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African-American - News

2012-02-12T09:54:00.001-05:00

African-American - News February 12, 2012

NAACP pays tribute to Black History Month with State Theatre concert (MLive)
NAACP Bay City Branch Vice President Darold Newton, left, and WNEM TV 5 reporter Tia Ewing, center, listen to KISS 107.1 DJ Vicki Hill talk about Oprah Winfrey as an inspiration for her career during the 3rd Annual Continuing a Historical Celebration Through Magic at the State Theater in Bay City on Saturday evening.

Noted US Latino scholar 'forgotten' in birthplace (Alamogordo Daily News)
A son of an Arizona miner, the Albuquerque-born Sanchez worked his way out of poverty as a rural public school teacher in New Mexico to become a pioneer scholar and education activist.

Sharpton Shocks Md. Same Sex Marriage Debate (The Afro American Newspaper)
Given the recent controversy between Roland Martin and the gay rights group, Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation , surrounding some statements and Tweet postings of Roland Martin during the recent Super Bowl game; in your opinion the response of GLAAD to Martins' statements is: B: a justifiable, vigorous and vocal objection to a national ... (more)

Tributes as Mass. Marks Black History Month (Boston)
Gov. Deval Patrick's administration is marking the Black History Month by celebrating the contribution of African-American leaders working within the administration.

Colored Frames: A Visual Art Documentary (2007) Looks at Art and Racism (Silcon Valley Moms)
A startlingly impressive collection of art work by African American artists is interwoven with the memories of artists who experienced discrimination throughout their lives and their careers in a documentary relevant to Black History, filmmaker Lerone D. Wilson's Colored Frames .

New edition of a oeA History of African Americans in North Carolinaa now available (Mountain Xpress)
A new, revised edition of "A History of African Americans in North Carolina" is now available from the Historical Publications Section of the N.C. Office of Archives and History.

Black History Month

2012-02-11T11:08:00.000-05:00

US Census Bureau Black History Month Feature for February 11
MarketWatch (press release)
The name Virginia Dare, the first child born to English settlers in America in 1587, is well known. The name William Tucker has much less recognition. He was the first African-American child born in the American Colonies and was baptized on January 3, ...

African-American - News

2012-02-11T10:53:00.001-05:00

African-American - News February 11, 2012

Florida State Fair once held ''Negro Day'' (WTSP-TV Saint Petersburg)
Tampa, Florida - Imagine if there was only one day out of the year where you could take in the sights of the sounds of the Florida State Fair due to the color of your skin.

Sweet African-American spirituals to soar at Sunday show (The Asheville Citizen-Times)
Julie Jemerson, foreground, and other members of the St. John 'A' Baptist Church rehearse for a concert of African-American spirituals Sunday at St.

Poll: Change How Black History Month Is Observed in West County/Hercules Schools? (Patch)
It's Black History Month again, a time when schools celebrate African-American contributions and heroes.

Cardiff University scientists reveal the role race plays in finding a partner (IcNetwork)
But it seems that your race could at least give you a little head start - or hold you back - in the quest to turn the heads of the opposite sex.

Report: Illinois kids caught in 'budget crossfire' (ABC7 Chicago)
Illinois children are caught in a "budget crossfire," hit hard by state budget cuts and a recession that left one in five of them living in poverty and 33,000 students homeless in 2010, a children's advocacy organization said in a report released Thursday.

Illinois museum expands exhibit on black soldiers (KWQC-TV Davenport)
The Illinois State Military Museum has expanded its exhibit on the history of African American soldiers in the Illinois National Guard.

Fw: Notify NYC - Silver Alert Cancelled

2012-02-10T18:12:00.001-05:00

Notification issued 2/10/12 at 4:55 PM. The Silver Alert issued for Lloyd Hall has been cancelled.

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Sender's Email: notifynyc@oem.nyc.gov

Sender's Contact Phone: 212-639-9675

Fw: Events at Indian Road, 2/19-2/15

2012-02-10T18:06:00.001-05:00

600 West 218th Street, New York, NY 10034

EVENTS AT INDIAN ROAD 2/10-2/15

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10th

8PM, LIVE MUSIC: Thieves and Poets

Thieves and Poets is a metro NYC based instrumental trio with a wide ranging repertoire. They play jazz, latin, rock, blues, pop, world, chill and ambient grooves. About half of their material is original and the rest is made up of things they like to interpret through their own crazy and

complex filter.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11th

8PM, LIVE MUSIC: Alternative lyrical tunes with Evanescent

Vocalist Bliss Blood and guitarist Al Street formed the band Evanescent to write original songs in the summer of 2010. Bliss began her career as vocalist/songwriter in the band Pain Teens in Houston and continued to write music and perform with The Moonlighters and Delta Dreambox, among other bands, in New York City since 1995. Guitarist Al Street is a master of style and of the guitar itself. He has played at the world's top festivals, and can be heard on the Major Motion Picture "American Gangster" soundtrack, as well as "Three Days of Rain" with Grammy winner Bob Belden.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12th

12 - 2PM, Will Teez Bike Club

The Inwood Cycling Club meets every Sunday outside of the Indian Road Café. Show up any time after 11am. We'll head out a bit after noon, leaving plenty of time to get properly caffeinated, hydrated and schmooze. Meet your neighbors, Rep Your Hood and get your ride on. Everybody's welcome, come one come all.

1 - 3:30PM, Sunday Songs with Steve Murphy
Now in his third year at IRC, the Cafés longest running musical act plays piano medleys from The Beatles, Gershwin, Joel, Porter, Ragtime, Rogers and Hart, Broadway and a bit of opera. Impromptu solos of all styles receive a free drink or dessert.

MONDAY thru FRIDAY

4 - 7PM, Happy Hour at the bar

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13th

8PM, OPEN MIC WITH ORVILLE DAVIS

For 12 years in Inwood, Monday nights have seen serious singer-songwriters performing originals and covers; country, rock, folk, jazz, gospel, and alt whatever; electric and acoustic guitars, fiddles, banjos, mandolins, ukuleles, accordions, harmonicas, flutes, keyboards, trombones, saxophones, basses (standup, electric, and acoustic) drums, a cello, and even a berimbau (you can look it up). Everyone is welcome to perform anything--including stand up and spoken word.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14th- VALENTINE'S DAY

5 - 10PM, Special Valentine's Day menu

(reservations are highly recommended)

7 - 10PM, LIVE MUSIC: Love songs of the 30's and 40's with

Djangos and Tangos

7PM, Indian Road Knitting Circle

Come on in, have a glass of wine, and knit. Come on in, have a glass of wine, and knit. This week-Hairy Valentine's Day Hearts!

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15th

8 - 10PM, Trivia Night with the Dr. Jordan, The Evil Mr. Phil &

OJ the Imposter

Dr. Jordan is back! Come on out and join up with your friends and neighbors for a night of raucous fun and great prizes, including tickets to Broadway and sporting events.

Hendrick's Beer of the Week

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Ommegang Aphrodite

Cooperstown, New York 6oz 8.9%abv $8

"Funky pear & raspberry aroma. Cloudy red body with thin reddish hue head. Flavor begins sweet with notes of raspberry, pear and yeast; followed by a dominant tart, sour finish. Very dry and crisp. Served in a champagne flute."

Bronx Brewery Pale Ale

Bronx, New York 16oz 6.3%abv $7

"This is a deep amber, American-style pale ale. Cascade and Centennial hops provide a gentle, pleasant bitterness with an intense floral and citrus aroma. It is dry-hopped, unfiltered and unpasteurized."

Wolaver's Organic Alta Gracia Coffee Porter

Middlebury, Vermont 16oz 5%abv $6

"Brewed with organic roasted barley and chocolate malts for a rich, dark and robust flavor with an infusion of organic vanilla beans and coffee from the Dominican Republic farm community Alta Gracia."

Narragansett Lager

Providence, Rhode Island 16oz 5%abv $5

"A very clean aroma, as expected with the style, faint bready pale malt scent with hints of mineral and lemon. The taste is excellently crisp with a light body for easy drinking. Cereal grain flavor throughout with soft bread crust and a semi sweet finish."

THE BOTTLE

Anderson Valley Hop Ottin IPA

Boonville, California 7%abv $6 (can)

"A lovely looking beer: deep amber color and a large creamy head. The aroma is powerful: take your pick - spicy or floral or grapefruit. Hops galore!!"

Anderson Valley Boont Amber Ale

Boonville, California 7%abv $6 (can)

"A medium-bodied pale ale with a beautiful copper color, a robust head, and the rich flavor of caramel malt."

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Fw: [B-C-C] White History Month

2012-02-10T09:27:00.000-05:00

White History Month

via Abagond by abagond on 2/8/12

White History Month, unlike Black History Month, is the month that never ends. From Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death" to "manifest destiny" to America as "the great melting pot", American history is not merely taught from a white point of view, it is taught as if blacks, Mexicans and Native Americans do not truly count as people.

White American slave owners, like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry, are held up as heroes of freedom. Meanwhile John Brown, who gave his life trying to free the slaves, is seen as what? A madman.

White racism is downplayed, so much so that whites say stuff like, "The Irish made it. What is wrong with blacks?" or sometimes even, "Jim Crow? What's that?"

Lies are told about Native Americans and Africans so that the crimes committed against them by whites seem to be "not so bad".

The achievements of whites, like the light bulb, are played up as wonders of invention while the achievements of people of colour – you know, like civilization, writing, iron, geometry, or like even clothing – are played down, taken for granted or just never get brought up for some reason. Egyptians, Middle Easterners and early man, meanwhile, become honorary whites for particular periods of history.

Consider:

Vested interests: White Americans come from a violently racist past and still benefit from the racist set-up of society that comes out of that past.
Point of view: Most writers and teachers of the American history are white.
Money: Way more money has been poured into researching, writing and teaching white history than black history.

Yet we are supposed to believe that the history we were taught at school is somehow Magically Unaffected by all that.

History as taught at school (as opposed to university) is such an utterly self-serving whitewash that it should, at best, be called White American Studies. Add English literature to that.

Yet white people still say stuff like, "Why is there a Black History Month but not a White History Month?"

That is called being blind to white privilege.

It is called being so used to how society favours whites that you do not even notice it and think of it as just "normal" and even "fair".

So fair that any change from it, like Black History Month or affirmative action, is seen as unfair, even racist.

But there is more: a misunderstanding of ethnic or racial pride.

Most White Americans were taught to "not see race", to be raceless. Unfortunately that failed to end racism. So for people of colour pride in one's race becomes a necessary and even healthy self-defence.

But the sort of pride most whites have in their race is so unhealthy, false and narcissistic that it needs to put down others to seem good by comparison and to play down evils like slavery to maintain the idea of whites as Basically Good. Their broken self-image leads to broken history and round and round it goes, hurting everyone.

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Fw: Notify NYC - Silver Alert

2012-02-10T09:18:00.000-05:00

Silver Alert issued 2/09/2012 at 9:55 PM. The NYPD has issued a Silver Alert for Lloyd Hall, age 69. Mr. Hall is described as a black male, 5'8" tall, 160lbs, clean-shaven and was last seen wearing a black sweater, black pants, black shoes and a wool coat. Mr. Hall suffers from Alzheimer's and dementia and was last seen today at his residence near King's Highway and Flatbush Avenue, in the Flatlands section of Brooklyn. If you see this individual please call 9-1-1.

