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		<title>Boondocks Saints: The Pope Visits the US</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though I became a fan of the animated series, I first fell in love with The Boondocks when it was a syndicated comic strip.  Through the strip, Aaron McGruder offered commentary on current events from politics to pop culture in poignant and hilarious fashion.
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		<title>Afeni Shakur Breaks it Down</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;In the Black Panther party, we failed because we took God out.  I beg you not to do the same thing.&#8221;
I know I needed to hear her words today.  Thanks Davey D making her words available to the public.
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Revolutionary Situation: 2Pac&#8217;s Mom Brings Serious Heat
Breakdown FM with Davey D
April 11, 2008

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		<title>Have Mercy: Toni Morrison unveils new work</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
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Toni Morrison, Reynolds Price Debut New Works at Duke
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
In a public conversation Feb. 2 in Duke Chapel, celebrated authors Toni Morrison and Reynolds Price both debuted new works.
Price read a poem “To Toni From Reynolds” honoring their friendship. Morrison read an extended excerpt from her as-yet-unpublished novel, A Mercy.

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		<title>Is There a Heaven for a Gangsta?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Redemption Song and Dance: 
Little Melvin Williams Is Not The Deacon He Played On The Wire
City Paper (Baltimore, MD)
By Van Smith
Published on: 3/19/2008

&#8220;I&#8217;m sorry I let you in the door,&#8221; Melvin Williams says as he ushers a reporter out of his warehouse office to the sidewalk outside, where the conversation continues. The old gangster has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=godisanegro.wordpress.com&blog=1170710&post=119&subd=godisanegro&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fo&#8217; He Has Risen</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Gotta love my people.  Risen indeed.
VCF
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		<title>A Man Was Lynched Yesterday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
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Lynchings of black people in the US were common occurrences following Emancipation and throughout the first half of the 20th century. The NAACP would hang a banner from its offices in New York City the day after these horrible events to alert people of the city to what had happened.
Today, we hang this banner for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=godisanegro.wordpress.com&blog=1170710&post=116&subd=godisanegro&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond the Soundbytes: The Truth About Trinity</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Pastor Otis Moss III, Trinity UCC on Palm Sunday 2008
It&#8217;s been brought to my attention that members of Trinity United Church of Christ have started a blog to help buffer some of the misrepresentation of the church and of Pastor Emeritus Dr. Jeremiah Wright.   I&#8217;ll add their site to the sidebar on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=godisanegro.wordpress.com&blog=1170710&post=114&subd=godisanegro&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the beginning, when major news outlets reported on Barack Obama&#8217;s &#8220;controversial&#8221; membership in Trinity United Church of Christ and his relationship with its (now) retired senior pastor Dr. Jeremiah Wright they never were interested in contextualizing the story.    Wright appeared on Fox News&#8217; Hannity &#38; Colmes over a year ago to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=godisanegro.wordpress.com&blog=1170710&post=113&subd=godisanegro&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sir Charles Speaks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I saw this a couple of weeks ago on CNN I jumped out of my seat.  Charles Barkley puts it down.  I know he published a book titled Who&#8217;s Afraid of a Large Black Man?, but by calling the religious right &#8220;fake Christians,&#8221;openly advocating women&#8217;s right to choose, and taking an affirmative [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=godisanegro.wordpress.com&blog=1170710&post=112&subd=godisanegro&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Redemption Along the High Road</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been following Melissa Harris-Lacewell&#8217;s work ever since I heard her debate Gloria Steinem on Democracy Now a couple of months ago on race, gender, and Presidential politics.  I&#8217;ve since purchased and started reading her book Barbershops, Bibles, &#38; BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought and encourage anyone else to do the same.
An [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=godisanegro.wordpress.com&blog=1170710&post=111&subd=godisanegro&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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