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Nyack dedicates Bayard Rustin Way

On June 9, 2022, the village of Nyack, New York dedicated Bayard Rustin Way — a street in the suburban town’s bustling center — in a special ceremony. Organized by the Phyllis B. Frank Pride Center of Rockland County and

June 10, 2022 No Comments

Moving in the direction of freedom: En route to Ambazonia

Via Cross River, Calabar, and Mawuh: En Route to Ambazonia Ambazonia most surely exists, with defined land mass, distinctive long history, culture, and most especially people. But you won’t find it on any maps, or even most accounts of modern

April 10, 2019 No Comments

Moving in the direction of freedom: En route to Ambazonia

Via Cross River, Calabar, and Mawuh: En Route to Ambazonia Ambazonia most surely exists, with defined land mass, distinctive long history, culture, and most especially people. But you won’t find it on any maps, or even most accounts of modern

April 10, 2019 No Comments

The Midpoint Between Truth and Reconciliation Is Reparations

Over the past two years, the article that has come up most frequently in my Facebook feed describes how a report submitted to the U.N. Council on Human Rights has argued that the United States should begin “reparatory justice” processes

February 21, 2019 No Comments

Rebuilding the Foundations: Examining Recent Violent Protests in Zimbabwe

By an Anonymous Zimbabwean What happens when known killers are promoted to the most senior positions in government, the military, and state-run offices? What happens when cruelty and coldness achieve the same social status as bravery and courage? Answer: the

February 8, 2019 No Comments

Rebuilding the Foundations: Examining Recent Violent Protests in Zimbabwe

By an Anonymous Zimbabwean What happens when known killers are promoted to the most senior positions in government, the military, and state-run offices? What happens when cruelty and coldness achieve the same social status as bravery and courage? Answer: the

February 8, 2019 No Comments

White Liberals Rob Martin Luther King of His Black South Roots

From my front porch Please celebrate and share with me this story of my people and their son, Martin Luther King. Lord, they done gone and stole our Martin Luther King, our Chile, into a materialist so much that we

January 21, 2019 No Comments

White Liberals Rob Martin Luther King of His Black South Roots

From my front porch Please celebrate and share with me this story of my people and their son, Martin Luther King. Lord, they done gone and stole our Martin Luther King, our Chile, into a materialist so much that we

January 21, 2019 No Comments

Liberating the New Year

President Lincoln issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, but it was not to take effect until January 1, 1863 — technically at midnight. At my home parish, St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in South Dekalb County, Georgia, we

January 12, 2018 No Comments

Liberating the New Year

President Lincoln issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, but it was not to take effect until January 1, 1863 — technically at midnight. At my home parish, St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in South Dekalb County, Georgia, we

January 12, 2018 No Comments

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