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Sender's Email: notifynyc@oem.nyc.gov

Sender's Contact Phone: 212-639-9675

African-American - News

2012-02-10T08:52:00.000-05:00

African-American - News February 10, 2012

Black Chicago Teachers Accuse City School System Of Racism (WTLC-AM Indianapolis)
The Chicago Teachers Union has accused the Chicago Public Schools system of racism.A On Wednesday, the Teachers Union filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission office, alleging that while 29 percent of the CPS system teachers were African American, 43 percent of those teachers were subject to a massive 2011 layoff spree.

Obama: Whites can effectively represent blacks (WTAG-AM Paxton)
Barack in July of 2001 discussing whether a white Chicago Alderman, who represent a large African-American district, should be allowed into the Black Caucus.

Dallas ISD girls excluded from field trip to see movie about Tuskegee Airmen (Dallas Morning News)
The Dallas school district took about 5,700 fifth-grade boys this morning to see a new movie about African-American fighter pilots in World War II, but female students were excluded.

Black High School Basketball Players Mocked With Banana Suits, Monkey Chants (WTLC-AM Indianapolis)
Pittsburgh Brentwood High School officials are in hot water for allegedly allowing three students to run on to the court during half-time in full-bodied banana suits, mocking the other team who is mostly African American, according to Yahoo News .

Making history: Joanne Griffith's 'Redefining Black Power' project comes to the Bay (SFBG Politics Blog)
"Joanne [Griffith]'s work is centered on one theme: not to offer information as a point of journalistic fact, but to act as a conduit for debate and conversation, especially around issues relating to the African Diaspora experience." So writes Brian Shazor, director of the Pacifica Radio Archives, in the foreward to Griffith's new book Redefining ... (more)

CSULB reaches out to churches to recruit African-American students (Press-Telegram)
Hoping to attract more ethnic diversity, California State University officials will again visit more than 100 predominantly black churches across the state.

African-American - News

2012-02-09T13:24:00.001-05:00

African-American - News February 9, 2012

Sharpton: Cornel West's Attacks On Me, Harris-Perry Are "Arrogant" (WTLC-AM Indianapolis)
In a recent interview with Diverse magazine, Professor Cornel West attacked his former Princeton colleague and newly minted MSNBC host Professor Melissa Harris-Perry . West called Harris-Perry a "liar" and said that, "[s]he's become the momentary darling of liberals, but I pray for her because she's in over her head.

NAACP Concerned About Churches Partnering With Banks (CBS Local)
Alliance , Bishop G.H. Bruden , David L. Lowery Jr. , Midwest Bank , Mike Krauser , Ministers Conference of South Suburban County , NAACP , Workshop HARVEY, Ill.

Nearly half of all Fla. Grads take an AP exam (WWSB)
An annual report released by the College Board Wednesday says 47 percent of Florida seniors took an AP exam in high school.

5 African American Icons Your Kids Can Write Black History Month Projects On (WIBX-AM Whitesboro)
If you are the parent of a school-age child you know the month of February means its time for a Black History Month project.

Black Teacher Calls Haitian Student "Little Chocolate Boy" (WTLC-AM Indianapolis)
Leslie Ranier , a Black Broward County, Fla., high school teacher who was reportedly accused of pretending to throw holy water on an atheist colleague last May, now faces possible suspension forA telling a Haitian student that he "looks [like a] little chocolate boy," a "chocolate that nobody wanted." Ranier's off-color remarks were captured on ... (more)

NEW LITERACY TEST TURNS BLACK HISTORY MONTH INTO A TEACHING/LEARNING PROJECT

2012-02-09T13:22:00.001-05:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 9, 2012

CONTACT:
Eugene Walton
dreugenewalton@verizon.net
www.EWEmedia.com

NEW LITERACY TEST TURNS BLACK HISTORY MONTH INTO A TEACHING/LEARNING PROJECT

Eugene Walton, CEO of EWEmedia.com

Washington, DC (BlackNews.com) -- A new Black History Literacy Test developed and published by EWEmedia aims to turn Black History Month into a dynamic teaching/learning project for everyone using its question-and-answer lesson plan. The Test is not for evaluative purposes, but rather to get attention and challenge users to expand what they already know by teaching/learning more about the historical context of their responses to the Test and change their thinking about the issues in a new way.

The Black History Literacy Test is a 100 item question-and-answer Kindle eBook distributed by Amazon.com for $2.99 per download to Kindle, iPad, Nook mobile devices AND to desktop and laptop computers. The short Black History Literacy Test Lesson Plan can be downloaded for FREE at www.EWEmedia.com.

The Test covers 8 topic/time periods:

1492-1618: Africans To The Americas -Explorers and Slaves;
1619-1774: Blacks in Colonial America;
1775-1789: Black Participation in Revolutionary War;
1790-1860: Black Resistance to Slavery;
1866-1877: Blacks and the Reconstruction;
1878-1954: Struggle and Triumph Over Jim Crow "Separate But Equal;"
1955-1968: The Civil Rights Movement;
1969-2012: Thrusting Toward the New Millennium.

For more details, visit www.EWEmedia.com

NEW THIS MORNING

2012-02-09T13:15:00.001-05:00

RACE FOR QUINN'S SEAT REFLECTS SPLIT IN LGBT COMMUNITY: In the Council race to replace Council Speaker Christine Quinn, four likely LGBT candidates are straddling the line between their more moderate political allies and the liberal activist LGBT community a line that Quinn has herself straddled. http://bit.ly/z0qtc0

NEW THIS MORNING:

* Despite a wave of criticism and scandal, support for NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly remains strong, a new Quinnipiac poll shows. Gov. Andrew Cuomo's casino and convention center plans also scored high marks: http://bit.ly/AcGpTo

* Long Island Rep. Carolyn McCarthy's district will be one of the two congressional districts eliminated this year, as state legislators look to merge her district with that of neighboring Rep. Gary Ackerman, the Daily News reports: http://nydn.us/wFICrA

* New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has signaled a willingness to sign on to a $26 billion mortgage settlement between government authorities and the nation's five largest banks late Wednesday night, after holding out for a more narrow immunity for the banks, the New York Times says: http://nyti.ms/yBR0Po

* Sources told the New York Post that Schneiderman's consent hinged on keeping alive his lawsuit against the banks over their misuse of the electronic mortgage database MERS: http://nyp.st/AeBrJ7

* Seven months after sponsoring legislation to run a natural gas pipeline under Queens, Rep. Michael Grimm accepted $3,000 in campaign contributions to its backers, the News reports: http://nydn.us/wkHSfs

* City officials have not backed off plans to build a convention center at the redeveloped Willets Point, despite Cuomo's announcement that another, larger convention center would be cited nearby at the Aqueduct racetrack, the Times says: http://nyti.ms/xXipzS

* Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver helped former Staten Island Assemblywoman Janelle Hyer-Spencer land a high-paying job at the State Education Department after she lost her re-election in 2010, the Post says: http://nyp.st/yGEIna

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2012-02-08T09:50:00.000-05:00

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BLACK HISTORY

2012-02-08T09:47:00.000-05:00

African-American - News

2012-02-08T09:43:00.000-05:00

African-American - News February 8, 2012

1968 Olympian to recount iconic moment at CAU (Athens Banner-Herald)
One of two black athletes who called attention to the plight of African Americans at the 1968 Olympics will recount the iconic moment at Clark Atlanta University.

The Josephine Baker Story (EDGE)
In the excellently filmed, dynamic telefilm "The Josephine Baker Story" developed by HBO - and now on a Blu- ray disc-- we follow the life of the incomparable African American celebrity .

Health officials mark Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (KTNV-TV Las Vegas)
Officials are marking the 12th National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day by urging Nevadans to get tested for the diseases.

New state voting laws focus of Selma, Ala. March (The Las Vegas Sun)
Single Sign-On: You can use Facebook account to log in to LasVegasSun.com. Civil rights, labor and immigration activists say they are returning to Selma, Ala.

Michael Steele Blasts John Heilemann For Comparing Same-Sex Marriage To Interracial Marriage (Mediaite)
On Tuesday's edition of Now with Alex Wagner , gay rights activist Lt. Dan Choi spoke about a federal appeals court weighing in on whether California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional.

Film about Shirley Chisholm to be screened by Alameda Multicultural Center (Inside Bay Area)
A documentary about Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American woman elected to Congress, will be screened at a Black History Month Film Event sponsored by the Alameda Multicultural Community Center The 30-minute film, "Shirley Chisholm: The Leader," will be shown from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb.

The Black-Gay Divide: A Clash of Race, Religion & Rights (EDGE)
As public opinion moves toward supporting gay rights, especially marriage equality, the African-American community has been slower to get on board.

Fairfield Native Makes CPA History (Herald Independent)
This past fall, Robert Charles made history in our state by becoming the youngest and first minority CPA to be employed by one of the largest regional accounting firms in the state of South Carolina.

NEW THIS MORNING

2012-02-08T09:41:00.001-05:00

NEW THIS MORNING:

* While New Yorkers overwhelming support Mayor Michael Bloomberg's effort to give bonuses to good teachers and more easily fire bad ones, they trust the teachers union more than the mayor to protect the interest of students, a new Quinnipiac poll finds: http://bit.ly/waJzBR

* A 60-second radio ad running in Western New York in support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's bid to legalize casino gambling is the opening salvo in what is expected to be an onslaught of commercials and newspaper ads promoting the effort, the New York Times says: http://nyti.ms/wHiO8l

* The last-minute canceling of a conference call with reporters by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has led to speculation that he is closer to reaching a deal with other state AGs on a mortgage fraud settlement, the New York Post says: http://nyp.st/we6d5c

* Council Speaker Christine Quinn issued her sharpest criticism of the NYPD's controversial stop-and-frisk policy to date in a letter to Commissioner Ray Kelly, the Wall Street Journal reports: http://on.wsj.com/y2N5kw

* Of the 10 elected officials invited by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to ride in the parade honoring the New York Giants, only Comptroller John Liu took him up on the offer, the Post says: http://nyp.st/zRJYnU

* Manhattan prosecutors will not seek rape charges against Greg Kelly, TV host and son to NYPD's Ray Kelly, with sources telling the Post that text messages sent by the 29-year-old accuser gave the impression the attraction was mutual: http://nyp.st/zvsmDS

* Hotel operators and employees agreed to a new labor contract that includes pay raises, full health coverage, larger pension contributions and reflecting a post-DSK world panic buttons for housekeepers, the Times reports: http://nyti.ms/zGcPkd

Fw: Health Department Announces 41% Drop in HIV/AIDS Related Deaths Among Black New Yorkers

2012-02-07T18:32:00.001-05:00

Health E-News

February 7, 2012

Health Department Announces 41% Drop in HIV/AIDS Related Deaths Among Black New Yorkers

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, February 7th, reminds New Yorkers to get tested, take steps to prevent HIV

The Health Department announced that new HIV data shows a 41% drop in deaths among black persons living with HIV/AIDS between 2001 and 2010. Despite this progress, black New Yorkers - representing 25% of the New York City population - disproportionately accounted for almost half of all new HIV diagnoses (48%) in 2010, a proportion that has remained almost unchanged for the past 5 years. Blacks were, however, more likely than all other racial/ethnic groups in the City to have had an HIV test in the past 12 months. To commemorate the 12th annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day today, the Health Department reminds all New Yorkers who do not know their HIV status to get tested for HIV, take the necessary precautions to stay negative and protect their partners, and get into treatment if they are positive.

