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Slavery by Another Name: Prologue

Check out the prologue to the PBS special “Slavery By Another Name”. The full documentary is available at http://video.pbs.org/

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The Way Forward: One Man’s Perspective

On January 1st of every year many people make New Year’s resolutions. Studies show that individuals who set goals at the beginning of the week, month, or year are more likely to succeed; and people that set goals are more likely to reach them than those that do not. So many people look at New [...]

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Autobiography Pt.1 – Food Stamps and Gov’t Cheese

Life began for me in Chicago, Illinois in 1979.  I was born to two teenage parents.  Within three years two of my siblings, one sister and brother, would be born.  The relationships that we developed with our parents and each other shaped the rest of our lives.  My sister and I were born while my [...]

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Is the old black the new black?

For years, there has been talk of new groups of people supplanting Black people as the face of civil rights and social justice.  I am not here to argue whether others are doing better or worse in either category.  I am going to give you some statistics on Black America. Over a half century since [...]

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