Mar. 22, 2021
ELGIN “RABBIT” BAYLOR
Rest In Eternal Peace
That Brother Could Rabbit Hop Out Of Any Gym
Mar. 22, 2021
March 22, 1968
March 22, 1968
Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Adam Clayton Powell lll reminded me on his Facebook Timeline that on this day 53 years ago, his father returned from exile to his Harlem home and his Harlem church after 18 months in exile due to trumped up charges and being accused of character assassination of a Harlem domestic worker which lead to his being convicted of libel in a civil court and being guilty of contempt of court for failing to appear for the trial. He lost his cherished chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee in the House of Representatives as well be denied the right to sit as the duly elected congressman because the white congressmen were looking for a way to dilute any political power blacks had in this nation. At his church that evening Adam Clayton Powell Jr. spoke of a coming racial conflict, a second civil war that was on the percepisce of occurring if this nation didn’t stop the oppressive occupation tactics that were prevalent in every black community across this nation. One of the greatest preachers and political leaders in the history of this nation Adam Clayton Powell Jr. power position in this nation was effectively diminished by a Harlem domestic worker whom he described as a bag lady. Whites in political power saw blood in the water and like sharks in a feeding frenzy attempted to destroy Mr. Powell’s political base but Harlem loved Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and they refused to knuckle over and collapse his support. Although, he eventually lost his seat to a political up and comer Charles Rangel, no one can diminish the massive contributions that Adam Clayton Powell Jr. provided to black Americans across this nation. KEEP THE FAITH BABY, DADDY’S HOME.
Mar. 22, 2021
Spring Fling 12 Powerful Poems Exhibiting Black Excellence From 12 Black Wordsmiths
On these days where we are seemingly stuck in motion on endless revolving escalator of sameness. When it is society locking down social connections and with it social consciousness. It is important to be encouraged by black excellence of our talented black wordsmiths.So why not read 12 poems by 12 poets written by 12 brilliant black poets some living some dead that provide a range of black thoughts and black black life experiences. Experiences that range from a poet’s perspective of revolt on the Amistad, a game of spades, a poet’s sense of America’s injustice, a poet’s visit to Chicago Black Belt pool hall, to a poet cataloging black daily life, and on and on. We will live through the wordsmiths verses past and present. The Black Blogger believes that black education comes in many forms today that form is poetry.
Mar. 19, 2021
Why Not Reparations: Elaine, Arkansas (1919) vs. Atlanta, Georgia (2021)
This week 8 people, 7 of whom were Asian Americans were killed in Atlanta, Georgia by a single white male shooter at two sex spas that were masked as massage parlors. The killer had visited these two spas that he had targeted as a customer. Though this is a sad state of affairs in regards to the senseless loss of life. All over the nation these attacks are being characterized as hate crimes. Well did you know that on October 3, 1919 more than 200 Americans of African Descent were murdered by white mobs in Elaine, Arkansas. The same nation, America, not only ignored this hateful terror-driven attack across the country. Probably many White Americans thought at the time why only 200 of our ancestors were killed in Elaine, Arkansas. Why not more? Just another example of the injustice our ancestors faced after we in Black America was supposedly free and clear from white oppression and white terror.
Mar. 18, 2021
Rev. E. J. Adams “These are Revolutionary Times” March 19, 1867 America's Broken Promises
On March 2, 1867, Congress overrode President Andrew Johnson's vetoes and passed a series of Reconstruction acts which would, among other things, establish new governments in the ex-Confederate states based for the first time on universal male suffrage. The first step in this process involved the electing of white and black male delegates to conventions that would write new state constitutions establishing the legal basis for these governments. Sensing this unprecedented political opportunity, African Americans gathered in mass meetings throughout the South to support Congress’s action and to plan their own agenda. One of the earliest of these meetings took place in Charleston, South Carolina on March 19, 1867. At the conclusion of the meeting Rev. E. J. Adams, a leader of the Charleston black community gave the address below. in Charleston, called for the adoption of the report pay particular attention to the last line of this speech “In Their Words My Voice” Project Uplift Literacy. Also, it was only a period of less than a decade that Black Reconstruction was allowed to survive in the former southern slave states. Because the Compromise of 1877 meant not only the end of Black Reconstruction but also the beginning of a period of almost 90 years that a more terror driven assault by White Americans that created an even more vicious form of oppression on the Americans of African descent throughout this nation. Why couldn’t Black Reconstruction include some form of economic reparations for our ancestors? Why are we still fighting for what is rightfully ours still 150 years later?