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Bronx Woman Margaret Brooks Disappears in East Harlem

2012-02-06T20:21:00.000-05:00

Bronx Woman Margaret Brooks Disappears in East Harlem

February 5, 2012 10:57am

Margaret Brooks, 24, has been missing since Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. (DCPI)

By Sarah Tan

DNAinfo Reporter

BRONX Police are searching for a young Bronx woman who vanished in East Harlem last week.

Margaret Brooks, 24, of Soundview, was last seen around noon on Jan. 31 in front of a Pathmark on East 125th Street in East Harlem.

She is described as being 4-foot-9.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.

The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

Fw: Notify NYC - Notification

2012-02-06T20:18:00.001-05:00

Notification issued 2/6/12 at 6:10 PM. There will be multiple road closures and mass transportation service changes in support of tomorrow's parade honoring the New York Giants. For the latest information visit: http://www.mta.info and http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/motorist/trafalrt.shtml

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First Ever National Pretty Brown Girl Day

2012-02-06T09:35:00.000-05:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 6, 2012

CONTACT:
Damali Hill
Director of Publicity
888-594-5507
damali@prettybrowngirl.com

FIRST-EVER NATIONAL PRETTY BROWN GIRL DAY TO BE RECOGNIZED ON FEB 25

Laila and Aliya Crawley with their Pretty Brown Girl Dolls are ready for Pretty Brown Girl Day, Feb. 25th

Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- Empower a girl, empower a world. During Black History Month, a Detroit Metro based company is pushing for a national movement. Pretty Brown Girl is asking all girls and women across the United States and around the world to celebrate themselves, families and friends. This is a great way for brown girls of all ages, cultures and ethnicities to empower themselves and boost their self-confidence.

On Saturday, February 25, 2012, Pretty Brown Girl (PBG) is encouraging families, youth mentoring groups, civic organizations and churches locally and nationally to embrace the differences among their youth. It is important for girls to understand that no matter what their skin tone they are beautiful inside and out.

The Pretty Brown Girl collection includes the book, My First Day of School and the PGB pledge; which encourages girls to Dream Big. There are also T-shirts, bags, other accessories and the anticipated Pretty Brown Girl Doll; available this Spring. Now girls and women are proudly describing themselves and others as pretty brown girls with this simple but powerful message.

In August 2011, Sheri and Corey Crawley launched Pretty Brown Girl, LLC in Detroit at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History. The couple was inspired to start the company by their daughters Lailia and Aliya. When the family relocated to a Detroit suburb, Sheri observed changes in her oldest daughter's behavior. Laila lost her bubbly personality and became more withdrawn and timid during school hours. She began to make comments that she wanted her hair to look like that of her classmates as opposed to her own beautifully textured hair. When Sheri began sharing her observations with other moms, she realized that different families were having similar experiences. Those incidents combined with a news report, that showed children of all ages and backgrounds still have negative connotations of people with darker skin tones, made Sheri and Corey realized there is a need for positive messaging to girls around the world.

The Pretty Brown Girl collection can be purchased online at www.prettybrowngirl.com.

To request an interview or for more information, please contact Damali Hill, Director of Publicity at (888) 594-5507.

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African-American - News

2012-02-06T09:03:00.000-05:00

African-American - News February 6, 2012

Anna May Wong Did It Right (Time)
I'm Anna May Wong. I come from old Hong Kong. But now I'm a Hollywood star. -from a song she performed in her cabaret act This week, the Oscar nominations were announced, and five of the 20 slots in the acting categories went to Africans or African-Americans. That number, the most in the 77-year of the Academy Awards, heartens those who know how ... (more)

17 people honored at African/African-American Love Feast (York Dispatch)
But the York City man was after being honored during the African/African-American Love Feast and Recognition Dinner at the Holiday Inn Holidome in West Manchester Township.

On Republican concern for the poor (Daily Kos)
Mitt Romney stepped in it the other day. Normally, this would be news in the same way that the sun rising would be news: in other words, not at all.

GOP 'dog-whistlers' (PittsburghLive)
Here are some things you could learn about black Americans from the recent statements and insinuations of Republican presidential candidates, Republican congressmen and Republican-friendly radio personalities: * And the pathologies afflicting black Americans are caused partly by the Democratic Party, which has created in them a dependency on ... (more)

Brown U. Student uncovers lost Malcolm X speech (Sunherald)
The recording was forgotten, and so, too, was the odd twist of history that brought together Malcolm X and a bespectacled Ivy Leaguer fated to become one of America's top diplomats.

Chicago marks Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (KFVS12)
The Chicago Department of Public Health will participate in a national observance aimed at raising HIV/AIDS awareness among African Americans.

African-American - News

2012-02-05T09:45:00.001-05:00

African-American - News February 5, 2012

Women's Cancer Resource Center marks 25 years of service (San Jose Mercury News)
By March 2008, after two years of dieting and exercise, Shyanne Reese had shed a whopping 101 pounds from her 5-foot-10 frame and was feeling better than ever.

Ill. Report alleges discrimination at German firm (WHBF-TV Rock Island)
The state's human rights department has found "substantial evidence of discrimination" at the Chicago office of a German industrial conglomerate.

#10 - Plans for amphitheater on Crownsville farm advance (Hometown Annapolis)
Graciela Blackstone, who's leading plans to build the Amphitheater for Humanity on her family farm in Crownsville, kneels on the property.

Some Blacks Insist: 'I'm Not African-American' (OfficialWire)
The labels used to describe Americans of African descent mark the movement of a people from the slave house to the White House.

'I want one in BROWN!' African American psychologist attacks bra... (Daily Mail)
The lingerie industry has been attacked by an African American psychologist who says it has been ignoring the diversity of its consumers.

Man turns home into museum on segregation (WTSP-TV Saint Petersburg)
Plant City, Florida - Can you imagine going on a road trip and being away from home overnight but you're not able stop and use the bathroom, get a hotel room or even eat a hot meal where you'd like because of the color of your skin? That's what life was like for African-Americans during segregation.

A Response to the New York Daily News Perpetuating False Charges on the 1975 Fraunces Tavern Bombing

2012-02-04T09:55:00.001-05:00

A Response to the New York Daily News
Perpetuating False Charges on the 1975 Fraunces Tavern Bombing

By Jan Susler (January 26, 2012)
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Oscar López Rivera, a 69-year-old decorated Vietnam veteran, has spent 31 years in U.S. Prison for his commitment to the independence of Puerto Rico. He has the dubious distinction of being the longest held pro-independence prisoner in Puerto Rico's history of seeking self-determination - and thousands preceded him. Convicted of seditious conspiracy in Chicago, he is serving a sentence of 70 years, although he was not convicted of harming or killing anyone.

If you read the New York Daily News article published this year on January 24th, on the 37th anniversary of the bombing of Fraunces Tavern, you wouldn't know this . . . And you would be left with the impression that López Rivera should remain in prison because he is somehow responsible for that tragic action. That is, sadly, what the FBI has led the victims to believe, and it is most certainly the weapon wielded by the FBI in its unceasing efforts to convince the public, the U.S. Parole Commission, and the President, that López Rivera should remain in prison.

López Rivera has denied participation in the 1975 tragedy at Fraunces Tavern. There is no evidence to connect him to it. If the FBI had such evidence, it would surely prosecute him - but in the 37 years since, it has not. Instead, it has waged a campaign of guilt by association, using its bully pulpit to prolong his imprisonment, and thereby punish him for his commitment to the independence of Puerto Rico.

In fact, during his 1981 trial for seditious conspiracy, López Rivera presented no defense in court. Prosecutors risked little, if anything, in charging him on this case. They did not charge him - again, because there simply is not a shred of evidence that could even remotely link him to the Fraunces Tavern event. The New York Daily News has done its readers - and more importantly, truth and justice - a great disservice by implying there is somehow some kind of link between López Rivera and this case, a link that somehow has mysteriously eluded prosecutors, the courts and the FBI for more than 31 years.

A campaign for the release of López Rivera and his co-defendants, which enjoyed broad support throughout Puerto Rican civil society and among the international human rights and faith community, resulted in President Clinton's 1999 offer to commute the sentences of most of them. Most were offered immediate release, but López Rivera would have to serve an additional 10 years behind bars. The others accepted the president's offer, were welcomed as returning heroes in Puerto Rico and Puerto Rican communities in the U.S., and for the past 12 years have lived productive, law-abiding lives. Out of concern that the President's offer did not include all those in prison for their commitment to independence , López Rivera rejected the offer. Had he accepted, he would have been released in September of 2009. Those excluded from the president's offer have since been released - López Rivera is now the only one still in prison from the Chicago seditious conspiracy cases of the 1980s.

That campaign continues to advocate for López Rivera's release from prison. Recent activities in Puerto Rico include mass demonstrations during President Obama's June visit to the Island, calling for his release - and elected officials personally asking the President to release him - ; on the occasion of López Rivera's 69th birthday, the Catholic Archbishop presiding over a mass, and a gathering of representatives from every sector of civil society calling for his release; and students painting murals featuring his face and the message "Freedom Now!" for López Rivera.

In the proud United States tradition of exercising the constitutional power of pardon, three U.S. Presidents have commuted the sentences of Puerto Rican political prisoners: President Truman in 1952, President Carter in 1979, and President Clinton in 1999. President Obama should not be fooled by the FBI's campaign of untruths.

For more information about the campaign for Oscar Lopez Rivera's release, contact the National Boricua Human Rights Network at www.boricuahumanrights.org.

Jan Susler, a partner at the People's Law Office in Chicago and member of the National Lawyers Guild, has been working as attorney for the Puerto Rican political prisoners for the past 30 years, and was lead counsel in the campaign leading to the 1999 presidential commutation. She continues to work with those who remain in prison. She can be reached at 773-235-0070 x 118 and jsusler@aol.com.

URGENT ACTION: Daily News launches Political Attack On Oscar Lopez Rivera!

On Saturday January 21st, the Daily News published an article by Mara Bovsun titled, "Justice Story: FALN bomb kills 4 at Fraunces Tavern, where George Washington said farewell to troops"[1] in which she details the history of the armed action organized by the FALN at Fraunces Tavern on January 24th, 1975.

At the end of the article, she mentions that Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera, who was a member of the FALN, was denied parole last year and quoted John Connor, the son of one of the Fraunces Tavern victims, 'Finallysome justice forour father, Frank Connor, and other victims of the FALN."'

This article is a one-sided hit piece that attempts to portray Oscar as a terrorist who is getting his "just deserts." The Daily News must be held accountable for reporting the facts of Oscar's case.

