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Trayvon Martin’s Mother Sybrina Fulton Reflects On Son’s Loss A Year Later [Video]

On March 5, 2013, Trayvon Martin’s mother (Sybrina Fulton) reflected on her son’s murder a year ago in a candid conversation with attorney and media personality Star Jones at the Black Male Re-Imagined II conference...
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“Silent Screams II (28 Classrooms)” Uses Emotionalism Of Chicago Gun Violence To Push Misleading Politics

A friend asked me to watch the mini-documentary “Silent Screams II (28 Classrooms)”, which speaks to the devastation and pain caused by the loss of so many young lives to Chicago gun violence–about 28 classroo...
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Aesop’s The Ass And The Lapdog: Use Of Fables To Reinforce Classism And Self-Loathing

As a child, I read a lot of books, and among them were fables and fairy tales, like “Aesop’s Fables.” The main purpose of these fables (short instructional stories), was to convey a life lesson, usually illust...
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“I don’t give a sh!t about the CT school shooting!”

I find it hard to understand people who look at a tragic situation and say, “I don’t care what happened because nobody cares when it happens to people who look like me.” Likewise, I am frustrated by people who...
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Literacy: The Key To Individual And Intellectual Independence

Having the ability to read and write opens a world of possibilities. Not only is it vital to our ability to communicate, it makes learning a more independent process, which in turn can lead to more intellectual independence as ...
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