Should Drugs Be Legalized to Stop the Violence and Killing in Black Communities?
Series of Town Hall Meetings to Discuss Alternatives to Racially-Biased Strategy
Group Calls for Dialogue on Legalization of Drugs to Stop Violence in Black Communities
Keynote By Rev. Jesse Jackson
Dr. Ron Daniels at 70 (Video)
A taping of the Dr. Daniels at 70 Event is now available for viewing.
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Haiti Pilgrimage 2012 Photos
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Toward State of the Black World Conference III
The Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW) calls upon people of African descent from all walks of life in the U.S. and the Pan African World to gather in Washington, D.C. November 14-18, 2012 (location TBA) for State of the Black World Conference III.
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Petition on the War on Drugs
Forty years after President Richard M. Nixon declared a “War on Drugs” under the guise of halting trafficking in drugs in the United States,the evidence is clear: The War on Drugs has been a “war on us,” a politically motivated, racially biased strategy which has disproportionately targeted African Americans and other people of color.
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Vantage Point by Dr. Ron Daniels
Beyond the Trayvon Martin Mobilization: A Movement to End Mass Incarceration and Rebuild America’s “Dark Ghettos”
All across America a massive mobilization is in full force demanding justice in the horrific and unjustified death of Trayvon Martin at the hands of George Zimmerman. It was a vigilante style killing aided and abetted by Florida’s wild, wild west “Stand Your Ground” law. The Trayvon Martin case has struck a nerve in Black America, not only because of the tragic and unnecessary death of a promising young African American man, but because this case is symbolic of a broader pattern of assault on young Black males throughout the country.
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Through the Lens of History
By Julianne MalveauxWhen race, equality, and fairness are taken into consideration, there is far too much to be outraged about in these United States of American. Just a few minutes ago I learned that Andrew Bloomberg, the 29 year old police officer whose participation in the brutal beating of Chad Holley was found not guilty of the beating.
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Maintaining Malcolm’s Legacy: Practicing the Morality of Remembrance
By Dr. Maulana Karenga
Clearly, Min. Malcolm X was/is a giant in a generation of great leaders, a moral teacher that lifted up the light that lasts, and a leader who like the top of the mountain is unconsciously there, but mighty and enduring in its awesome majesty and meaning.
Read MoreWe need smarter kids, not more smart bombs
By Rev. Jesse Jackson
Chicago is girding for the opening of the NATO Summit on May 20. The ministers and heads of state will be greeted by a rich array of protests, marches, events and counter-summits. Security is already tight near the conference center, and tensions are building.
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By Walter L. Fields Jr.
President Obama shows moral leadership in supporting gay marriage despite risk.
Read MoreThe Red Summer of 2012?? “Stand Your Ground”
By Gloria J. Browne-Marshall
Streets ran red with blood. It was the worse year of racial conflict in American history. The summer of 1919 was aptly named the Red Summer. That fateful summer race riots claimed the lives of hundreds of Blacks in cities and rural areas, alike.
Should Drugs Be Legalized to Stop the Violence and Killing in Black Communities?
The Institute of the Black World 21st Century Presents a Town Hall Meeting
Should Drugs Be Legalized to Stop the Violence and Killing in Black Communities?
Thursday, May 3, 2012 6:00PM (Doors open at 5:30PM)
Mount Carmel Baptist Church, 901 3rd Street, NW, Washington, D.C., Rev. Dr. Joseph Evans, Sr. Pastor
Read MoreTown Hall Meeting on War on Drugs Attracts Packed House
A large audience packed the lower auditorium of the historic Mt. Carmel Baptist Church in downtown Washington, D.C. Thursday, May 3rd for a Town Hall Meeting to discuss the War on Drugs and other criminal justice policies a growing number of leaders feel have had destructive effects on Black families and communities. Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, President, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, set the tone by lamenting the growth of the prison-jail industrial complex as a result of criminal justice policies which target Black communities.
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Haiti Pilgrimage Delegation
January 17 – 21, 2012
Communiqué
Two years after the earthquake which devastated the world’s first Black Republic,
the Haiti Support Project (HSP) led a diverse delegation of thirty-eight(38) business,
faith, labor, civil rights/human rights leaders, journalists and educators to Haiti
Martin Luther King/Malcolm X Community Revitalization Initiative
Martin Luther King/Malcolm X
Community Revitalization Initiative
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