For example: In a highly unorthodox and controversial move, John Connor and other family members of the Fraunces Tavern bombing were allowed to give testimony at Oscar's parole hearing to prejudice the parole board. Oscar's defense team protested their attendance and asked for them to leave; there request was denied.

Oscar was never charged with or convicted of the Fraunces Tavern action, therefore can't be held responsible for it; their testimonials against him should not have had any bearing on his parole hearing and should not have been allowed.

While incarcerated, Oscar's behavior has been exemplary and support for his parole has come from religious leaders, academics, union leaders and elected officials throughout Puerto Rico and the United States. In fact, thousands of letters, telephone calls and emails have been made and continue today calling for Oscar's release.

The ProLibertad Freedom Campaign is asking our supporters to call the Daily News' News Department and demand that an article be published on the international movement for Oscar Lopez Rivera's parole! Demand that the News Department speak with Oscar Lopez Rivera's legal representatives, his supporters and family members! Demand a stop to this yellow journalism and fairness in the news reporting!

Call the Daily News 212-210-1585 and ask for the News Department! Let them know ProLibertad is available for any interviews on Oscar at 718-601-4751 or ProLibertad@hotmail.com

Email the news department: news@nydailynews.com

[1] Daily News: "Justice Story: FALN bomb kills 4 at Fraunces Tavern, where George Washington said farewell to troops"
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/justice-story-faln-bomb-kills-4-fraunces-tavern-george-washington-farewell-troops-article-1.1008711

African-American - News

2012-02-04T09:19:00.000-05:00

African-American - News February 4, 2012

NAACP Ceo Ben Jealous speaks to York students (Monterey County Herald)
The York School graduate who ascended to become president and CEO of the NAACP returned home to the Peninsula this week, bringing with him an optimistic but pragmatic view of the state of our union.

Year-over-year Jobs Data By Race And Education (OfficialWire)
Hard-hit African-Americans and the most-educated Americans enjoyed the most improved job prospects in the 12 months ending in January.

Report Shows Large Drop in African-American Unemployment (KSFO AM 560)
The unemployment rate among African-Americans dropped by more than two percentage points from December to January, according to the labor department's report released Friday.

Nia Norfleet Strives To Become Nascars First Black Female Driver (thegrio)
In 2012, despite the myriad of records and firsts for African-Americans in sports, one franchise has yet to see its first African-American female member: NASCAR drivers. Twenty-four-year-old Tia Norfleet, as the daughter of professional racecar driver Bobby Norfleet, is determined to take that historic drive one day soon. Tia Norfleet is making history as... The first and only woman to be issued a NASCAR license in the organization's 63-year history. While that is a huge accomplishment, Norfleet continues to work toward her goal of becoming the first black female driver.

US Rep Jackson Faces First Democratic Challenge (OfficialWire)
The former congresswoman and one-time Mary Kay saleswoman dashed up to the pulpit of the black megachurch and offered stories of growing up poor and raising two children on her own as she tried to win the congregation's support for her bid to unseat Rep.

Will racism hinder Obama's re-election? (The Washington Post)
The role of race in that election, they argue, was similar to the impact religion had in the 1960 presidential race when many voters rejected John F. Kennedy simply because he was Catholic.

Out & about (Journal Gazette)
All weekend - 'TRENCH ART: PRODUCTIVE PASTIMES FROM THE DEBRIS OF WAR' - Ends Feb.

Nearly 700 women donate breast tissue for research (Washington Examiner)
Nearly 700 women have donated healthy breast tissue to the nation's only facility to collect, catalog and analyze tissue for breast cancer research.

No Black people need apply

2012-02-03T17:57:00.000-05:00

Black workers in the restaurant industry are routinely kept from the highest-paying jobs in the highest-paying restaurants.¹ They're told their appearance isn't the right fit. They're relegated to fast food while their White peers climb the ranks to earn upwards of $50,000 a year.²

One of the industry's serial offenders is Darden Restaurants, the company that owns and operates Olive Garden, Red Lobster, LongHorn Steakhouse and the high-end Capital Grille.

Black applicants are rarely hired at the Capital Grille, the only place within the company where workers can earn a living wage. And there's no clear pipeline for workers to get from jobs at Red Lobster and Olive Garden to that higher-paid work.³

Darden is now facing a lawsuit because of its employment practices.⁴ Tell the company to respond to its workers' demands and institute a promotions policy that allows Black workers to advance to liveable wage positions at the Capital Grille. It only takes a moment:

http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/restaurants

Black workers in the restaurant industry earn on average $4 less per hour than White workers, according to a report from Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC-United).⁵ The reason lies in both the types of jobs and the types of restaurants that tend to be open to workers of color. For example, fine-dining bartenders are more than three times more likely to be White than Black, and servers at expensive restaurants are almost four times more likely to be White.

This level of discrimination is happening in one of the few industries that's growing, even during our current recession. Restaurants account for one of every 12 private sector jobs.⁶ But despite the growth in this sector, Blacks are routinely pushed into the industry's poverty-wage jobs.

It's a problem nationwide. A study of expensive restaurants in Manhattan found that White applicants were twice as likely to get a job offer than applicants of color, who were less likely to even land an interview. The study also found that prospective employers were more likely to scrutinize the work experience of applicants of color.⁷

The problem with Darden

Darden runs nearly 2,000 restaurants nationwide and boasts annual sales of $7.5 billion.^8,⁹ But the few Black workers who make it into the big leagues there often don't stay very long. According to reports from two Black servers who worked at Darden's Capital Grille in DC -- a restaurant patronized by politicians, lobbyists, and others in the Washington elite -- Black front-of-the-house staff were let go en masse within a short period of time because they "didn't fit the company image." They were all replaced by White workers.¹⁰

Despite the pattern of racial discrimination, Darden -- the world's largest full-service restaurant company -- ranks in the "Top 100 Places to Work," an annual list published by Fortune Magazine.¹¹ The company gets high marks for a diverse workforce (of course, there's no mention of who works which jobs) and for generating the third-most job growth of all the companies on the 2011 list.¹²

The company's CEO is Clarence Otis Jr., an African-American businessman. In an interview with USA Today, Otis boasts about his company's "talent evaluation process" and practice of providing employees with "advanced training and development."¹³ But that's not the story that's reveals itself if you talk to the company's Black employees, as our partners at ROC-United have done.¹⁴

At a time when Black unemployment is nearly twice the national average and the private sector is being heralded as our greatest hope, Darden's pattern of relegating Black workers to the lowest-wage work is unconscionable.

Please join us in calling on Darden to respond to its workers demands and institute a promotions policy that allows Black workers to advance to liveable wage positions at the Capital Grille. And when you do, please ask your family and friends to do the same. When we win with this company, we'll have a huge impact on the rest of the restaurant industry:

http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/restaurants

Thanks and Peace,

-- Rashad, Gabriel, Dani, Matt, Natasha, Kim and the rest of the ColorOfChange.org team
February 3rd, 2012

Help support our work. ColorOfChange.org is powered by YOU—your energy and dollars. We take no money from lobbyists or large corporations that don't share our values, and our tiny staff ensures your contributions go a long way. You can contribute here:

http://www.colorofchange.org/donate

References

1. "Blacks in the Restaurant Industry," Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, 01-31-12
http://act.colorofchange.org/go/1169?akid=2354.129851.jlW6CP&t=7

2. "Racial Bias Seen in Hiring of Waiters," The New York Times, 03-31-09
http://act.colorofchange.org/go/1080?akid=2354.129851.jlW6CP&t=9

3. See reference 1.

4. Litigation filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Dignity at Darden website, 1-31-12
http://act.colorofchange.org/go/1168?akid=2354.129851.jlW6CP&t=11

5. See reference 1.

6. See reference 1.

7. See reference 2.

8. "Tired of Backing Biased Restaurants? Finally, a Zagat's for Racial Justice," Colorlines, 12-01-11
http://act.colorofchange.org/go/1078?akid=2354.129851.jlW6CP&t=13

9. "Frequently Asked Questions," Darden website
http://act.colorofchange.org/go/1171?akid=2354.129851.jlW6CP&t=15

10. See reference 1.

11. "100 Best Companies to Work For 2011," Fortune, 01-20-11
http://act.colorofchange.org/go/1081?akid=2354.129851.jlW6CP&t=17

12. "Darden Restaurants Named to FORTUNE's '100 Best Companies to Work For' List," Darden press release, 01-20-11
http://act.colorofchange.org/go/1082?akid=2354.129851.jlW6CP&t=19

13. "Darden Restaurants CEO has tips on surviving recession," USA Today, 08-17-09
http://act.colorofchange.org/go/1083?akid=2354.129851.jlW6CP&t=21

14. "Jay and Marcus's Story," Dignity at Darden website
http://act.colorofchange.org/go/1170?akid=2354.129851.jlW6CP&t=23

Fw: [CSH - News | 151] EVENT: Presentation of the Red Tails movie

2012-02-03T09:56:00.001-05:00

FYI!

EVENT: Presentation of the Red Tails movie
AAEF Black History Month Celebration

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TIME: 12:00 PM
DAY & DATE: Saturday, February 11, 2012

LOCATION:
Convent Avenue Baptist Church
420 West 145th Street, Lecture Hall
New York, NY 10031

CONTACT: 212-234-6767

TRANSPORTATION: Trains - A, B, C or D to 145th Street.

SPONSOR:
Convent Avenue Baptist Church
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African-American - News

2012-02-03T09:50:00.001-05:00

African-American - News February 3, 2012

Underground Railroad Freedom Center battling tough times (Wausau Daily Herald)
Robert Cooley teaches his daughter Cree Rayford, 7, about a slave house Dec. 2. / By Jeff Swinger, The Cincinnati Enquirer, via Gannett CINCINNATI - It opened to great fanfare and promise in 2004.

Music Legends Pay Tribute to the Late Don Cornelius (WORC-FM Worcester)
Some of the world's biggest soul and R&B stars have come forward to remember and pay tribute to Soul Train legend Don Cornelius , who died Wednesday morning of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at age 75.

Highline School Board member Tyrone Curry on List of 100 African Americans Making History (The Highline Times)
Highline School Board Member Tyrone Curry has been named to a list of "100 History Makers in the Making" by theGrio.com. The list "honors Black History Month by highlighting the next generation of African-American history makers and industry leaders who have the potential to make a difference in the lives of all Americans," according to a press ... (more)

Al Sharpton Checks Gingrich Supporter Over Racism (WDBZ-AM Cincinnati)
During the Florida primary coverage last night on MSNBC , Rev. Al Sharpton and Rick Tyler , a strategist for the Gingrich-backing super-PAC , Winning Our Future, entered into a heated exchange that covered topics from food stamps to black role models to the president singing.

Annual Love Feast will honor community leaders (York Dispatch)
Tickets are on sale for the African/African-American Love Feast and Recognition Dinner, which is scheduled for 2 to 5 p.m. At the Holiday Inn Holidome near the West Manchester Mall.

