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Photos: NAACP Protest Rally 4 Trayvon Martin

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Sunday Open Thread

“Lift Every Voice and Sing” — often called “The Negro National Hymn”, “The Negro National Anthem”, “The Black National Anthem”, or “The African-American National Anthem”— is a song written as a poem by James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) and set to … Continue reading

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Rev. Al Sharpton Speaks At NAACP Rally For Trayvon Martin In Sanford, FL

“I’M NOT YOUR BOY; I DON’T NEED YOUR PERMISSION TO FIGHT.” WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED. TRAYVON MARTIN WILL RECEIVE THE ATTENTION HE DESERVES. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK! JUSTICE FOR TRAYVON!

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Video: MSNBC Hosts Ed Schultz & Rev. Al Sharpton | A Stronger America: “THE BLACK AGENDA”

And now the jewel of the whole 2 hour program…                                           The guy who wears a Ascot, calls President Obama a Mascot.  Cornel West, you’re getting mighty tired, bitchy and old, dude.  Time to come down out of that Ivory TOWER!!!

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The Scott Sisters Freed From Prison For Organ Transplant

The New York Times: Two Mississippi sisters who have been imprisoned for 16 years were released on Friday morning on the condition that the younger sibling donate a kidney to her older sister, whose organs are failing. Jamie and Gladys … Continue reading

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Haley Barbour’s Organ Bargain For Freedom: Scott Sisters Life Sentence Suspended

JACKSON, Miss. – For 16 years, sisters Jamie and Gladys Scott have shared a life behind bars for their part in an $11 armed robbery. To share freedom, they must also share a kidney. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour suspended the … Continue reading

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Civil Rights Tribute: I Have A Dream…

 The Greatest Demonstration For Freedom In The History Of Our Nation… From Wikipedia The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (or “The Great March on Washington,” as styled in a sound recording released after the even)[1][2] was a large … Continue reading

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