The Spirit of Sankofa writes...........
I have often wondered, why is that a Black Man or the not so well to do gets arrested, (jump a tunstile in NY) immediately they receive a free go to jail card. Where rich individuals, well to do get arrested they get to enjoy the comforts of home (Penthouse).
Someone expressed- well Madoff hasn't been proven guilty. Neither has the soul that jumped the turnstile.
Another case the Equador immigrant that was murdered alledgely by two black men, charged with a hate crime are receivng a unfair call. Let's be clear if you do the crime you should do the time. But when the district attorney says they should get a sentence of 78 years, I Must Raise My Voice!
Hate-Crimes?
Lets discuss All the Crimes of Hate committed in our time, against people of color. that goes without even a slap on the rist! Unfair for the wheels of Justice that is suppose to represent itself for truth. Exposied the Reality, the scales of Justice are Not leveled when it comes to Afrcan Americans.
Let us take a look back as far as the Civil Rights Movement.
For the symtoms remain -Whatever is within the Heart flows the issues of life.
Part of the problem is- most Blacks earn less, learn less.
Marcus Garvey had an influence in the millions. This made J. Edgar Hoover uneasy. Why did it make him uneasy? Whenever a Black Man had any influence, the goverment saw it as power. According to James Foran, The CRM was under attack by Hoover. The FBI. testified against King and admitted they were persuing him with obessive behavior. The board investigating the FBI asked why, and asked did King comment any crimes of violence to warrant him to be persued and wire tapped. The answer was a resounding NO! They had a hand in the murder of Malcolm, and so on.
Black Culture as a whole was put on notice and spied upon as if it were terrioriist needing to be disected and put on file for more intensive investigation.
Othello a FBI informat spoke about the role he played in the conspiracy and down fall of the fabric of African Culture. He expressed, Black magazines, music. entertainers, athletics Black wrters etc....were placed in an intensive study, using the information such as Blacks behavior patterns, to seek out weaknesses, to use against those that we respect and would listen to. These types of agents didn't stop there, but they ran many studies on African tribalism etc.. They paid this particlar black informnt $800 a week and back in the 70's this salary was very good especially a man of color. He was responsible by his own admission -he burned down Watts. These people also took part in setting people up and writing letters and signing false signatures.
I believe what's most important to the Black community is to understand we need a wake-up call. The point is as I am concern, learn and seeked out as much about yourself, your ancient history. And know..... A people without the knowledge of their ancient history, is like a tree without roots
Marcus Garvey
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Ancient statue discovered near Egypt pyramid
This is a fantastic discovery, think about it. Not an excavation but found by maintenanace workers? Awesome.
Check the story out.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29368122/
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Ancient statue discovered near Egyptian pyramid
February 24, 2009 ·
A 1.5 meter (5 feet) high 4,000-year-old quartz statue has been discovered buried just 40 centimetres (16 inches) below the surface of the sand in the northern part of the pyramid of pharaoh Menkaure (2551-2523 BC). Amazingly, the lifesize statue was not found during an archaeological excavation, but by maintenance workers cleaning an area stepped on by thousands of tourists every day.
The sculpture depicts an unidentified person wearing a medium-length wig, sitting on a chair with his right arm stretched on his knee and holding an unidentified object in his fist, in the style of the Old Kingdom, though it’s difficult at the moment to pinpoint the exact dynasty, because the statue has no visible inscriptions.
The pyramid of Menkaure is the smallest of the three Pyramids of Giza.
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Check the story out.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29368122/
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Ancient statue discovered near Egyptian pyramid
February 24, 2009 ·
A 1.5 meter (5 feet) high 4,000-year-old quartz statue has been discovered buried just 40 centimetres (16 inches) below the surface of the sand in the northern part of the pyramid of pharaoh Menkaure (2551-2523 BC). Amazingly, the lifesize statue was not found during an archaeological excavation, but by maintenance workers cleaning an area stepped on by thousands of tourists every day.
The sculpture depicts an unidentified person wearing a medium-length wig, sitting on a chair with his right arm stretched on his knee and holding an unidentified object in his fist, in the style of the Old Kingdom, though it’s difficult at the moment to pinpoint the exact dynasty, because the statue has no visible inscriptions.
The pyramid of Menkaure is the smallest of the three Pyramids of Giza.
Pyramids, Plans and Perimeters!
