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The alumni of the United States Military Academy at West Point span presidents, generals and astronauts in what its students call the Long Gray Line, a nod to the Army service academy’s central role in educating leaders years before they rise to prominence. Spenser Rapone, 26, became notable a...

Linda Brown, Who Was At Center Of Brown v. Board Of Education, Dies VANESSA ROMO Linda Brown, left, attends ceremonies in 1979 observing the anniversary of the Supreme Court's ruling in her father's class-action lawsuit against the Board of Education in Topeka, Kan. (AP) Updated at 2:00 a.m...

Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner Promised a Criminal Justice Revolution. He’s Exceeding Expectations. WHEN LIFELONG CIVIL rights attorney Larry Krasner was elected in a landslide this past November to become the new district attorney of Philadelphia, to say that his fans and supporters had high...

https://watch.weta.org/video/3008148984/?_ga=2.182824997.2072341113.1516822015-1152306885.1516822014 :eat:brehs I saw this last year...it's a must watch IMO.

A LOT OF the debate around black NFL players kneeling to protest police killings and racism seems to take place in a historical vacuum. The history of athletes and protest is seldom mentioned and, what’s worse, the reason why Colin Kaepernick and his comrades began protesting during the national...

Nancy Buirski’s documentary film “The Rape of Recy Taylor” reconstructs events from the abduction and sexual assault, in 1944, of a young black woman in rural Alabama By Richard Brody With Nancy Buirski’s documentary “The Rape of Recy Taylor,” which is screening at the New York Film Festival...

Exxon Mobil is still pumping toxins into black community in Texas 17 years after Civil Rights Complaints Exxon Mobil Is Still Pumping Toxins Into Black Community in Texas 17 Years After Civil Rights Complaint JOSEPH GAINES was sitting on his porch in the Charlton-Pollard section of Beaumont...

Full article Donald Trump's attorney general said Tuesday the Justice Department will limit its use of a tactic employed aggressively under President Obama — suing police departments for violating the civil rights of minorities. "We need, so far as we can, to help police departments get...

The original breh's post did not gain any traction. You all use Facebook I know this. The whole Twitter thing blew over because it's dying anyways. But FB/IG are alive and well. So it's time to take some kind of action. I found a breh's post on the subject. The least you can do is share this on...

Playing conservative ball :jbhmm:

spin from 1996 thread http://www.thecoli.com/threads/the-year-is-96.423641/ The Classic fashion :wow: The Beautiful Women :mjcry: The Music :blessed: Let's talk about it?:jbhmm: EDIT: It's now 1963-1975. So, that means we may go in order or not. However, this is gonna be huge :lolbron:

Showtime has ordered “Guerrilla,” a limited series from “American Crime” creator John Ridley, starring Idris Elba. The six-episode drama will be broadcast in the U.S. on Showtime and in the U.K. on Sky Atlantic. Ridley will write the bulk of the episodes and direct the first two. A love story...

Ferguson Just Got Slapped With a Civil Rights Lawsuit From the Department of Justice | VICE News Ferguson Just Got Slapped With a Civil Rights Lawsuit From the Department of Justice By VICE News February 10, 2016 | 5:02 pm The US government has filed a civil rights lawsuit against Ferguson...

http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/07/19/gay-is-not-the-new-black/ Some highlights from a similar article he wrote :wow: :whew:

Martin Luther King's Economic Dream: A Guaranteed Income for All Americans The civil rights leader laid out his vision for fighting poverty in his final book. JORDAN WEISSMANN AUG 28 2013, 5:05 PM ET One of the more under-appreciated aspects of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy is that by...

NC has been bought completely by this billionaire right wing fukk ass dude. These new legal regulations against voting are only the tip of the iceberg. They are also trying to outlaw abortion through the same laws as Texas. This is what happens when folks get all excited over Obama and go vote...