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African-American ‘giants’ more than meet Medal of Freedom standard

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Rep. John Lewis, Maya Angelou and Bill Russell (AP Photo)

Rep. John Lewis, Maya Angelou and Bill Russell (AP Photo)

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I’ll rise.

Collectively, Maya Angelou, John Lewis and Bill Russell represent the very best of the American spirit. They won their future — and created a better today — with steely determination, an abiding faith, uncommon courage and a burning desire to make America true to its promise.

Their life’s work prove that a better, brighter future does not just happen. It’s ours to create.

via The Grio

Documentary: Nas & Damien Marley: Distant Relatives

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Documentary: Nas & Damien Marley: Distant Relatives

Check out this three part “Distant Relatives,” documentary surrounding Nas and Damian Marley. Part one titled “Hope Road,” surrounds the duo visiting the Bob Marley Museum on Hope Road. Part two “Dub Plates,” gives us an inside look at their recording session at Tuff Gong Studios. Last but not least Part 3, “whats bringing Nas to Trenchtown is all about!”Check it out Directed by B+.

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Why Black America No Longer Exists

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Yes Halle, Eugene Robinson and Wild Roots agrees…your baby is Black. Now Black America?? What’s UP??

Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America

Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America

In his new book, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Eugene Robinson talks about the ‘Disintegration’ of the Black monolith…

has sparked debate with his recent book, Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America (Doubleday; $24.95), in which he posits that decades of desegregation, affirmative action, immigration and interracial marriage has shattered the concept of a black monolith into four distinct groups: the Mainstream middle class; the Abandoned underclass; the Transcendent elite; and two newly Emergent groups—black immigrants and individuals of mixed-race heritage. Robinson wrote: “There was a time when there were agreed upon ‘black leaders,’ when there was a clear ‘black agenda,’ when we can talk confidently about ‘the state of black America’–but not anymore.”

via Black Enterprise