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Marcus Garvey’s Work Transcends Tribes, Geography and Creeds

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By Valerie Dixon – Marcus Garvey was 22 years old when Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah was born in Ghana, and so, Garvey could easily have been his father. Under the chapter heading “Africa for the Africans” in the book Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Marcus Garvey is reported as saying that “…for five years the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) has been advocating the cause of Africa for the Africans those at home and those abroad – that is, that the Negro peoples of the world should concentrate upon the object of building up for themselves a great nation in Africa.

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April 3, 2017
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Rev. William Barber: We Need a Third Reconstruction to Recover From American Slavery and Racism

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By Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove – From Martin Luther King Jr. to Moral Mondays protesting peacefully in North Carolina. The following is an excerpt from The Third Reconstruction: How a Moral Movement Is Overcoming the Politics of Division and Fear by the Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove (Beacon Press, 2016). Reprinted with permission from Beacon Press.

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March 31, 2017
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Commentary, Articles and Essays by Dr. Julianne Malveaux

Alexander Acosta – Bad News in a Slick Package

By Commentaries/Opinions, Dr. Julianne Malveaux

By the time you read this, Alexander Acosta, the 45th President’s nominee for Secretary of Labor, is likely to have been confirmed by the full Senate. He got narrow approval from the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions by a 12-11 party line vote. I don’t blame the Democrats for opposing the Acosta nomination. In his televised hearing, he was as slippery as Supreme Court nominee, Neil…

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March 31, 2017
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FBI’s Vast Facial Recognition Database More Likely to Misidentify Innocent Blacks as Suspects

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By Tana Ganeva – In 2010, the FBI launched Next Generation Identification, a sprawling, complex program designed to use biometric tools like facial recognition, finger and palm prints, and iris scans in criminal investigations. At the time, privacy advocates worried that the FBI would collect and use the data without adequate oversight or privacy protections, especially given the rapid advances in facial recognition technology.

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March 29, 2017
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