SPOTLIGHT: Tuskegee Airmen spent time in Rantoul (Deseret News)
On March 22, 1941, the 99th Pursuit Squadron - the first unit of the Tuskegee Airmen - was activated not in Tuskegee, Ala., but at an Army Air Corps training facility in Illinois known as Chanute Field.

NEW THIS MORNING

2012-02-03T09:47:00.001-05:00

NEW THIS MORNING:

* Ellen Biben was chosen to run New York's new ethics commission only after a search committee member appointed by Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos switched his vote in her favor, the Wall Street Journal reports: http://on.wsj.com/yP7xoO

* David Grandeau, the state's former top lobbying regulator who has regularly criticized Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration, was hired as an ethics consultant to the Port Authority, the Journal says: http://on.wsj.com/w65Sax

* A proposal to limit the size of chain stores and banks on the Upper West Side aims to preserve locally-owned businesses, but critics say chains are booming because customers want them, the New York Times reports: http://nyti.ms/wYDrdo

* The company that built parking garages at the new Yankee Stadium is facing default on $237 million in tax-exempt bonds arranged by the Bloomberg administration, writes the Daily News' Juan Gonzalez: http://nydn.us/wHzOTJ

* The Times' Jim Dwyer says the New York City budget relies heavily on fines through traps like a bus lane in lower Manhattan, where "one senior official in state government" was caught but not ticketed: http://nyti.ms/wHv9CD

* While Mayor Michael Bloomberg will take his private jet to the Super Bowl and a TV appearance with Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels on Sunday, Cuomo will hold a party for 150 people at Bill's Bar and Burger in Rockefeller Center, the Post says: http://nyp.st/z6YjJx

Fw: Daily Plant: Parks Celebrates Black History Month With Gallery Show

2012-02-02T09:55:00.000-05:00

Wednesday, February 1, 2012Volume XXVII, Number 5551

Parks Celebrates Black History Month With Gallery Show"Faith, Courage

& Purpose: Artists of the Diaspora"

On Display Through February 28, 2012

The New York City Department of Parks & Recreation is pleased to

announce Faith, Courage & Purpose: Artists of the Diaspora, an

exhibition of seven artists with more than twenty artworks on view at

the Arsenal Gallery in Central Park.

On display through February 28, 2012, visitors to the Arsenal can view

this rich tradition of Diaspora artists whose faith and courage have

enabled them to continue on course in spite of racial adversity and

exclusion.

Curated by Karen and Sharon Mackey, founders of Mackey Twins Art

Gallery, the exhibition includes: internationally renowned artist

James Denmark's captivating signature collages; co-founder of the

Studio Museum in Harlem and Children's Art Carnival Betty Blayton's

noted circular canvases of "spiritual abstracts"; Leroy Campbell's

captivating images of rural and urban life on backdrops of old

newspaper prints, fabrics and objects; Charly Palmer's complex

collaged images make use of stenciled patterns and textured mixed

media; Stacey Brown's watercolors of serene and peaceful getaways;

works by Essud Fungcap, the "composer of color, mediums, and

emotions," and April Harrison's tapestry-like images of love.

Located in Mount Vernon, New York, the Mackey Twins Art Gallery was

founded in 2005 by twin sisters Karen and Sharon Mackey. Dedicated to

supporting artists of color, who are not sufficiently represented in

larger art venues, they remain true to cultivating communities of

collectors. Artworks from this exhibition are available for purchase.

This exhibition is organized by Parks & Recreation's Art & Antiquities

division in conjunction with Parks' Ebony Society Black History

Committee, which has helped to organize an annual Black History Month

exhibition in the Arsenal Gallery since 1991.

The Arsenal Gallery is dedicated to examining themes of nature, urban

space, wildlife, New York City parks and park history. It is located

on the third floor of the Parks Department Headquarters, in Central

Park, on Fifth Avenue at 64th Street. Gallery hours are Monday -

Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., excluding holidays. Admission is free. For

more information on the Arsenal Gallery, please call 212-360-8163.

QUOTATION FOR THE DAY

"Pregressive art can assist people to learn not only about the

objective forces at work in the socity in which they live, but also

about the intensity social character of their interior lives.

Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation."

Angela Davis

(1944 - )

African-American - News

2012-02-02T09:45:00.000-05:00

African-American - News February 2, 2012

Maya Angelou hosts Black History Month special (Washington Examiner)
In this Jan. 14, 2012, file photo, Maya Angelou speaks after receiving the Literary Arts Award during the BET Honors at the Warner Theatre in Washington.

Rep. Jim Moran (D): Rep. Allen West 'Not Representative Of African-American Community' (Gateway Pundit)
Last year, Anti-Semite A Jim Moran blamed a majority of racist Americans forA the Republican victories in the 2010 mid-term election.A Now Moran is comparing Governor Jan Brewer and Rep.

Obama Targets Black Voters in New Campaign (WAPI-AM Birmingham)
President Obama on Wednesday launched an aggressive, targeted effort aimed at engaging African-American supporters for his 2012 campaign.

Rev. Joe Neal a big part of county's history, and he's still busy (Douglas County Sentinel)
Rev. Joe Neal relaxes in his Carrollton home Tuesday. Neal knew Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Maddow Brands Gingrichs Attack On Obamas... (Free Republic)
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow lambasted Newt Gingrich's speech in Florida tonight, criticizing him for singling out President Obama's singing.

'Soul Train' Creator Don Cornelius Dead of Apparent Suicide (Boulder Weekly)
Don Cornelius, who created the long-running R&B and dance-music showcase Soul Train , was found dead in his home in Sherman Oaks, Clifornia, early this morning.

Okla. Health Dept. Targets blacks for AIDS effort (KRMG-AM Tulsa)
According to the Health Department, African Americans have the highest rate of new HIV/AIDS cases in the state, with a rate nearly five times higher than for other racial or ethnic groups.

WHOS HIRING

2012-02-02T09:43:00.000-05:00

WHO'S HIRING: Today's selection of political, government, business and advocacy groups looking to employ the best and brightest.

Government Affairs/Communications Professional for Boutique Public Affairs Firm
Salary: Commensurate with experience.
Description: Boutique NYC/NYS public affairs firm seeking Account Executive with strong writing/communications skills and at least three years' governmental/non-profit/political experience. Firm represents diverse range of not-for-profits, institutions and land use clients, so ideal candidate knows City/State budgets, grassroots campaigns, and public relations/marketing. Bachelor's degree a minimum, graduate degree a plus. New York City-based, but periodic travel to Albany.
Please email resume and representative writing samples to: govaffairsprofessional@gmail.com

Special Counsel, NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board
Salary: ($54,740 $105,000)
Description: The Special Counsel is responsible for prosecuting designated disciplinary trials against members of the NYPD through the CCRB's Administrative Prosecution Unit. Responsibilities include: developing and maintaining a system for monitoring the APU's progress; managing legal and administrative staff assigned to the APU; coordinating with the NYPD Department Advocate's Office; overseeing all aspects of the prosecution of the designated cases.
To see full job description visit: http://www.nyc.gov/html/ccrb/pdf/Special_Counsel.pdf

Vice President Public Affairs/Grassroots Global Strategy Group
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Description: Global Strategy Group seeks to hire a motivated, organized and goal-oriented individual to fill a challenging position in our growing Public Affairs and Grassroots practice, specializing in campaign management, coalition building, community engagement and grassroots advocacy for non-profit and corporate clients.
To view the full job description and to submit an application please go to: http://www.globalstrategygroup.com/jobs

NEW THIS MORNING

2012-02-02T09:39:00.000-05:00

NEW THIS MORNING:

* City Council Speaker Christine Quinn's close friendship with one of the city's most prominent lobbyists, Emily Giske, draws scrutiny from the New York Times of Quinn's decisions in office that have helped Giske's clients: http://nyti.ms/zS5Jha

* NYU professor Pedro Noguera resigned from the SUNY board of trustees, which approves charter schools, because he said many are now rivals to traditional public schools, the Wall Street Journal says: http://on.wsj.com/xWtzhp

* The MTA has agreed in contract talks to give subway operators three paid days off if their train hits someone who survives, while the old contract only gives paid time off if the victim dies, the Post says: http://nyp.st/AC1ZVe

* More than 600,000 New York City homeowners received a tax rebate up to $60 higher than they should have because of a late change to state tax law last year, and will have to repay it on their next property tax bill, the Post reports: http://nyp.st/wDUppa

* More than 50,000 members of eight state unions are still without a contract even after Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration booked $450 million in savings from labor, the Times Union says: http://bit.ly/AmXipd

* Southern Tier families are still struggling with the loss of 167 nursing home beds in Tropical Storm Lee, forcing some patients into long-term care more than 50 miles from home, the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin reports: http://press.sn/xsjytN

African-American - News

2012-02-01T11:28:00.000-05:00

African-American - News February 1, 2012

Remembering a oeRootsa : The Series that Inspired a Nation (Sag Harbor Online)
Thirty five years ago last week, ABC aired a groundbreaking mini-series that kept millions of Americans glued to their television sets over eight consecutive nights.

Black leaders criticize Va GOP voter bills (The Daily Times)
RICHMOND, Va. - A bitter partisan dispute over Republican bills that place new burdens on voters is taking on passionate references from black leaders to Jim Crow, poll taxes and alleged conservative efforts to "lynch democracy." About 300 people on the Capitol lawn applauded passionate speeches Tuesday.

Black History Month fun facts 2012 (WXIX-TV Cincinnati)
To commemorate and celebrate the contributions to our nation made by people of African descent, American historian Carter G. Woodson established Black History Week.

The Racialist Dog and Pony Show (Moonbattery)
The Obama family took in an art exhibit on Sunday at a museum that is practically in their backyard: The Corcoran Gallery of Art.

Segregation Hits Historic Low (Wall Street Journal)
An exodus of African-Americans from struggling industrial cities such as Detroit and the growth of Sunbelt states have pushed racial segregation in U.S. Metropolitan areas to its lowest level in a century, according to a new study.

NJ Governor Chris Christie, in Hot Water Over Civil Rights Remarks, Calls Gay Lawmaker 'Numbnuts' (Towleroad)
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, facing criticism over remarks he made last week after calling for a voter referendum on same-sex marriage, in which he suggested African-Americans pursuing their civil rights would have wanted a voter referendum, sought to clarify those remarks in a press conference today.

