The Truth about Uncle Tom and Tim Scott is No Uncle Tom

by Vivian “Vicki” Jackson Who was Uncle Tom in Stowe’s novel? A Maryland slave, Josiah Henson, was abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe’s choice to depict in her anti-slavery novel, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” which was influential in starting the Civil War.Josiah Henson used the Underground Railroad to escape to freedom, he protected fugitives, and he made several …
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‘She Embarrassed Everyone Who Supported Her’: Amanda Seales Hits Back at VP Kamala Harris for Saying America Isn’t a Racist Country

Posted byBy Atahabih Germain | May 4, 2021 CommentsComments (0) Those familiar with actress and social justice activist Amanda Seales, know she presents herself as having a zero-tolerance policy for minimizing topics on the well-being of Black and brown bodies in America. When it comes to the subject of racism, Seales’ tell-it-how-she-thinks-it-is approach applies to anyone regardless of status.  So it …
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Acting as his own attorney, Philly man is acquitted of murder after nearly 13 years in prison

By  Meagan FlynnReporterMay 9, 2019 at 4:13 a.m. PDT Wearing a suit felt like a sham. Hassan Bennett had been locked up for nearly 13 years — 4,614 days, he said — and so when he recently stood before the jury in a Philadelphia courtroom, he didn’t want to pretend he had been anywhere else. He …
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Color of Change’s Rashad Robinson has had enough of corporate America’s empty platitudes

Robinson’s civil rights nonprofit is pushing companies to get on the right side of history—whether or not they’re ready. Color of Change president Rashad Robinson mobilizes his nonprofit’s 7 million members for change. [Photo: Dee Dwyer] BY WESLEY LOWERY LONG READADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENT Rashad Robinson was on a zoom call with his staff in June when he got the news.ADVERTISEMENT The TV …
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Jury Awards $27 Million To Massachusetts Man Wrongfully Convicted Of Murder

Mark and Mia Schand, wearing T-shirts from the innocence organization Centurion Ministries in 2015, just want to move forward.Karen Brown/New England Public Radio A man who served nearly three decades for a murder he didn’t commit was awarded $27 million — $1 million for each year he was in prison — by a federal jury …
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How the Red Cross Raised Half a Billion Dollars for Haiti ­and Built Six Home

Marie Arago, special to ProPublica How the Red Cross Raised Half a Billion Dollars for Haiti ­and Built Six Homes Even as the group has publicly celebrated its work, insider accounts detail a string of failures by Justin Elliott, ProPublica, and Laura Sullivan, NPRJune 3, 2015 THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF CAMPECHE sprawls up a steep hillside in Haiti’s …
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Don’t Give Money To The Red Cross, It Won’t Save Houston

It has proven itself unequal to the task of massive disaster relief. We need a new kind of humanitarian response. By Jonathan M. Katz In 2004, I was just starting my first full-time job in a Washington newsroomwhen disaster struck. It was on the other side of the world: an extraordinarily powerful earthquake in Sumatra, …
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Marshawn Lynch Gives 2,000 Kids Free Water-Park Tickets

Marshawn Lynch Gives 2,000 Kids Free Water-Park Tickets Marshawn Lynch is closely tied to the Oakland Community. The giveaway will take place this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Interested parties should go to Lynch’s Beast Mode store in Oakland, where the first 2,000 kids to show up will receive tickets. Check out the full rundown, …
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AMWF To Extend Give Away Jewelry, Electronics, Sports Equipment, Clothing, Amazon Kindles, iPods, FitBits, Beats by Dre, etc.!

AMWF To Extend Give Away Jewelry, Electronics, Sports Equipment, Clothing, Amazon Kindles, iPods, FitBits, Beats by Dre, etc.! https://www.facebook.com/amwfnd/ https://www.instagram.com/amwfnd/ https://www.twitter.com/amwfnd/ https://www.facebook.com/exwhyad/ https://www.instagram.com/exwhyad/ https://www.twitter.com/exwhyad/ https://www.facebook.com/TheFirstSSM/ https://www.instagram.com/TheFirstSSM/ https://www.twitter.com/TheFirstSSM/ https://www.facebook.com/Nowtruth/ https://www.instagram.com/Nowtruth/ https://www.twitter.com/Nowtruth/ Let us know what you would like to win and some of those items are listed below in the “Hand of Dignity” Free Clothing post below …
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AMWF Supports 2016 Multi-Cultural Heath Fair October 22, 2016, 10:00am – 3:00pm.

“In another religion they honor people who serve like you with Sainthood!”” – Economics Professor Adeel Malik, Oxford University, England and World Renowned News Expert Commentator, speaking about Abdul-Jalil and the Aaron & Margaret Wallace Foundation.   “GOD sent me an ANGEL!”” – Hammer, speaking about Abdul-Jalil. “Jalil, YOU ARE A SAINT!” – Barry Barkan, Ashoka …
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