H. Lewis Smith
H. Lewis Smith: Black America Under Siege: Without and Within"Affectionate" users of the n-word claim that the manner in which they use the term defuses any of the heinous roots attached to the word....
View ArticleBN-W eNewsletter #90
BN-W Fourth Year AnniversaryTOPICS: Scholars John Henrik Clarke, Cheikh Anta Diop, John G. Jackson, Joy DeGruy Leary, Adelaide Sanford, Ivan Van Sertima, Chancellor Williams; Sam Greenlee's film -...
View ArticleAlton Maddox 5-29-08
Alton Maddox: Assassinations Are on Hillary’s MindThe thought police employ terrorism to keep us in check. Steven Biko said it best: “The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor are the minds...
View ArticleBN-W 4th Year Anniversary
BN-W 4th Year Anniversary - 5/29/08 [TOPICS: Scholars John Henrik Clarke, Cheikh Anta Diop, John G. Jackson, Joy DeGruy Leary, Adelaide Sanford, Ivan Van Sertima, Chancellor Williams; Sam Greenlee's...
View ArticleAlton Maddox 6-5-08
Alton Maddox: Sweeping Powers of Gov. Paterson[David] Paterson is skating on thin ice. He is sitting on exculpatory evidence which will bust the [Tawana] Brawley case wide open and implicate Mario...
View ArticleAlton Maddox 6-12-08
Alton Maddox: Childhood Development of Barack Obama[Barack] Obama has become an Israel hardliner before he has been given an opportunity to express any views about police terrorism in the United...
View ArticleAlton Maddox 6-19-08
Alton Maddox: Martial Law Creeping Up I-95The New York Police Department is seeking to hide its stop and frisk data from the ACLU and Center for Constitutional Rights among others, even though it had...
View ArticleAlton Maddox 6-26-08
Alton Maddox: White Prosecutors Destroying Black LifeSame-sex advocates argue that the struggle for same-sex marriages has a kinship with the civil rights struggle. Wrong! There may be parallels in...
View ArticleAlton Maddox 7-3-08
Alton Maddox: The Second Amendment, Dred Scott and BlacksTo be sure, the Supremes gave the right construction to the 27 words in the Second Amendment. In a secret meeting to write a Bill of Rights,...
View ArticleAlton Maddox 7-10-08
Alton Maddox: Police Courts in New YorkTwenty years after Brawley fingered a “white cop, ”the Brawley file is still intact in the state’s vault. I had to defend myself in Dutchess County Supreme Court...
View ArticleLloyd Williams - New Yorker Obama Cover
Lloyd Williams: New Yorker Cover Depicts the Obamas as TerroristsThe closer Barack Obama gets to winning the White House, the more determined his adversaries have become to derail his campaign by any...
View ArticleAlton Maddox 7-17-08
Alton Maddox: Thurmond and Wallace Will Be Smiling in 2009The New Yorker magazine has upped the ante. Its current cover exploits racial and religious stereotypes under the guise of political satire....
View ArticleBN-W eNewsletter #91
Film(s) Monitored: Sex and the City; Get Smart; Wanted; Hancock; Meet Dave; The Dark KnightTOPICS: Jasiri X "Hancock" Black superhero analysis; CNN's Black In America special report; American...
View ArticleAlton Maddox 7-24-08
Alton Maddox: Blacks: Good Character and A Bad ReputationThe public use of the word “nigger” to describe descendants of enslaved Africans constitutes a constitutional tort. “Nigger”is a badge of...
View ArticleAlton Maddox 7-31-08
Alton Maddox: Connecting the Dots and Thinking Outside the BoxThis country had to assassinate Malcolm X and Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. and it had to imprison Mumia Abu-Jamal and Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin....
View ArticleAlton Maddox 8-7-08
Alton Maddox: The Meaning of Obama in the White HouseThe lesson to be learned is that any favorable overture to Blacks is disfavored in the United States. [Barack] Obama knows enough about...
View ArticleAlton Maddox 8-14-08
Alton Maddox: The Struggle Continues for Alton MaddoxThe endless list of attorneys who were convicted of engaging in felonious conduct and who have been reinstated to the practice of law include...
View ArticleAlton Maddox 8-21-08
Alton Maddox: Obama Stands on Black History in DenverWhile [Barack] Obama is clearly an upgrade over [John] McCain, both men are descendants of slaveholders. The political establishment is hedging its...
View ArticleBN-W eNewsletter #92
Film(s) Monitored: The Longshots; Death Race; Traitor; Babylon AD; The Family That Preys; The Women; Lakeview TerraceTOPICS: N-Word usage in last film for Bernie Mac/Isaac Hayes (Soul Men); Fela! A...
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