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  Trayvon Martin, Robert Lee, and Millions of Tears Fallen (Part 1) | Aberjhani | Blog Post | Red Room

  Protester carrying an image of Trayvon Martin and family members. (photo by Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters) Florida State Attorney Angela Corey’s announcement April 11 that George Zimmerman had been arrested on charges of second-degree murder for the shooting of Trayvon Martin on February 26, 2012, brought some sense of relief to Martin’s…

  April 16, 2012
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  Notebook on Black History Month 2012 (Part 6): The Consecrated Soul of Whitney Houston (editorial and poem by Aberjhani)

  Image frame from Whitney Houston’s video for “Million Dollar Bill.” With the death of Soul Train founder Don Cornelius at the very beginning of the month, and that of Whitney Houston on February 11, Black History Month 2012 is fated to go down in history as one during which the…

  February 17, 2012
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  Notebook on Black History Month 2012 (part 4): The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

                    Poster for The Black Power Mixtape featuring Dr. Angela Davis. After opening in U.S. theatres September 9, 2011, and closing November 6, 2011, The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 managed a total domestic gross of only $268,813 before making its debut on…

  February 15, 2012
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  Countdown of 10 Amazing Moments from the Year 2011: No. 9 Harry Belafonte Sings Your Song | Aberjhani | Blog Post | Red Room

  Human and civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X (Malik El-Shabazz) have become so indelibly symbolic of 1960s African America that students of the era sometimes forget that not all of the important leaders from the period died when they were assassinated. One such still-surviving leader is…

  December 16, 2011