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Dick Gregory Is Gone, Only a Few Warriors Left

17/09/18 at 6.38pm / by Michael / 6 Comments

Dick Gregory is gone, at least from this level of existence.To the world his departure was sudden. It came a week or two after public announcements that Gregory had been hospitalized. He was a warrior, defined as a person “who is engaged aggressively or energetically in an activity, cause, or conflict.” Gregory was born four years after my mother, who was born the year before the stock market crashed.Gregory came forth the year that the Great Depression declared that it was here and it was here to stay for awhile. Dick knew enormous poverty in a land of plenty. He

The Mighty Michael Julian Bond Just Struck Out

17/09/08 at 11.22pm / by Michael / 6 Comments

The mighty Michael Julian Bond, the 23 year veteran of Atlanta City Council just struck out in his run to retain his city-wide post against Courtney English. English is currently the Chairman of the Atlanta Public Schools. This year he qualified to move Bond out of the Post 1 seat he has held since 2010. According to sources in the journalistic community, Bond has been going around of late pitching a laundry list of dirty items he wants published about English. Thus far no takers, but Bond is undaunted. This week he lashed out at English during a candidate forum.

Can The World Live With Another Nuclear Power?

17/09/04 at 8.41pm / by Michael / 7 Comments

Can the world live with another nuclear power? This is the question of the hour as North Korea pushes the envelop. The United States and her western allies are in a quandary as the North Koreans get closer and closer to nudging their way into the super power club. Currently there are eight nation-states who possess nuclear capability. The west wants to keep the number at eight, but thus far none of the diplomatic pressure leveled upon North Korea has driven them off of their march towards gaining the ability to destroy the world. The eight nuclear powers are the

Americans Would Be Reluctant To Follow Trump Into War

17/09/03 at 11.45pm / by Michael / 5 Comments

Americans would be reluctant to follow Donald J. Trump into war. At least a sampling of cyberfriends on the social media site Facebook seems to suggest this is the case. When asked: “Honestly, would you follow 45 into war,” 99.9 percent of the respondents replied with some version of expletive no. One respondent took exception to the question and responses by resorting to vile name calling. She saw this unscientific poll as an attempt by liberals to denigrate Trump’s win. A female school teacher in Florida said she would not follow 45 into war. She added, “If I was

Tuskegee-Alabama State Renew Rivalry Brings Families Together

17/09/03 at 9.45am / by Michael / 0 Comment

They have not met on the gridiron since 2012. That year Alabama State University christened its new stadium with their 61st loss to it’s intrastate rival. The two schools are about 35 miles apart. They started playing football against each other on Thanksgiving Day back in 1924. The series continued with minor interruptions for 88 years. Because the two schools competed on Thanksgiving Day, Tuskegee was prevented from accepting an invitation to participate in the NCAA Division II playoffs. So the two historic Black universities in Alabama ended their athletic relationship. Alumni from both schools wanted to renew the rivalry and

One More Reason Why USA Can’t Wait Till 2020

17/09/02 at 4.18pm / by Michael / 0 Comment

The United States of America can not wait until 2020 to select a President to look out for the best interests of the country. This fact became crystal clear to anyone painfully watching the 45th President of the USA in Houston on Saturday. During this visit, he talked about how beautiful it has been for the country to watch on television the tragic destruction of USA citizens lives. He even exhorted those helping the beleaguered Texans to get their lives back together again, to go out and have some fun. Seemingly, what is happening in the wake of Hurricane Harvey

Hurricane Harvey On My Mind

17/08/30 at 7.21am / by Michael / 2 Comments

I’ve got Hurricane Harvey on my mind. He is on my mind not so much because this mother of all storms bears my name, but because this is a storm that could have been prevented. This is a storm like none we have ever seen. It is hard to imagine that Houston and other Texas cities in the path of Hurricane Harvey can come back; and yet we know that the spirit of the American people is unconquerable. Texas will rise up and overcome this flood. Harveys, at least the ones that I have know most of my life, have

No Mention of SCLC At King Statue Unveiling

17/08/29 at 5.46pm / by Michael / 2 Comments

“SCLC is the only organization that Dr. King ever organized,” bellowed Charles Steele, Jr., President and Chief Executive Office of the International Southern Christian Leadership Conference, to a packed church on the outskirts of Tuscaloosa, Alabama last spring. In spite of this fact the name of SCLC was not mentioned during an unveiling of a statue of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the grounds of the Georgia state capitol on the 54th anniversary of his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. During an hour and a half cermony with all of the solemnity fit for a man of

Finally, A King, A Native Son,Finds Honor At Home

17/08/28 at 11.36pm / by Michael / 0 Comment

He was born a King in 1929 and would live a life committed to equality and justice for all humankind. The dash between the starting line and the finishing line ended in 1968. Some would say that was a short dash, but oh boy, did he pack a lot of life in those 39 years. The King ran his race well. He was, as they said about the baseball legend, LeRoy “Satchel” Paige, “Sneaky fast.” He burst upon the scene on December 5, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama as an itinerant Baptist preacher, one hundred and 60 miles southwest of his

Dick Gregory on Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman and parallels with Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered Children

17/08/21 at 5.40pm / by Michael / 1 Comment

Editor’s Note: This is a reprint of an exclusive interview with Dick Gregory during a protest march for Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida. The article is reprinted from Allvoices, March 2012. Dick Gregory taking a phone call during a demonstration for Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida. Photo Credits: (c) 2012 Harold Michael Harveyes March 2012. Mounting evidence has begun to disprove the assertions of George Zimmerman in his version of what happened when he fired a handgun into the chest of Trayvon Martin. The shot mortally wounded Martin and speculation abounds over the reason why Zimmerman would shoot an unarmed

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