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...fired his deer rifle at the Mississippi field secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and a father of three. The murder quickly became a watershed in the history of the civil rights movement, a spur to greater national awareness both of the evil of racism and of the collective obligation to remedy...
Cornel West writes fairly extensively about the misrepresentation of Africa and the problems of racism in New World, or Western, culture. Taken at face value, some of his discussions seem to border on a declaration of "us against them." West is quick to clarify that such an interpretation of his work misleading. A large part of his mission in Keeping Faith is to establish African-Americans as permanent fixtures in, and significant contributors to, Western society. Though is philosophy calls for Blacks in America to reach a full understanding of their separate heritage, his messages is not separatist. Using...
...fact, the report all but said Voss was lyingabout the charges. "[Voss] has used unfoundedcomplaints of racism with management and in thestudent press for personal advantage, and as ameans of undermining [guard unit SupervisorDonald] Behenna," the report read...
...fall of 1990 Ferguson enrolled at Adelphi University and got into angry confrontations with teachers and students, accusing white students of racism and black activists of being "Uncle Toms." "Black rage will get you," he told a black professor. He talked loudly of violent race wars and revolution. He interrupted a lecture by yelling "Kill everybody white!" By 1991, he was suspended. In 1992 his ex-wife, who has not spoken to him since their divorce, filed a complaint with police charging that Ferguson had pried open the trunk of her car. Ferguson also clashed with police when...
Nelson Mandela's legacy to the South African nation is secure. He will forever be remembered as a patriot, as a stalwart veteran of the liberation struggle, and as a remarkable visionary in the fight against racism. These speeches are essential reading for historians, activists and followers of the anti-apartheid movement. They chart four years in the life of a man capable of immense self-sacrifice in service of his principles, whose power and importance will be felt long after he is gone. At the April 1993 funeral of slain ANC veteran Chris Hani, Mandela delivered what surely...