Monthly Archives: January 2014
Questions to Gov. Cuomo Concerning Avonte Oquendo ©
Alton H. Maddox, Jr. will be the keynote speaker replacing Dr. Melva Jackman who was scheduled to reveal her book on Tawana Brawley at UAM’s weekly forum, Wednesday, January 29, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. at the Brooklyn Christian Center, 1061 […]
_____________________________ Alton H. Maddox, Jr. Founder Freedom Party Tel.: (917) 947-8994 Fax : (917) 947-8996 1061 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11238 January 24, 2014 The Council of the City of New York BLACK, LATINO AND ASIAN CAUCUS 250 Broadway, Room […]
Town Hall Meeting on de Blasio: January 27 ©
This past MLK Day, January 20, 2014, Rev. Dennis Dillon hosted a town hall meeting at the Brooklyn Christian Center in Brooklyn. The concern was the intentional exclusion of Blacks from municipal government whish violates […]
Another Black Boy is “Headed to Prison”: No Counsel ©
Fortunately for Antwon Murphy, he had attended Freedom Retreat for Boys and Girls. If he had not attended this African-centered, sleep-away, summer camp in the Catskill Mountains and had not been exposed to rigorous instructions […]
Cotton Club: Dinner-Dance and Free Legal Seminar Later
As Blacks approach “MLK Day”, it should be apparent to anyone who respects Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. that the only way to celebrate “MLK Day”, before exercising the right to vote was by fighting “unjust laws” […]
Should Black Selected Officials Draft a Black Agenda? ©
The answer is very simple. All legislators should be at the starting line and armed with a legislative agenda. You can cunt on white legislators being present and armed. This race is won by the swift. It […]
Jim Crow Politics in New York ©
January is the locomotive of the political season and November is its caboose. Of course, state legislatures have briefer sessions. The starting point, however, is, invariably, in January. This means that an agenda must be prepared for submission to the New York Legislature […]
Generations are Getting Weaker: We are Losing our Warriors ©
Recently, a young Black attorney asked me if I would sit down with some young Black attorneys because “we do not know what the hell we are doing”. I answered in the affirmative. Once upon a time, it was “each one, […]
“Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts” ©
This is a wise saying. Even though we gave this proverb to the world, whites have institutionalized it. This practice of gift-giving has been the basis for maintaining […]
The Demise of Freedom Retreat for Boys and Girls
All Black nationalists are committed to the future of Black children. Dr. Khallid Muhammad was a Black nationalist and he was definitely committed to the future well-being of Black children. He was “old school” and he was committed to the […]