It Is Necessary To Understand That Black Power Is A Cry Of Disappointment. The Black Power Slogan Did

It is necessary to understand that Black Power is a cry of disappointment. The Black Power slogan did not spring full grown from the head of some philosophical Zeus. It was born from the wounds of despair and disappointment. It is a cry of daily hurt and persistent pain.

Martin Luther king, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?, 1967 (via fyeahblackhistory)

And this is why I'm writing this dissertation. Because I don't have a senator, and it makes me fucking furious.

The SOPA blackout is an irritating reminder that D.C. residents do not have voting representatives in Congress.

(And, yes, we still occasionally use Microsoft Paint here in the Style section of The Washington Post.)

quick thought on the long civil rights movement

Let's say that historians actually did subscribe to the notion of a traditional civil rights movement, lasting from 1955-1965. What that means is that Brown and its companion cases wouldn't be considered part of the civil rights movement, since they were decided in 1954, and initially brought before lower courts as early as 1949.

That doesn't sound right to me.

Just saying.

Back to day one of comps.

This collection contains correspondence, news releases, booklets, articles, brochures, statements, meeting files, briefing books, memorabilia, newsletters, photographs, negatives, slides, bills, and hearing files. These materials date from 1941-90 with the bulk of the records falling between 1960-90.

This collection of materials was generated during thirty-nine years of community, religious and political service. Fauntroy was an advocate of civil and political rights. A former congressman, Fauntroy served the people of the District of Columbia through various roles. Since 1959, Fauntroy has been the pastor of New Bethel Baptist Church. His exceptional leadership in community affairs led Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), to appoint Fauntroy as the director of the Washington D.C. Bureau of SCLC. Through this position, he served as the coordinator of various historic events associated with the organization such as the 1963 March On Washington for Jobs and Freedom and the 1965 March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.

Fauntroy was the first vice chairman appointed to the Washington D.C. City Council. After years of promoting voting rights and representation for citizens of the District, Fauntroy served as the representative of Washington, D.C. in the United States Congress for twenty years. He was an advocate of urban renewal in the District of Columbia, and was a founder and director of the Shaw Urban Renewal Project and the Model Inner City Community Organization (MICCO).

Organized in six series: General files, Affiliations and organization files, Campaign files, Congressional committee files, New Bethel Baptist Church files, and Oversize files.

nativethoughts:

H. Rap Brown. Former SNCC and BPP member.

"He got the peace prize, we got the problem.... If I'm following a general, and he's leading me into a battle, and the enemy tends to give him rewards, or awards, I get suspicious of him. Especially if he gets a peace award before the war is over."

Malcolm X