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A rendition of the speech by the great Ossie Davis

Frederick Douglass: “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”

Photos: YouTube The following is Fredrick Douglass’ classic July 5th, 1852 speech (in its entirety) denouncing the hypocrisy regarding the Fourth of July Holiday. ...

20th anniversary of the Million Man March

ACTION PLAN: WHAT DO YOU INTEND TO DO THE DAY AFTER MILLION MAN MARCH ANNIVERSARY 20?

Let’s help create a better future for him [Publisher’s Commentary] On the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March the numbers have not disappointed ...

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Ruby Dee: Beyond Screen And Stage

Ruby Dee shown with her beloved Ossie Davis [To Be Equal] Ruby Dee once put it this way: “The kind of beauty I want ...

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Black History Month Play Festival: Tribute to Poet Amiri Baraka

Amiri Baraka [Theater] National Black Touring Circuit’s Black History Month Play Festival in Harlem On Feb 8 The National Black Touring Circuit’s 2014 Black ...

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Brooklyn’s “Own Black Shining Prince”: Congressman Major Owens – 1936-2013

[Tribute To A Leading Educator] Ossie Davis honored the memory of fallen Malcolm X in these revered words: “Our Own Black Shining Prince.” Likewise, ...