today in black history

April 04, 2020

Human rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis in 1968.

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Friday Take-Out

Space Traders

A look back at a very thought provoking short story

POSTED: February 10, 2012, 12:00 am

In this presidential election year when it is open season on African-Americans, we revisit "Space Traders," the Hudlin Brothers masterful take on the late Derrick Bell's short story. This segment was part of the HBO trilogy "Cosmic Slop."

Related References

books
- Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics 2008
  Employment, Earnings, Prices, Productivity, and Other Labor Data
media
- Justice for the Central Park Five
  NorthStar Network Editorial from October 2002
- DC Voting Rights
  A NorthStar Network news report on voting rights in the nation's capital
- Hate American Style
  Violence in Iraq is eerily similar to what Blacks experienced in the era of Jim Crow
- White House Seeks to Muzzle Foreign Press
  Bush White House seeks to silence foreign press over criticism of Iraq War
- President Bush Addresses the Nation
  A NorthStar Network news report on President Bush's speech on Iraq
organizations
- Afro American Historical & Genealogical Society
  P. O. Box 73067 Washington, DC 20056-3067
- African Environmental Research Consulting Group (AERCG)
  Dr. Peter A. Sam, Chairman/CEO
- African Development Institute Inc.
  Lee Cassanelli: Director
documents
- Annual CBC Banquet Program, 1974
  The program from the Congressional Black Caucus annual black tie dinner in 1974
- National Opinion Poll on Social Security
  One of the foremost Black think tanks provides a snapshot of Black public opinion on Social Security in 1998.
- Poverty in the United States, 1991
- CBC Sponsors National Town Hall Meeting
- African American Males and Communities
  One of the foremost Black think tanks examines the status of Black men in communities

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