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Sunday, 03 June 2007 00:00 |
By Matin Salaam Bari
 Before you people bite my head off after reading the following, remember that I represent only a tiny fraction of the population. Furthermore, I would never hope that my personal views influence the people who are blessed with receiving them. In other words, just take it as  food for thought
Why I Should Vote:
I m in my late twenties and have never voted. Yeah, I admit it. No shame in my game. In fact, this is the first election where voting has even become an option. Election Day, to me, has always meant that I could get extra drunk the night before because I knew I could show |
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Written by C.B. Forde
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BlackBallot.com was birthed from the words of Malcolm X. It is designed to be a political resource tool to enable Black people to share, network, and develop a common economic and political agenda globally.
Technology is one of the most powerful tools of any revolutionary struggle. Computers are the guns of the new millennium. In the beginning of The Ballot or the Bullet speech, Malcolm X stated that the Negro Revolt will come down to either ballots or bullets. Blackballot.com is designed to be a modern combination of both.
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Politics -
Domestic Politics
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Written by C.B. Forde
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Saturday, 20 January 2007 00:00 |
Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution was the last speech Martin Luther King Jr. made before the Amerikkka snuffed him out and altered his legacy. In his final days, Dr. King started to move in a more radical direction. Please take time out to read his prophetic words.
Questioning the morality of the Vietnam War, Dr. King became a threat to the military establishment and was eliminated. Just the title of the speech suggests why it has never been played on national television. You see, it helps the mainstream political establishment that Black America is stuck on the dream. |
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Written by Beth Beatrice Smith
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At an event honoring the civil rights activists at The New York Historical Society on October 5th, Raymond Arsenault, author of Freedom Riders 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice, dubbed this group of male and female historical figures as truly heroic.
One such honoree was recently retired New York State Court of Appeals Judge George Bundy Smith. In 1961, while studying law at Yale Law School, Smith became one of the 436 freedom riders committed to the nonviolent protest of Jim Crow laws in southern states. As Smith explains, one Sunday |
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Written by C.B. Forde
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 The 2006 midterm electoral victory for the Democratic Party stands to empower the Black Congressional Caucus. Five of its members should become Chairs of several key House committees. When the Democrats take over the House in January 2007, Black Representatives Charles Rangel  NY of Ways and Means, John Conyers Jr. MI of Judiciary, Alcee Hastings FLof Intelligence, Bennie Thompson MS of Home Land Security and Juanita Millender-McDonald CA of House Administration will most likely assume Chair duties.
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