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Urban Removal
Bill Quigley
June 28, 2007
The Black Commentator columnist Bill Quigley is a law professor and director of the law clinic and the Gillis Long Poverty Law Center at Loyola University New Orleans. This [...]

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Jena Six Updates, Action, and Coverage

Please take time to view the awesome resources Color of Change has put together regarding the Jena Six.
Two commenters have left reporting updates:
George L. Cook III of Let’s Talk Honestly interviewed Alan Bean at Friends of Justice about the case here. The interview and media notes also have important e-mail addresses to the Jena [...]

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Support the Newark Women

from blogger Yolanda Carrington at The Primary Contradiction:

Four African American lesbian women from Newark, New Jersey were sentenced this past June 14th to excessively long prison terms in New York for the crime of defending themselves against homophobic harassment and violence. These young sistas were railroaded by both a dismissively misogynist judge and by the [...]

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Fear of “Dark Skin”

This is an interesting post by Shakazp.
“People hate to talk about this issue, but I feel it is my responsibility to give it a little attention. There is a fear of black men who has darker skin, most whites feel comfortable around lighter skinned black people particularly black men. My theory is darker skinned black [...]

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What Does The Sphere Think?

OK Guys give me some help with this case. I am sure everyone is aware of it by now, but I am still posting the column by a reporter named Jill Porter which was taken from the Philadelphia Daily News. I don’t want to say too much because I am very familiar with the case (A colleague [...]

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Travelling in a post 9/11 world.

If you think that the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks is limited to the United States….Think Again!
Just so you know- 9/11 was condemned by many Muslims and it wasn’t even organized by the international Muslim community. However, the people who organized the attacks will most probably not pay for what they did but [...]

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Activism in the Cyber Age

I came upon an interesting conversation in our AfroSphere on what sacrifices one is willing to make in relation to being an activist against injustice through utilizing internet resources. In the cyber age where one may feel some (false) sense of security and empowerment, due to the vast numbers of bloggers, web sites and the “supposed” anonymity associated with being a faceless [...]

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Eyes On Darfur

In June 2007, Amnesty International launched a human rights project and accompanying web site called Eyes On Darfur, which uses high resolution commercial satellite images of villages in the Darfur region. It features before and after satellite images of destroyed villages and villages at risk, as well as documented reports and personal accounts from the victims of the genocide [...]

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Three New Additions

…to the AfroSpear Nation blogroll.
First, there’s Dallas South Blog, ran by Shawn P. Williams.  I first learned of his blog through the ShaQuanda Cotton situation, and I haven’t stopped reading since.  Great brother who runs a great blog, and he’s celebrating the one year anniversary of running it.  Please give him a warm welcome and [...]

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Jena, Louisiana — Meet the Grassroots

Thin Black Duke of Slant Truth has created a Facebook group and cause for the Jena Six.  Much obliged, man; much obliged.  There are a couple of other groups dedicated to the Jena Six too, if you’re interested in joining them.  The most important thing is to spread the word.
THE PETITION IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR [...]

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