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JUNE 2020 Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation – which had become …
June 18, 2020 AM Boycott for Black Lives: People plan to stop spending in companies that don’t support BLM. As Juneteenth approaches, some Americans are commemorating the day by flexing the power of the dollar. On June 19, advocates of Black Lives Matter plan to support the namesake civil rights movement by not spending money with companies that aren’t aligned with the movement …
June 16, 2020AM One of our children decided to speak truth to power and it cost her life to be taken away from us. Oluwatoyin Salau was a 19 year old activist under the Black Lives Matter. On Monday morning, Tallahassee, Florida, police confirmed the death of 19-year-old recent high school graduate Oluwatoyin “Toyin” Salau, setting off an avalanche of …
InnerKwest™ has committed resources to the Black Lives Matter movement. We recognize and appreciate the BLM raison d’etre. Black Lives Matter (BLM) is an international human rights movement, originating from within the African-American community, which campaigns against violence and systemic racism towards black people. BLM regularly holds protests speaking out against police brutality and police killings of black people, and …
June 8, 2020 AM Racism’s perpetual occurrences and reaffirmation continues to be a thorny affliction, kneaded in the sour dough social construct of America. The Trump era is attempting to ratify racism through christian nationalist policy influence, while the GOP’s silent vote allow white supremacy out of the shadows and into daylight through a smog filtered sun. The prerogative of …
June 2020 Recent social unrest appear to have put fire under the conscience of NFL president; Roger Stokoe Goodell. Strange how the media is portraying him as “siding with the players”. Under careful review I found the players to be “ESSENTIAL” to the game all along. Not Donald Trump’s divisive edicts. Maybe the major media outlets are obliged to paint …
June 5, 2020 PM Unfortunately painful for some and very gratifying to many others, the painting of BLACK LIVES MATTER on 16th street heading to Pennsylvania Ave is not a bad dream. It is a friendly reminder. The president has made every conceivable effort to discount black lives, but now he and his cohorts will view this DC attribute whenever …
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June 2020 AM If you haven’t read the 1963 non-fiction book “The Fire Next Time” by James Baldwin, you might get your copy of profound observances and discernment. The writings by Baldwin exposes dire starkness to the African-American experience in America and a possible correlation steering George Floyd’s untimely appointment to destiny that will assign his sacrifice as an unsolicited …
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