NEW THIS MORNING

2012-02-01T11:27:00.000-05:00

NEW THIS MORNING:

* Leonard Litwin, the 97-year-old billionaire apartment building owner, was the biggest donor to state political campaigns last year with $700,000 in donations, including $436,500 to Senate Republicans, a New York Public Interest Research Group study found, the Post says: http://nyp.st/A61JH0

* New York City's welfare agency is hiring more than 200 workers to handle the crush of people applying for food stamps, housing aid and job services, the Daily News reports: http://nydn.us/xZyfuL

* The Indian Point nuclear plant must update its study of earthquake risk after a new federal report showed a greater likelihood of ground movement in the central and eastern United States, the Journal News says: http://lohud.us/AeL5Xd

* Former Rep. Anthony Weiner used $13,290 in campaign donations last year to hire private detectives to prove his Twitter account was hacked, before admitting he sent an X-rated photo himself, the Daily News says: http://nydn.us/yg0gxx

* Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz used his State of the Borough address last night to call for a contest using city land and cash to lure a high-tech manufacturer to the Brownsville or East New York areas, the Daily News reports: http://nydn.us/yE1777

* City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has returned two more $1,000 donations, from fraudsters Kenneth Starr and Hassan Nemazee, but will keep $11,000 more from people associated with them, the Post says: http://nyp.st/whrNAB

Fw: PR: NYC Photographer Highlights Black Women's Beauty

2012-01-31T11:10:00.001-05:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 31, 2012

CONTACT:
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HARLEM-BASED PHOTOGRAPHER TO HIGHLIGHT THE BEAUTY IN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN WITH NEW "BEAUTY IN BLACK" PROJECT

One of many photos to be featured in the project

New York, NY (BlackNews.com) -- Professional photographer Paul Phillips plans to provide artistic proof of the beauty in African American women with his "Beauty in Black" project recently launched on Kickstarter.com. The idea was inspired by a disturbing blog post in 2010 written by evolutionary psychologist, Satoshi Kanazawa who argued that black women are less physically attractive than other women. The post created a firestorm of angry comments across the web and was quickly removed from the website.

The "Beauty in Black" project will be a coffee table book filled with 30 to 40 high quality black & white and color photographs celebrating the beauty and spirit of black women. Phillips explains, "As a black man who is married to a beautiful black woman, I didn't get mad I got busy. I am creating a photo essay that will portray the beauty of African American women of all shades, shapes and sizes." The call for "models" will go out by word of mouth, over the internet, and in the media. The themes will deal with the hair, skin tone and body images of black women and girls from all walks of life from the celebrity to the everyday.

Kickstarter.com is the world's largest online funding platform for creative projects. Phillips explains why he created the project on kickstarter.com, "As a professional photographer, I own all of the equipment to create the book. I plan to photograph women from all over the country. In addition to raising funds for travel and printing, I plan to hire makeup artists and wardrobe stylists to work with my models." He plans to finish the book this year and publish by March 2013.

To learn more about "Beauty in Black", watch the video, and/or make a donation, visit his KickStarter page at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1657641638/beauty-in-black. Each project is required to offer rewards for donations and must reach the stated funding goal before time runs out or no money changes hands. Donations start as low as $5 and rewards includes items such as a screen saver, a set of note cards, and a desk calendar featuring images from the collection.

Although Kanazawa's post was removed from the website, screen shots of excerpts appeared in the Huffington Post "Style" section: "What accounts for the markedly lower average level of physical attractiveness among black women? Black women are on average much heavier than nonblack women. [...] However, this is not the reason black women are less physically attractive than nonblack women."

About Paul Phillips
Paul Phillips' background is in broadcast production (WPIX-TV, NBA TV, CNN), video development and professional photography. He worked under the legendary photographer Irving Penn. Paul has his own distinctive style and created two best-selling photography calendars. He has appeared in myriad newspaper and magazine articles. Paul is a member of Harlem's 100 Black Men and lives in a beautiful brownstone on Harlem's Sugar Hill with his wife. He is currently in production for a new lifestyle website and television show about Harlem. Learn more at www.whatseatingharlem.com.

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African-American - News

2012-01-31T11:07:00.000-05:00

African-American - News January 31, 2012

Charles Murray does it again (Salon)
People wait in line at the 2011 Maximum Connections Job and Career Fair Thursday, Sept.

Our History Makers: Martin Luther King Jr. (WDBZ-AM Cincinnati)
Northerners often depict the South as backwards and racist. During the Civil Rights Movement, the South gave the North plenty of reasons to feel superiors.

Black History Month: Shrines (KFMB-am)
The National Park Service maintains a number of historic sites associated with black history.

Black History (WBAY-TV Green Bay)
On the Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday, we celebrate the man who fought for the America he knew was possible.

Historic designation for Black school puts $23 million project in limbo (WLOX-TV Biloxi)
TV and WLOX.com - The News for South MississippiHistoric designation for Black school puts $23 million project in limbo The $23 million question is whether or not a former high school for African Americans is a historic building.

Producer Langmann holds Uggie the dog aloft in the photo room in Beverly Hills (WHTC)
Civil rights drama "The Help" got a leg up in the Oscar race on Sunday when the movie won three awards from the Screen Actors Guild, including best cast in a surprise over silent movie romance "The Artist." "The Help," which came into the show with four nominations, more than any other film, also earned its star Viola Davis the SAG award for best ... (more)

NEW THIS MORNING

2012-01-31T11:05:00.000-05:00

SCANDAL BOOSTS UNIONS' BID TO OPEN HOUSING CONTRACTS: The arrest of a New York City housing official has spurred a union-backed bill to require more disclosure of affordable housing contracts, over the concerns of the city housing commissioner: http://bit.ly/zwpFMn

NEW THIS MORNING:

* The state is considering selling its Shirley Chisolm State Office Building in Brooklyn because a private developer talked about buying it, but Sen. Velmanette Montgomery vows to fight the move, the Daily News says: http://nydn.us/zEY5ct

* Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration wants Gov. Andrew Cuomo to scrap the 2010 teacher evaluation law by putting new language in the state budget making it easier to fire bad teachers, the Wall Street Journal reports: http://on.wsj.com/zAhUUM

* Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver went along with what Cuomo wanted in his freshman year as governor, but the speaker is now staking out his own agenda as the budget cycle progresses, the Gannett Albany bureau writes: http://on.rocne.ws/w5F23f

* The Port Authority will spend tens of millions of dollars to build a temporary loading dock for 1 World Trade Center because the permanent one won't be ready when tenants move in, the Post's Steve Cuozzo writes: http://nyp.st/wYTZrz

* City Council Speaker Christine Quinn will return a $4,950 donation made in 2007 by Suzanne Raffaelli, an actress and model who was a straw donor for convicted fraudster Norman Hsu, the Post says: http://nyp.st/xTHjsk

* Julian Schreibman stepped down as head of the Ulster County Democratic Committee to run for retiring Rep. Maurice Hinchey's seat, but acknowledged the seat could be redistricted out of existence, the Daily Freeman reports: http://bit.ly/A3K4Lm

Harlem - News

2012-01-30T15:18:00.000-05:00

Harlem - News January 30, 2012

When New York was New Amsterdam; and other Dutch things (Examiner)
Ever watch the movie Gangs of New York ? It is about the different immigrants coming to the New World, preferably, the area of the Five Points in Lower Manhattan.

The National Conference of Artists Conference 2012 at the Schomburg in Harlem (Harlem World)
The National Conference of Artists founded in 1959, is the oldest African American visual arts organization in the United States.

OVO's insects egg on the love bug in a most spectacular way (Examiner)
The bugs are busy in Cirque du Soleil 's "OVO" playing now through March 11th under the Big Top at the Santa Monica Pier.

NEW THIS MORNING

2012-01-30T09:37:00.000-05:00

DOES THE IDC HAVE A PAC PROBLEM?: The four-member Independent Democratic Conference has raised $224,000 for its PAC, but unlike the Democratic and Republican conferences, it may not be able to spend it freely for its members: http://bit.ly/yxrFT1

NEW THIS MORNING:

* Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's plan to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $8.50 emerged last night, with the Daily News saying Senate Republicans were noncommittal (http://nydn.us/zT8Inu ) while the Post said they would block it (http://nyp.St/x0hcRK).

* The New York Times notes how Gov. Andrew Cuomo's new Department of Financial Services is encroaching on Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's traditional turf: http://nyti.ms/wzjZFf

* Cuomo's budget seeks to overhaul 19th-century civil service rules to make it easier to hire and transfer state workers, which union leaders say would open the door to patronage abuses, the Wall Street Journal says: http://on.wsj.com/waE0fs

* New York Republican leaders worry that a Newt Gingrich win over Mitt Romney in Florida's Republican presidential primary would hurt the party slate here, prompting talk of sending an uncommitted slate of delegates to the national convention, the Post's Fred Dicker writes: http://nyp.st/ACSRFB

* As MTA contract talks hit a stalemate, the Daily News finds a union flyer urging subway operators to enter stations "with extra care" as a potential slowdown (http://nydn.us/A0zgDR), while the Post finds an MTA email ordering supervisors to write up five workers each month for discipline (http://nyp.St/x5bbik).

* Mayor Michael Bloomberg is enamored of high tech, but New York City is seeking bids to replace 1,172 typewriters at agencies that still use the old machines for filling out forms, the Post says: http://nyp.st/A6VCzh

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2012-01-30T09:34:00.000-05:00

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Fw: Israeli Assassinations and American Presidents by Alison Weir

2012-01-29T09:34:00.001-05:00

Israeli Assassinations and American Presidents by Alison Weir

By Alison Weir

On January 13th the Atlanta Jewish Times featured a column by its owner-publisher suggesting that Israel might someday need to "order a hit" on the president of the United States.

In the column, publisher Andrew Adler describes a scenario in which Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu would need to "give the go-ahead for U.S. based Mossad agents to take out a president deemed unfriendly to Israel."

The purpose? So that the vice president could then take office and dictate U.S. policies that would help the Jewish state "obliterate its enemies."

Adler writes that it is highly likely that the idea "has been discussed in Israel's most inner circles."

Numerous Jewish leaders quickly condemned Adler, who has now apologized for the column, resigned, and there are some reports that he plans to put the newspaper up for sale. An Israeli columnist noted that the hatred being stirred up against Obama is similar to conditions in Israel that led to the murder of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin by a Jewish extremist.

Many of those criticizing Adler claim that he had defamed Israel by suggesting that it would ever do such a thing. Abe Foxman, head of the Jewish Anti-Defamation League (ADL) proclaimed: "There is absolutely no excuse, no justification, no rationalization for this kind of rhetoric. It doesn't even belong in fiction."

In reality, however, Adler's expectation that Israel's inner circles have explored such a course of action, and would be willing to undertake it, may be entirely accurate. The fact is that Israel has killed and plotted to assassinate people throughout the world; a number have been Americans. One alleged plot was chillingly similar to Adler's suggestion.

Secret Service warned of Israeli assassination plans

There is evidence that in 1991 an Israeli undercover team planned to assassinate a U.S. President. The intended victim was George Herbert Walker Bush.

The first person to write of the plot was a former 11-term Republican Congressman from Illinois, Paul Findley. In a 1992 article in the Washington Report for Middle East Affairs, Findley described the alleged scheme and how it was revealed.

Findley writes that the U.S. Secret Service had received a warning that elements of Israel's spy agency might target Bush when he went to Madrid for the opening day of the peace conference to be held that year.

According to Findley, a former Mossad agent named Victor Ostrovsky who had written a book exposing Israel's spy agency told a group of Canadian parliamentarians that he had received secret intelligence suggesting that the "the Mossad's hatred of Bush and support for Vice President Dan Quayle might lead to an attempt on the president's life."

Israel considered Quayle much closer to Israel than Bush. Bush had particularly angered Israel by attempting to pressure Israel into ending its illegal settlement expansion on confiscated Palestinian land by withholding loan guarantees until Israel ended this practice.

