Monthly Archives: August 2013

“Legitimate Rape” and State Action ©

After twenty-five years of legal struggle in New York, Tawana Brawley enjoyed a “Pyrrhic victory” in the Surry Circuit Court in Surry, VA. This was “her first day in court” in any state including New York. For twenty-five years, she […]

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Homegoing Services for Bro. James Patnaude – Thursday

United African Movement and friends of Bro. James Patnaude will join the family of the late Bro. James Patnaude in celebrating his life on Thursday, August 29, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at Frank R. Bell Funeral Home, 536 Sterling Pl., […]

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Tawana Brawley and Mumia Abu-Jamal: Topics of Discussion ©

With all of the film footage and ink that has been employed to defame and dehumanize a fifteen-year-old child over the course of twenty-fix years without ever having accorded to her a “day in court”, it is unbelievable that both […]

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“Gladys Knight and the Pips” and the “O’Jays” – Wingate Park

              This is D-Day.  On this date August 19, the Freedom Party and the Black community must go for all they know.  Unlike the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, the Freedom Party is synonymous with the Black community.  Its issues must be […]

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Tawana Brawley has been Fired! ©

White law enforcement officers, on November 28, 1987 in a local hospital in Poughkeepsie, NY, queried Tawana Brawley about who had violated her. She refused to answer the question. A Black, police officer was summoned. He asked Tawana Brawley the […]

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Will Blacks be Going to the “Big Dance” with “Big Mike”? ©

            In 2013, United African Movement is the only Black-led and Black-financed organization in New York but also the only organization which will –in your face– confront white supremacist organizations that insist on maintaining the “badges of slavery” in 2013. This is […]

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The Freedom Party Is Already Making Waves ©

Because Tawana Brawley had a scheduled, court appearance in Surry, VA on July 23, 2013 and because the United African Movement was the only organization to assume a vanguard position in defense of her, the Freedom Party had to wait […]

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