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It's a credit to our eighth-grade social studies teachers that most of us can recite the most famous line from Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech: "I have a dream that my four little...
View ArticleSoul Influencer: Nina Simone
Soul Influencer: Nina Simone ReprintFriday, February 15, 2008 By dream hampton read more
View Article1000 Students Searching for Voting Rights
On February 19, 2008 students of Prairie View A&M in Texas took to the streets to make a statement about voting rights. Students at this HBCU stood up and made a statement "It's 2008. We will...
View ArticleAngela Davis Stresses Activism
Angela Davis Stresses Activism at Howard By Brittany Hutson and staff reports Black College Wire REPRINT-- Jan2008--She received a standing ovation before she even touched the podium. Her smile graced...
View ArticleMemphis Marchers Honor Legacy of Dr. King
I wanted to share this piece with the yp4 community today. Remember that we are all in this together--social justice. Dr. Martin Luther King was a hero, mentor, friend, father, uncle, brother, and...
View ArticleCount The Votes of Florida and Michigan
The votes of Florida and Michigan should be counted for determining the Democratic nominee for President. I think that everyone’s vote should count. While it is true that those two states didn’t...
View ArticleThe Challenge of our Generation
This evening Nobel Prize Winner and former Vice President Al Gore gave a live webcast organized by Power Vote. Power Vote is a nation-wide non-partisan campaign the Energy Action Coalition has put...
View ArticleWhy the "white girl" joined "the Black struggle."
Last week I wrote about a certain transformation of mine--one of racial transcendence and of forming bonds of solidarity with African-African Americans. I told you how I overcame my fears about...
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