Findley writes that Ostrovsky's statements were relayed to Findley's friend and former colleague Paul "Pete" McCloskey, a prominent former Republican Congressman from California who had recently been named by Bush to the National and Community Service Commission.

McCloskey, a decorated Marine veteran and graduate of Stanford law school who had at one time been considered a presidential contender, flew to Ottawa to debrief Ostrovsky in person and evaluate his information.

Findley reports that Ostrovsky told McCloskey that the Mossad wanted "to do everything possible to preserve a state of war between Israel and its neighbors, assassinating President Bush, if necessary." Ostrovsky said that a PR campaign was already underway in both Israel and the United States to "prepare public acceptance of Dan Quayle as president."

Convinced that Ostrovsky was legitimate and his information significant, McCloskey jumped on the next flight to Washington, where he reported Ostrovsky's intelligence to the Secret Service and State Department.

The apparent plot never went forward, perhaps because Ostrovsky and McCloskey had given it away.

Ostrovsky gave more details about the plot two years later in his 1994 book, "The Other Side of Deception: A Rogue Agent Exposes the Mossad's Secret Agenda," published by HarperCollins.

In the book Ostrovsky writes that an extremist group within Mossad was responsible for the plan. He says they kept the plan secret from then Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, though they believed that Shamir would have ordered such a hit himself if he hadn't been constrained by politics. In the lead-up to Israel's 1948 founding war, Shamir had headed up a terrorist group known for its assassinations.

In his review of Ostrovsky's book, Ambassador Andrew Killgore, a retired career foreign service officer and publisher of the Washington Report, called the book an "insider's probing exposé of some Middle East realities that have been hidden too long from all but Israeli eyes."

Ostrovsky writes that the Israelis planned a "false flag" operation in which they would pin the assassination on Palestinians. They kidnapped three Palestinian militants from Beirut who were to be the scapegoats, took them to Israel's Negev desert, and held them incommunicado.

"Meanwhile," Killgore writes, "Mossad-generated threats on the president's life, seemingly from Palestinians, were leaked. These were designed to throw suspicion on the organization of rogue Palestinian terrorist Abu Nidal. Names and descriptions of the three terrorists were leaked to Spanish police so that, if the plot was successful, blame would automatically fall on them."

Ostrovsky reports that after the assassination plot was eventually cancelled, the three Palestinian prisoners were "terminated."

Targeting Americans

If the plot had gone forward, this would not have been the first time that Israel targeted Americans for death. Nor would it be the first false flag operation.

- In 1954 the Mossad planned to firebomb American installations, libraries, and other gathering places in Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood was to be blamed for the attacks, thus causing American animosity toward Egypt. An accidental early detonation of one of the devices caused the plot, known as the Lavon Affair, to unravel before it could kill or mutilate the intended Americans.

- In 1967 Israeli air and sea forces perpetrated an almost two-hour assault in which they tried to sink a US Navy ship with a crew of 294. While the attack failed to sink the ship, it succeeded in killing 34 Americans and injuring 174. Some analysts have conjectured that this was also a false-flag operation; it is highly likely that Egypt would have been blamed for the attack if the ship had gone down.

- In 1973 Israeli fighter pilots were ordered to shoot down an unarmed U.S. reconnaissance plane (at the time the U.S. was delivering massive weaponry to Israel to prevent it from losing the "Yom Kippur" war with Egypt and Syria). While the Israelis were unable to reach the altitude of the U.S. plane, they did manage that same year to shoot down a civilian Libyan airliner that had strayed over Israeli territory, killing 104 men, women, and children. One was an American.

- In 1990 a Canadian-American scientist and father of seven, Gerald Bull, was assassinated in Belgium. All indications are that it was an Israeli Mossad hit team that drilled five bullets into the back of his head and neck. (Israel has assassinated a number of scientists of various nationalities. The most recent is a 32-year-old Iranian father with a young son.)

- In 2003 it came out that Israeli leaders had officially decided to undertake assassination operations on U.S. soil. An FBI spokesman, queried about the Israeli plans, said only: "This is a policy matter. We only enforce federal laws."

- In recent years a growing number of American peace activists have been intentionally killed, maimed, and injured by Israeli forces, including 23-year-old Rachel Corrie, 21-year-old Brian Avery, 37-year-old Tristan Anderson, 21-year-old Emily Henoschowitz, and 21-year-old Furkan Dogan.

All of this has been minimally reported in the U.S. press. While major news media from England to Israel to Australia covered the Jewish Times' apparent endorsement of a possible Israeli assassination of a U.S. President, the scandal has been largely missing from U.S. media. Even Atlanta's AP bureau inexplicably initially decided not to write a report on it, only finally sending out a story many days later.

Such news omissions concerning Israeli partisans are not rare. In 2004 a fanatic Israel loyalist wrote a letter saying that he was going to burn down Presbyterian churches while worshippers were inside (he was furious at the Presbyterian Church's decision to divest from companies profiting from the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestinian land). This grisly threat also received minimal media play.

Despite Israeli violence against Americans (even while American taxpayers have given Israel far more of our tax money than to any other nation) American presidential candidates, with the exception of Ron Paul, continue to vie over who is most devoted to Israel.

It is ironic that Adler considers Obama so bad for Israel, given that Israeli analysts have rated him second only to Mitt Romney in his fidelity to Israel. And Obama has now released a seven-minute video that may catapult our first African-American president into first place in pandering to an apartheid nation.

But perhaps he'll be safe from assassins.

[This article was originally published by Antiwar.com, Jan. 25, 2012.]

References (From: Council For The National Interest)

Adler, Andrew. "What Would You Do?" Atlanta Jewish Times 13 Jan. 2012: 3. Print. Online at https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/284979-ajt.html

"Jewish Times Publisher Resigns over Obama Assassination Column." Atlanta Journal Constitution. 23 Jan. 2012. Web. 23 Jan. 2012. <http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/jewish-times-publisher-resigns-1313944.html>.

"Jewish Publisher Is an Idiot - but His Hatred Is Shared by Many." Haaretz (blog). 21 Jan. 2012. Accessed 22 Jan. 2012.http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/west-of-eden/jewish-publisher-is-an-idiot-but-his-hatred-is-shared-by-many-1.408466

Anti-Defamation League. ADL Condemns 'Outrageous' Column By Atlanta Jewish Times Publisher. 20 Jan. 2012. Web. <http://adl.org/PresRele/Extremism_72/6224_72>.

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While the Wikipedia entry appeared on the day it was accessed to contain an accurate list, it is important to remember that anyone can edit Wikipedia at any moment and inaccurate changes can be made. Israeli partisans have consistently attempted to promote an Israeli agenda on the Internet. See http://www.councilforthenationalinterest.org/news/israellobby/item/1300-israeli-students-to-get-$2000-to-spread-state-propaganda-on-facebook and http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/142374 and http://www.ifamericansknew.org/media/wikip.html

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Ostrovsky, Victor, and Claire Hoy. By Way of Deception. New York: St. Martin's, 1990. Print. http://books.google.com/books/about/By_way_of_deception.html?id=nKJBF8RS2LMC

Murphy, Dan. "US Says No Plan to Cut Israel Loan Guarantees, but It's Been Tried before." Christian Science Monitor [Boston] 11 Jan. 2010, Global News Blog ed.http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2010/0111/US-says-no-plan-to-cut-Israel-loan-guarantees-but-it-s-been-tried-before

"Pete McCloskey Leading from the Front." Dir. Robert Caughlan. Perf. Narrated by Paul Newman. The Video Project, 2009. Film. Web. <http://petemccloskeymovie.com/>.

Nakhleh, Issa. "Chapter Seven: Zionist Crimes and Terrorism in Palestine 1948." Encyclopedia of the Palestine Problem. Intercontinental, 1991. Online at http://www.palestine-encyclopedia.com/EPP/Chapter07_1of7.htm

MacIntyre, Donald. "Israel's Forgotten Hero: The Assassination of Count Bernadotte - and the Death of Peace." The Independent [London] 18 Sept. 2008. Print. Online at http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israels-forgotten-hero-the-assassination-of-count-bernadotte--and-the-death-of-peace-934094.html

Killgore, Andrew. "The Other Side of Deception: A Rogue Agent Exposes the Mossad's Secret Agenda." Washington Report on Middle East Affairs April-May (1995): 58-81. Print. Online at http://www.wrmea.com/component/content/article/161-1995-april-may/7775-the-other-side-of-deception-a-rogue-agent-exposes-the-mossads-secret-agenda.html

Melman, Yossi. "Targeted Killings - a Retro Fashion Very Much in Vogue." Ha'aretz [Israel] 24 Mar. 2004. Print. Online at http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/targeted-killings-a-retro-fashion-very-much-in-vogue-1.117714

"Iran's Nuclear Scientists Are Not Being Assassinated. They Are Being Murdered." The Guardian. 16 Jan. 2012. <http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jan/16/iran-scientists-state-sponsored-murder?newsfeed=true>.

Curtiss, Richard H. "The Lavon Affair: When Israel Firebombed U.S. Installations Print." Washington Report on Middle East Affairs July (1992). Print. Online at http://www.wrmea.com/component/content/article/141/6852-the-lavon-affair-when-israel-firebombed-us-installations.html

Moorer, Admiral Thomas H., General Raymond G. Davis, Rear Admiral Merlin Staring, and Ambassador James Akins. "Findings of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Israeli Attack on the USS Liberty, the Recall of Military Rescue Support Aircraft While the Ship Was Under Attack, and the Subsequent Cover-up by the United States Government." Congressional Record October 11 (2004): E1886-1889. Print. Online at http://ifamericansknew.org/us_ints/ul-commfindings.html

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"Sharon Pattern from of Old." United Press International, 17 Apr. 2002. Online at http://rense.com/general30/down.htm

"Who Remembers LAA Flight 114?" Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (September 19, 1983): 3. Print. Online at http://www.wrmea.com/component/content/article/56-september-1983/278-who-remembers-laa-flight-114.html

Redford, John. "Gerald Bull, Gunsmith." Apr. 1992. Web. 21 Apr. 2012. <http://world.std.com/~jlr/doom/bull.htm>.

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Sale, Richard. "Israel to Kill in U.S., Allied Nations." United Press International 15 Jan. 2003. Print. online at http://www.rense.com/general33/trarg.htm

Some researchers suspect earlier operations on U.S. soil, one presenting evidence suggesting an Israeli connection to the strange 1949 death of U.S. Secretary of Defense James Forrestal:: Martin, David. "New Forrestal Document Exposes Cover-up." 17 Sept. 2004. Web. 2012. <http://dcdave.com/article4/040927.html>.

Sheehan-Miles, Charles. "Israel Goes Too Far." Alternet.com. Alternet, 27 Jan. 2003. Web. 21 Jan. 2012. <http://www.alternet.org/story/15028/israel_goes_too_far/?page=entire>.

Weir, Alison. "The Manufactured Controversy Over Former Senior White House Correspondent Helen Thomas." CounterPunch June 9 (2010). Web. 2012. <http://ifamericansknew.org/media/thomas.html>.

