Monthly Archives: January 2015
New York Retaliating Against Blacks and Latinos ©
On this past Thursday, the federal government arrested Assemb. Speaker Sheldon Silver on corruption charges. This is the tip of the iceberg. New York State has openly operated a three-ring circus, politically. The euphemism is a “triumvirate.” It is a […]
Blacks: Stop Financing and Endorsing Our Oppression ©
If Ray Charles were alive today, he could see that Blacks are living in a “police state.” This is not a new problem, however. Slavery was a police state. In 1845, Mayo William F. Havenmeyer signed into law […]
Laying the Foundation for “Selma” ©
Law schools were not established to serve the Black community. In fact, laws schools were established to prepare white lawyers to serve landlords and “captains of industry.” New York established a timocracy for Black males so that they could […]
A Class Action for Descendants of Enslaved Africans ©
Powell v. Alabama (Scottsboro Boys Case) was the seminal case in American jurisprudence on the right of Blacks to enjoy legal representation. This was a class action in 1933. “Central Park 7” is a reminder that an action was still […]
Gov. Cuomo and Dr. King: On Different Pages ©
If I had been a Black selected official or leading Black, I would be remembering the late Gov. Mario Cuomo as an ally and not as a rival. Gov. Cuomo gave great deference to the letter of the law […]
2015: Let’s Make It a “Happy New Year” ©
As Frederick Douglass said, “You may not get everything you pay for but you will pay for everything you get.” Thomas Jefferson, who was “passing” and the author of the Declaration of Independence with Sally Hemings, in the closet, as […]
Class Actions & the Thirteenth Amendment
Montgomery Ward & Co. V. Langer, 168 F.2d 182, 187 (8th Cir. 1948) stated, in pertinent part, as follows: “The class action was an invention of equity… mothered by the practical necessity of providing a procedural device so that mere […]
Letter to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo
January 1, 2015 Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo Governor of New York State NYS State Capitol Building Albany, NY 12224 Re: Glenda Brawley & John White Dear Gov. Cuomo: Freedom Party agrees with President Thomas Jefferson […]