an appreciation for it. It is about a meeting between myself, Rev. Al Sharpton, attorney C. Vernon Mason and Moses Stewart on one […]
In Memory of Sylvia Woods
Sylvia Woods was not only the “Queen of Soul Food” but she was also a “queen”. A “queen” is defined as someone who is “preeminent”. Her monarch was “Sylvia’s”. Her culinary skills in cooking soul food rose to the gold […]