Community Sentinel Blog
HAPPY KWANZAA REDEDICATION 365! This present era which African-American communities now find themselves demand more than a celebration, but a tireless and consistent rededication/commitment of propelling the tenets of Kwanzaa. Kwanzaa began as a seven-day, non-religious holiday observed in the US, meant to honor African Americans ancestral roots. Traditionally the celebration lasts until January 1, but the Kwanzaa mindset is …
December 2020 A Go Fund Me was established on behalf of John Fitzgerald Johnson, NFAC Grand Master, by his close friend and activist, Rosemary Parker. Ms. Parker is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. Your support is needed to help us defeat this blatant racist attack on Americans exercising their 1st and 2nd Amendment rights. John Fitzgerald Johnson aka The Grand …
December 2020 I can hear one of the lines of an old Humphrey Bogart gangster scene when he calls out his fellow partners in crime with “You Dirty Rat, See See You a Dirty Rat.” Trump’s dirty rats are now jumping the ship for now. They may try to climb back aboard if and when the Trump vessel attempts to …
December 2020 The 2020 election has left many dissatisfied with the results, which is not all that unusual. There are always winners and losers in most competitions, especially political contests, but this election cycle had several factors not experienced since the late 1800’s and early to mid 1900s. Most modern day elections from the Roosevelt to the Obama presidency had …
Supporters of President Donald Trump wave a Betsy Ross flag with a circle of 13 five-point stars representing the 13 original colonies during a protest Dec. 12 (2020) in Washington DC. Police on Sunday said they were investigating the incidents at the Asbury United Methodist Church and Metropolitan A.M.E. Church as potential hate crimes, which one religious leader likened to …
When Donald Trump initially emerged as candidate for the office of president, he promised to “Drain he Swamp” to fix problems in the federal government. Trump referenced his “Drain the Swamp” tirade over 79 times, until it was obvious he was adding political and business varmints to every agency environment subjected to his official capacity. The are so many swamp …
Negro Boys Industrial School Fire of 1959 AKA: Wrightsville Fire of 1959 On March 5, 1959, twenty-one African-American boys burned to death inside a dormitory at an Arkansas reform school in Wrightsville (Pulaski County). The doors were locked from the outside. The fire mysteriously ignited around 4:00 a.m. on a cold, wet morning, following earlier thunderstorms in the same area of …
Have you ever questioned where white European interest imposing colonization on Africa originated? This imperial initiative was conceived and accelerated at the Berlin conference of European countries. Put in more precise terms the action is called unprovoked, violent expansionism. Europe and America left the confines of their territories and descended on a continent to rape and pillage resources of which …
The history books rarely give reference to the captured Africans that vigorously fought back, but there was one group the slave masters wish they had left in Africa, meet the Akan people. The Akan are a meta-ethnicity living in the southern regions of present-day Ghana and Ivory Coast in West Africa. The Akan language (also known as Twi/Fante) is a …
It appears the US government and a coalition of 48 states and districts have filed parallel lawsuits against Facebook in a major antitrust offensive that accused the social media behemoth of anticompetitive behavior and could ultimately force its breakup. The allegations appear to have merit from all indicators defining a monopoly in a anti-trust class action. Industry wide Facebook has …
