On a windy afternoon a few days ago I went to a depressed section of North Memphis to visit an old clapboard house that was once owned by a German immigrant named Jacob Burkle. Oral history—and oral history is all anyone has in this case since no wri ...
Posted Friday, February 1st 2013 at 8:20PM
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Conservative members of the Tea Party raided House Speaker John Boehner's office over the weekend, destroying several thousand dollars worth of property and leaving behind giant bags of tea.
Capitol Hill police were at first stumped as to how the in ...
Posted Friday, February 1st 2013 at 6:41PM
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REAL NEW YORKERS CAN UNDERSTAND ED KOCH
- Ed Koch, the voluble three-term mayor who helped bring New York back from the brink of fiscal ruin in the 1970s and came to embody the city with his wry, outspoken style, died on Friday at the age of 88.
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Posted Friday, February 1st 2013 at 3:56PM
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In a move unprecedented in the American Catholic Church, Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez announced Thursday that he had relieved his predecessor, Cardinal Roger M. Mahony, of all public duties over his mishandling of clergy sex abuse of children de ...
Posted Friday, February 1st 2013 at 3:49PM
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YOU GOT TO SEE THIS .....
"I think we all need a pep talk."
Those are the opening words from a video by the "Kid President" – a nine-year-old 3rd grader from Tennessee.
His real name is Robby Novak, and his videos have been seen by more th ...
Posted Friday, February 1st 2013 at 3:38PM
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Allah (God) willing, on this Sunday February 10, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. EST. please join Brother Marcus and Sister Cecelia as we interview Brother Nuri Muhammad and his wife, Sister Terri Muhammad on what it takes to be successful in marriage in 2013. How ...
Posted Friday, February 1st 2013 at 2:10PM
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May this post find you in the best of health and spirit!
This, Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 6:00 P.M. Central Time, "The Time And What Must Be Done" Part IV lecture series by The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan will be shown at www.noi.org/th ...
Posted Friday, February 1st 2013 at 2:07PM
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The Woolworth sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests which led to the Woolworth's department store chain reversing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States.
While not the first sit-ins of the African-American Civil Rig ...
Posted Friday, February 1st 2013 at 11:49AM
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Donald Cortez "Don" Cornelius (September 27, 1936 – February 1, 2012) was an American television show host and producer who was best known as the creator of the nationally syndicated dance/music franchise Soul Train, which he hosted from 1971 unt ...
Posted Friday, February 1st 2013 at 11:34AM
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When a people are mired in oppression, they realize deliverance only when they have accumulated the power to enforce change. The powerful never lose opportunities-they remain available to them. They powerless, on the other hand, never experience opp ...
Posted Thursday, January 31st 2013 at 7:44PM
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Frederick Douglass with John Brown and Shields Green!
The Slaver demanded Parker to turn over his “property” meaning the two African Men he was hunting. Parker, a successful escapee himself, told him he had no “property” and commanded the slaver ...
Posted Thursday, January 31st 2013 at 7:34PM
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Muslims to march on White House next September 11th
Everyone knows that AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, is the most powerful lobby in Washington.
But starting next September 11th, a new group called AMPAC, the American Mu ...
Posted Thursday, January 31st 2013 at 1:31PM
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Bill O'Reilly asked Colin Powell a question during a recent interview that appeared to offend the former Secretary of State.
On Tuesday night, O'Reilly described Powell as "a staunch Republican" until he voted for Barack Obama twice, and noted tha ...
Posted Wednesday, January 30th 2013 at 7:25PM
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50 YEAR FIGHT ,,,,FIGHTING FOR WOMAN'S LIP IN THE WORK PLACE ,,EQUAL PAY ...
WOMAN MAKE 77 CENTS WHILE MEN MAKE 1.00 ON THE SAME JOB ,,,
12 MIL FAMILYS RAN BY SINGLE MOTHERS ,,THE KIDS GO HUNGRY ,
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Posted Wednesday, January 30th 2013 at 7:02PM
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they say cut the police forces and give more guns to moms and pops
last year 29% illegally guns came out of suburban CHICAGO while in the city of CHICAGO 31 DEAD THIS YEAR ALREADY ,,,WTH ...
Posted Wednesday, January 30th 2013 at 6:57PM
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CHICAGO—Having tallied a “very promising” 41 murders so far in 2013, police officials confirmed Tuesday that the annual Chicago Homicide Drive was off to its fastest start in more than a decade and was already well on its way to reaching this year’s ...
Posted Wednesday, January 30th 2013 at 4:57PM
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Ten Best Lies of Black History
By the N.O.I. Research Group | Last updated: Jan 29, 2013 - 12:25:42 PM
In this special month devoted to our history, The Final Call explores some of the most outrageous and false stories, accounts, and sentimental ...
Posted Wednesday, January 30th 2013 at 2:25PM
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In a 2011 opinion piece in the Washington Post, Newt Gingrich said, “There is an urgent need to address the astronomical growth in the prison population, with its huge costs in dollars and lost human potential…The criminal justice system is broken, a ...
Posted Wednesday, January 30th 2013 at 1:16PM
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Codeblack Films has acquired the theatrical rights to the documentary Free Angela and All Political Prisoners. Written and directed by Shola Lynch, the film about Angela Davis premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last year. Free Angela chronicles h ...
Posted Wednesday, January 30th 2013 at 1:07PM
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the Democratic Party need are support in stopping the GOP from doing underhanded stuff to 'rig' the next election. We must keep in mind that America is changing and wise people will change with it but not the GOP. The GOP is like the kid you beat up ...
Posted Wednesday, January 30th 2013 at 12:21PM
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God willing, on this Sunday February 3, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. EST. please join Brother Marcus and Sister Cecelia as we interview five couples who have been in the process of marriage for the last 25 to 50 years! They are going to be questioned on what it ...
Posted Tuesday, January 29th 2013 at 2:06PM
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