The Poor Understands Late Fees

The Poor Understands Late Fees © Use USPS only By Alton H. Maddox, Jr. (“Attorney-at-War”) Work Study Groups             I did not say that the poor loves late fees.  I said that the poor will pay late fees and exorbitant interest rates to […]

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Meeting with Attorney General Jeff Sessions on MLK Day

Meeting with Attorney General Jeff Sessions on MLK Day By Alton H. Maddox, Jr. (“Attorney-at-War”)             I will be meeting with Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Dr. King’s birthday.  The initial question will be to ascertain if President Donald J. Trump a […]

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New York: “Pimps, Queens and Whores” ©

New York:  “Pimps, Queens and Whores” © By Alton H. Maddox, Jr. (“Attorney-at-War”) Work Study Group             Out of an “excited utterance,” I publicly referred to Dr. Leonard Fulani as “a whore” I was simply describing her public comment.  There was no ill intent […]

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Black Philosophy Matters

Black Philosophy Matters By Alton H. Maddox, Jr. ‘(“Attorney-at-War”) United African Movement was established on August 17, 1988 with great reservations from Alton H. Maddox, Jr.  Kwame Ture while a student at Howard University, had acquainted me with Philosophy and […]

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A Black “Gunslinger” in New York

A Black “Gunslinger” in New York © By Alton H. Maddox, Jr. (“Attorney-at-War”) Have Gun Will Travel.  There was a Black cowboy before there was John Wayne.  This is the way that I viewed attorney Donald Hollowell.  His law office […]

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Revs Butts and Mason Stood Up: Why? Ethics

Revs. Butts and Mason Stood Up:  Why? Ethics © By Alton H. Maddox, Jr. (“Attorney-at-War”) Slave codes not only prohibited descendants of enslaved Africans from forming an assembly of three persons, New York Penal Law § 240.10 also defines “unlawful […]

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Revs. Butts and Mason: “Real Heroes”

Revs. Butts and Mason:  “Real Heroes” By Alton H. Maddox, Jr. (“Attorney-at-War”) Dr. Calvin O. Butts hoisted the pulpit at the historical Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA and unveiled his own greatness.  He noted that I had probably been […]

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Assassination on April 4th, 1968 In Memphis

Assassination on April 4, 1968 in Memphis By Alton H. Maddox, Jr. Leola and I were married in Coweta County, GA three months after the assassination of Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. in Memphis, TN.  I had already vowed to […]

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The Passing Of Leola W. Maddox

The Passing of Leola W. Maddox By Alton H. Maddox, Jr. The homegoing services of Leola Weaver Maddox will take place on Monday, April 3rd, one day before the assassination of Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. on April 4, 1968 […]

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Compromise of 2017: “Geopolitics Matters” ©

  Dates are important in emphasizing the import of an event.  President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Immigration Act of 1965 on October 3, 1965.  I looked at the signing, of this legislation, through the eyes of Cong. Barbara Jordan […]

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