Reflections in the Nile
Talking Pyramids
Royal tomb discovered in Saqqara
Amenhotep III statue rises again in Luxor
Archaeologists rediscover lost Egyptian tomb
Africa afterlife akhenaten Alexander the Great Alexandria Amarna ancient egyptian religion antiquities theft Archaeology Aswan book british museum Brooklyn Museum cairo Christianity economy Egypt environment hatshepsut islam karnak Luxor Metropolitan Museum of Art Middle East Modern Egypt mummies mummy museum Nefertiti Nile Nubia Old Kingdom osiris outsourcing ramses Saqqara Sinai Peninsula theft antiquities tourism tutankhamen Tutankhamun Valley of the Kings women Zahi Hawass
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Friday, February 27, 2009
Wilbert Tatum 76 Activist Publisher dies
Spirit of Sankofa expresses.....
Much honor and respect to a great and courageous brother..
A deep brother that stood against police brutality, redling and other manifastations of discrimination. One of Harlems FINEST.
Our thoughts and our prayers go up for his wife and family. We should all strive to remember the sacrifices made for the community as a whole.
For brothers like him shown us the way.
We are so glad he passed this way.
Wilbert Tatum, 76, Activist Publisher, Dies
By DENNIS HEVESI
Published: February 27, 2009
Wilbert A. Tatum, the often provocative former publisher and editor of The New York Amsterdam News, whose name became almost synonymous with that of the oldest and best-known of the city's black newspapers, died Thursday while on vacation with his wife in Dubrovnik, Croatia. He was 76 and lived in Manhattan.
The cause was multiple organ failure, said Mr. Tatum's daughter, Elinor Ruth Tatum, who took over as publisher and editor of the weekly paper in 1998. Ms. Tatum said her father was diabetic, but added that the specific cause had not yet been determined.
The Amsterdam, as it is often called, was founded 100 years ago. Mr. Tatum bought it in 1971 with a group of prominent investors that included Percy E. Sutton, the former Manhattan borough president, and H. Carl McCall, the former New York State comptroller. Mr. Tatum assumed control of the paper in 1983; he bought out the last investor in 1996 and remained chairman of the board until his death.
With editorial offices in a fourth-floor walk-up on Frederick Douglass Boulevard between 125th and 126th Streets in Harlem, The Amsterdam News primarily covered what it called "a small town in a metropolis." It reported on Harlem's galas and local residents' achievements, weddings and deaths. But it also focused, particularly under Mr. Tatum, on issues of police brutality, redlining and other manifestations of discrimination. Although the paper's circulation fell significantly during Mr. Tatum's tenure - it was 58,907 in 1977 and 25,962 in 2000 - its imprimatur was always coveted by many politicians.
As Mr. Tatum clacked out editorial after editorial on his typewriter (he barely made the switch to computers), The Amsterdam was both cheered and vilified. Critics accused Mr. Tatum of fanning the flames of racial tension and of sometimes taking an anti-Semitic stance.
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Much honor and respect to a great and courageous brother..
A deep brother that stood against police brutality, redling and other manifastations of discrimination. One of Harlems FINEST.
Our thoughts and our prayers go up for his wife and family. We should all strive to remember the sacrifices made for the community as a whole.
For brothers like him shown us the way.
We are so glad he passed this way.
Wilbert Tatum, 76, Activist Publisher, Dies
By DENNIS HEVESI
Published: February 27, 2009
Wilbert A. Tatum, the often provocative former publisher and editor of The New York Amsterdam News, whose name became almost synonymous with that of the oldest and best-known of the city's black newspapers, died Thursday while on vacation with his wife in Dubrovnik, Croatia. He was 76 and lived in Manhattan.
The cause was multiple organ failure, said Mr. Tatum's daughter, Elinor Ruth Tatum, who took over as publisher and editor of the weekly paper in 1998. Ms. Tatum said her father was diabetic, but added that the specific cause had not yet been determined.
The Amsterdam, as it is often called, was founded 100 years ago. Mr. Tatum bought it in 1971 with a group of prominent investors that included Percy E. Sutton, the former Manhattan borough president, and H. Carl McCall, the former New York State comptroller. Mr. Tatum assumed control of the paper in 1983; he bought out the last investor in 1996 and remained chairman of the board until his death.
With editorial offices in a fourth-floor walk-up on Frederick Douglass Boulevard between 125th and 126th Streets in Harlem, The Amsterdam News primarily covered what it called "a small town in a metropolis." It reported on Harlem's galas and local residents' achievements, weddings and deaths. But it also focused, particularly under Mr. Tatum, on issues of police brutality, redlining and other manifestations of discrimination. Although the paper's circulation fell significantly during Mr. Tatum's tenure - it was 58,907 in 1977 and 25,962 in 2000 - its imprimatur was always coveted by many politicians.
As Mr. Tatum clacked out editorial after editorial on his typewriter (he barely made the switch to computers), The Amsterdam was both cheered and vilified. Critics accused Mr. Tatum of fanning the flames of racial tension and of sometimes taking an anti-Semitic stance.
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