Monthly Archives: December 2015
America: “Love It or Leave It” ©
If James Madison were to return to the living from his gravesite, he would have a heart attack. The U.S. Constitution, that he penned, was intended for persons of African ancestry to remain in […]
Howard Beach: Twenty-nine Years Later ©
Frederick Douglass said a mouthful: “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” I first followed him in 1962 in Newnan, GA. In line with Gayle v. Browder, […]
Sharpton Indicted for Serving Two Masters ©
During the summer of 1989, two grand juries indicted Rev. Al Sharpton on 70 felony counts. Jack Newfield, a journalist, telephoned him that law enforcement agents were en route to arrest him. Article 190 of NY Criminal Procedure Law requires […]
Are Blacks as Ethical as Whites and Asians? ©
The Washington Post never described Justice Thurgood Marshall as “Mr. Civil Rights in the Courtroom” despite his legal achievements in the U.S. Supreme Court. He was paid by the NAACP. My cases were invariably pro bono. […]
The Lack of Ethics in the Black Community ©
Dick Gregory was on “fire” in his performance this past Saturday in Atlanta, GA. It was important for me to express condolences to him on behalf of United African Movement, Freedom Party and the black community on the recent transition […]
Stop Playing With Mumia’s Life ©
It has been more than three decades since Mumia Abu-Jamal has witnessed any semblance of liberty. Law enforcement agents kidnapped him in Philadelphia in 1981. He was given a kangaroo trial. For the following years he has been held as […]