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    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 3334 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Me and Rosa Parks on the Ellis Island Ferry

    FEBRUARY 16, 2012 8:15AM

    By Jennifer Prestholdt


    Topics: family, african-american history month, history, rosa parks

    • 4 Ratings
    • 829 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Plagiarist/Misogynist– MLK in the Age of Media Demonization

    JANUARY 16, 2012 6:07AM

    By MalcolmXY


    Topics: video, politics, poetry, music, economy, belief/religion, civil rights, protest, inciting violence, non-violence, racism, race, jr., archibald carey, the king paper project, i have a dream, content of characer, humanity, adultery, plagiarism, war on drugs, drugs, us foreign policy, war, the isley brothers, the beatles, rodney king, muhammed ali, frederick douglas, freedom riders, huey p. newton, rosa parks, malcolm x, great leaders, flawed men, flaws, ron paul, day, mlk. mlk day, rev. dr. martin king jr., bitch slaps back, bitch slap, wayne brady, dave chappelle

    • 2 Ratings
    • 278 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Four Hours in Detroit

    AUGUST 31, 2011 1:30PM

    By Robert Isenberg


    Topics: detroit, motor city, rosa parks

    • 3 Ratings
    • 337 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    The moment I felt most American

    JUNE 30, 2011 10:46AM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: citizens united, buckley v. valeo, rosa parks, constitution, open call: the moment i felt most american, open call, when i felt american, the moment i felt most american

    • 0 Ratings
    • 464 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Africa: Cause Looking for Rebels

    MAY 23, 2011 12:46AM

    By al mariam


    Topics: act local, think global, ralph nader, winston churchill, voice for the voiceless, rosa parks, buddha, eritreans, ethiopians, socrates, gandhi, bob marley, nelson mandela, robert kennedy, transforming apathy, african youth charter, museveni, walk to work, kizza besigye, libya, egypt, youth uprising tunisia, soweto uprising, ethiopia 2005 killing 193 youth protesters, ethiopia revolution, university students ethiopia, youth activism, black power movement, freedom riders, civil disobedience, free speech movement university of california berkeley, civil rights movement, 1960 counter-culture revolution, cause of youth apathy, political apathy, ethiopian student movement, african youth apathy, american youth apathy, youth apathy, ackerman union, los angeles habesha student association, university of california

    • 52 Ratings
    • 1656 Views
    • 78 Comments
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    Replacing Your Son's Life with Cactus – The Prickly War

    APRIL 28, 2011 10:17AM

    By Linda Seccaspina


    Topics: economic crisis, gas prices, afghanistan, appropriation bill, washington dc, white house, congress, deficit, economy, military, obama, taxes, tax day, budget, bush, crisis, dc, defense, defense spending, military spending, federal tax, video, blogging, cindy sheehan, obama, bush, canada, rev. lennox yearwood, rosa parks, gas prices, anti war protestors, code pink, viet nam, blogger, economic crisis, blog, gas prices, yahoo, youtube, arizona, iraq war, afghanistan, appropriation bill, washington dc, white house, iraq, congress, deficit, economy, military, taxes, carnival cruise lines, conoco phillips, citigroup, goldman sachs, valero energy, obama, taxes, tax day, budget, boeing, bush, chevron, g.e., exxon mobile. boa, bp, chevron, blackwater, halliburton, boeing, crisis, northrop- grumman, raytheon, dc, defense, defense spending, military spending, federal tax, video, general dynamics, lockheed martin, pentagon, tax, politics news, blogging

    • 32 Ratings
    • 2272 Views
    • 69 Comments
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    The Racist Reaction to Our First Black President.

    JUNE 26, 2010 1:52PM

    By Charlie Thornton


    Topics: barack obama, politics, racism, don't start nuthin, there won't be nuthin, rosa parks, jackie robinson, martin luther king jr., henry aaron, desegregation, tea party, white bigotry

    • 0 Ratings
    • 460 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Barb Davis White Has Gay Bowel Disease. Of The Mouth

    MARCH 1, 2010 2:56PM

    By Hal_M


    Topics: unhealthy, teresa stanton collett, tea party, tea baggers, stds, sodomy, sexual partners, same-sex marriage, rosa parks, republican candidate, minnesota, lesbians, legal institution, homosexuality, gays, gay bowel disease, civil institution, 5th congressional district, 4th congressional district

    • 1 Ratings
    • 635 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Why I was taught the same thing every Black History Month

    JANUARY 25, 2010 9:38PM

    By thegoldenshovel


    Topics: open call, chicano, malcolm x, rosa parks, mlk, martin luther king, revolution, protesters, protest, history, sixties, 60's, civil rights, social justice, civil rights movement, southern, south, georgia, atlanta, teaching, teacher, teach, school, february, justice, news, politics, discrimination, racism, white, black, black history month, race

    • 0 Ratings
    • 170 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Why I was taught the same thing every Black History Month

    JANUARY 25, 2010 9:25PM

    By thegoldenshovel


    Topics: race, black history month, black, white, racism, discrimination, politics, news, justice, february, school, teach, teacher, teaching, atlanta, georgia, south, southern, civil rights movement, social justice, civil rights, 60's, sixties, history, protest, protesters, revolution, martin luther king, mlk, rosa parks, malcolm x, chicano

    • Editor's Pick
    • 66 Ratings
    • 3174 Views
    • 92 Comments
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    On MLK’s Birthday: Reflecting on Racism Now, Racism Then

    JANUARY 15, 2010 9:32AM

    By Lea Lane


    Topics: martin luther king, racism, civil rights, pat robertson, rush limbaugh, harry reid, rosa parks

    • 0 Ratings
    • 231 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Who we want to be is who we already are

    DECEMBER 22, 2009 5:23PM

    By Karen Louise


    Topics: process, rosa parks, post traumatic stress disorder, healing, tsunami

    • 1 Ratings
    • 254 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Rosa Parks, An Apology

    OCTOBER 17, 2009 2:25PM

    By James H. Chapman


    Topics: politics, feminism, rosa parks, poetry, women, diversity, race, civil rights

    • 3 Ratings
    • 5687 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    ONLY 3 DAYS LEFT- CELEBRATING WOMEN'S HISTORY WITH 3 POEMS

    MARCH 29, 2009 10:08AM

    By FrogTown Diva


    Topics: cynthia mckinney, rosa parks, coretta scot king

    • Editor's Pick
    • 33 Ratings
    • 4290 Views
    • 60 Comments
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    To Odetta

    DECEMBER 4, 2008 3:03PM

    By Lea Lane


    Topics: odetta, rosa parks, bob dylan, bruce springsteen, martin luther king, virginia, the crooked road, bristol, bluegrass, carnegie hall, johnny cash, feminism, travel, people

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