Monthly Archives: January 2013
A Family Affair at UAM Tonight
Families are encouraged to come out tonight to hear Dr. Umar Abdullah-Johnson, a nationally-certified school psychologist and author of “Psycho-Academic Holocaust: The Special Education & ADHD Wars Against Black Boys”. Dr. Johnson, whose late ancestor is Frederick Douglass, […]
It Took a Village to Raise Dr. King ©
When a Black child enters college as a teenager and is graduated from college in the United States as a teenager, someone should take note of the child’s socialization and educational process. If Dr. Martin L. King had been the only […]
A few Black Men and Women in New York ©
Soon after I arrived in New York, Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau demanded that Cong. Charles Rangel and New York Secretary of State Basil Paterson produce me in his office. I told these men that I did not need an […]
From the Cotton Field to the Football Field ©
As I was watching the BSC title game, last night, between the “Crimson Tide” (red states) and the “Fighting Irish” (blue states), my mind went back to 1969. I was a law student at the University of Georgia, a proud member […]
$64,000 Question
1. Describe your political agenda and timetable for 2013. The political clock started to tick on January 1, 2013. 2. Describe your legislative agenda and timetable for 2013. The legislative clock also started to tick on January 1, 2013. 3. If you lack […]
From the “War on Poverty” to Personal Poverty ©
Fifty years ago, I became a registered voter in Georgia but I refused to enroll in a political party. I was aware that the Democratic Party was established by slave holders. This is a right under the First Amendment which allows […]