Porter, Gareth. "UN Report: American Citizen Executed By Israelis During Mavi Marmara Raid." Alternet (September 27, 2010). online at http://www.alternet.org/investigations/148314/un_report:_american_citizen_executed_by_israelis_during_mavi_marmara_raid/

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Shalev, Chemi. "Uproar after Jewish American Newspaper Publisher Suggests Israel Assassinate ..." Haaretz. 20 Jan. 2012. Web. 24 Jan. 2012. http://www.haaretz.com/news/international/uproar-after-jewish-newspaper-publisher-suggests-israel-assassinate-barack-obama-1.408429 .

"Editor Laments Column's Call to Assassinate Obama." Sydney Morning Herald. 23 Jan. 2012. http://www.smh.com.au/world/editor-laments-columns-call-to-assassinate-obama-20120123-1qdul.html.

Chang, Pauline J. "Arsonist ''Promises Violence'' Against Presbyterian Church over Divestment Policy." The Christian Post (Nov. 12, 2004). Print. Online at http://www.christianpost.com/news/arsonist-promises-violence-against-presbyterian-church-over-divestment-policy-3180/

"U.S. Military Aid and the Israel/Palestine Conflict." If Americans Knew. Web.<http://ifamericansknew.org/stats/usaid.html>. Contains Congressional Research Service report.

Rosner, Shmuel. "Israel Factor: Only Romney Better than Obama." Jerusalem Post 11 Nov. 2011. Online at http://www.jpost.com/Features/InThespotlight/Article.aspx?id=244925

Abunimah, Ali. "In Scandalous New Campaign Video, Obama Takes Israel Pandering to Dangerous Levels." Electonic Intifada Blog. 21 Jan. 2012. Web. <http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/scandalous-new-campaign-video-obama-takes-israel-pandering-dangerous-levels>

ReMillard, Frances H. "Is Israel an Apartheid State?" ICAHD-USA. 6 Mar. 2010. Web. 24 Jan. 2012. http://icahdusa.org/2010/03/is-israel-an-apartheid-state/.

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2012-01-29T09:25:00.000-05:00

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Side-Eye Post of the Day: French Elle Under Fire For Claiming The... (Booker Rising)
And rightfully so, for those asinine remarks, since she ignores the black stylish fashions prior to hip hop's rise .

Pouncy tells tales of time in 'Red Tails' (Douglas County Sentinel)
Haisten Willis / Douglas County Sentinel While the movie 'Red Tails' characterizes the men who were part of the legendery Tuskegee Airmen, Austell's Dr.

NAACP leader says country's eyes are on NC (WCNC-TV Charlotte)
The largest annual gathering of left-leaning and civil rights groups in North Carolina will have as one of its main goals the opposition to a proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, organizers said Saturday.

Rep. Barney Frank mourns ex-Boston Mayor White (The Kansas City Star)
Retiring U.S. Rep. Barney Frank says former Mayor Kevin White was a political pioneer who opened up the Boston political system to African-Americans, women and gays, and pushed Frank to abandon plans to pursue an academic career and get into politics.White died Friday at his Boston home.

'The Snowy Day': Breaking Color Barriers, Quietly (National Public Radio)
One morning many years ago, a little boy in Brooklyn named Peter woke up to an amazing sight: fresh snow.

Jan Brewer tarmac tiff touches nerve in black community, some commentators say [for dissing Zero] (Free Republic)
Reaction to the Jan Brewer encounter is still bubbling, with some black commentators now suggesting the image of the Arizona governor wagging her finger at the President of the United States has touched a nerve in the African American community.

Kent State Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. (Patch)
The Kent Student Center was a hub of activity Thursday afternoon as Kent State University held its 10th Annual Martin Luther King Jr.

Fw: [CSH - News | 148] NOTICE: Proposed 2012 District Maps || New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment

2012-01-28T11:09:00.000-05:00

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2012-01-27T12:11:00.001-05:00

'The Loving Story' at International Center of Photography

By MARTHA SCHWENDENER (NYT)

"The Loving Story: Photographs by Grey Villet" portrays the Lovings, a Virginia couple at the center of a storm about interracial marriage, as accidental heroes.

NEW THIS MORNING

2012-01-27T11:47:00.001-05:00

WINNERS AND LOSERS: It's nice when the state publishes maps to help figure out this week's winners and losers. But redistricting wasn't the only newsjust ask NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly: http://bit.ly/zyRX1x

REDISTRICTING PLAN SHORTCHANGES CITY VOTERS: The proposed Senate districts unveiled yesterday systematically under-represent New York City voters and over-represent upstate voters: http://bit.ly/AB0FLH

NEW THIS MORNING:

* Redistricting maps protect Senate Republicans' stronghold in Long Island by breaking up Hispanic neighborhoods in Suffolk County and African-American ones in Nassau, the Wall Street Journal reports: http://on.wsj.com/AcPDh9

* A venerable law firm, Chadbourne & Parke, is close to signing a deal to relocate to 1 World Trade Center, joining Condé Nast Publications as another prime tenant in the new building, the New York Times reports: http://nyti.ms/ylmKsr

* Mayor Michael Bloomberg and a key union leader said the investigation into city Comptroller John Liu's fundraising complicates the effort to revamp the city's pension boards, the Wall Street Journal says: http://on.wsj.com/A3Dir3

* A struggling public school in SoHo is likely to lose federal grant money that was helping it improve, since the Bloomberg administration assumed it was improving on its own, the Times reports: http://nyti.ms/x5BBpE

* In an attempt to get his party on the ballot for the upcoming presidential race in November, Rent Is Too Damn High Party leader Jimmy McMillan wants a recount of the 2010 gubernatorial election, the Daily News notes: http://nydn.us/zbSrdL

* Sources say the Manhattan District Attorney's Office doubts it can prove the rape case against local TV anchor Greg Kelly, in part because of the lag between the alleged attack and the reporting of it, the Post reports: http://nyp.st/wj4ii7

Fw: New FactCheck Wire Item: More Florida Fouls

2012-01-27T11:41:00.000-05:00

More Florida Fouls

Newt Gingrich falsely claimed he never favored a federal mandate requiring individuals to have health insurance. Rick Santorum claimed five times more people are seeking free care at Massachusetts hospitals because of Mitt Romney's health care law a claim contradicted by official statistics.

Romney repeated a false accusation that President Obama failed to denounce Hamas rocket attacks in a speech to the United Nations. And Santorum insisted that Muslim terrorists are seeking missile bases in Cuba a wild claim based most likely on mistranslations of an Italian newspaper report.

These were among the factual fouls that we noted as four GOP presidential candidates met for yet another debate. This one, the final debate prior to Florida's Jan. 31 primary, took place Jan. 26 at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Fla., and was carried live on CNN.

For the rest of our full coverage of the Jan. 26 GOP presidential candidates debate in Jacksonville, Fla, please see our website.

African-American - News

2012-01-27T11:22:00.000-05:00

African-American - News January 27, 2012

Al Sharpton Schools GOP Rep On "Fairness" In Heated Exchange (WTLC-AM Indianapolis)
When Rev. Al Sharpton attempted to get Rep. Tim Huelskamp to truthfully examine fairness in our tax code in a heated exchange on his MSNBC show, PoliticsNation , he clumsily dodged the issue at each opportunity, reports HuffingtonPost.com . Building on President Barack Obama 's State of the Union references to billionaire Warren Buffett 's ... (more)

Sundance 2012: Spike Lee's co-writer joins the race conversation (Philadelphia's WB 17)
Director Spike Lee, director James McBride, actor Clarke Peters and actor Nate Parker attend Day 3 of the Variety Studio at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival on Jan.

Octavia Spencer Among ESSENCE's 'Black Women in Hollywood' Honorees (BroadwayWorld)
ESSENCE's 2012 Black Women in Hollywood event will honor leading actresses Kerry Washington , Paula Patton , Octavia Spencer and Pam Grier along with executive producer and screenwriter Shonda Rhimes .

What you really need to know about black women (CNN)
Soledad O'Brien chronicles the journey of eight African-American entrepreneurs in "Black in America: The New Promised Land - Silicon Valley" atA 8 p.m. And 11 p.m. ET February 11 and 12.

Teen births: Nearly half in state are to Hispanics (TheDay.Com)
Yanisha Claudio, 15, right, hands her son, Jordan, to Jennifer Colon of the Nurturing Families Network during a recent home visit in Hartford.

Fw: Notify NYC - Silver Alert

2012-01-26T17:30:00.000-05:00

Notification issued 01/25/12 at 12:30 AM. The NYPD has issued a Silver Alert for the disappearance of David Hollister, male, 82, white, 6'1" tall, 135 lbs., with blue eyes, white hair and a beard. Mr. Hollister suffers from Alzheimer's and was last seen on 01/25/12, near 5th Avenue and East 16th Street in Manhattan wearing a black down coat and khaki pants. If this person is seen, please call 911.

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Hatewatch Headlines for Jan. 26, 2012

2012-01-26T17:06:00.000-05:00

Hatewatch is a weekly summary of the latest news about hate and extremism compiled by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Week of January 26, 2012

Hatewatch Blog

Online 'Hit List' Targets Liberals

Mistrial in Child Rape Case of Antigovernment Activist

Hate Group Founder's Post on Homeland Security Board on Hold

Alaska Militiamen Again Charged With Murder Conspiracy

Georgia Judge Orders Obama to Appear at 'Birther' Hearing

Another 'Sovereign' Accused of Shooting at Police in Texas

Westboro Gay-Bashers Plan to Picket Paterno's Funeral

Hatewatch Headlines

NY In Shift, Police Say Leader Helped With Anti-Islam Film and Now Regrets It
The New York Times | Jan, 24, 2012

IL Teens Charged With Hate Crime in Attack on Classmate
CBS Chicago | Jan, 26, 2012

NM Swastika branders sentenced to prison
The Daily Times | Jan, 26, 2012

MS Hearing Postponed in Alleged Hate Crime
WJTV | Jan, 24, 2012

The 10 Most Racist Moments of the GOP Primary (So Far)

2012-01-26T10:22:00.001-05:00

The 10 Most Racist Moments of the GOP Primary (So Far)

The Republican Party is digging deep into the old bucket of white racism, using the politics of fear, hostility and anxiety to win over white voters.READ MORE

Chauncey DeVega / AlterNet

African-American - News

2012-01-26T10:07:00.000-05:00

I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves. -- Harriet Tubman

African-American - News January 26, 2012

In Sharpton Promo, MSNBC Lumps Republican Tax Policy With 'Back-of-the-Bus' Racism (NewsBusters)
It's one thing for Al Sharpton to spout racialized politics on his MSNBC show every evening.

Report: Missouri leads nation in homicides among African-Americans (KSDK-TV Saint Louis)
Missouri has the nation's highest black homicide rate for the second straight year, according to newly-released data.

Shabazz inspires crowd at MLK Convocation (NJ)
Ilyasah Shabazz , daughter of Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz , delivered the keynote address at the MLK Awards and Convocation Thursday, Jan.

Ocean County judge accused of making sexual advances at party (Asbury Park Press Online)
SBR Tire Exchange in Manahawkin, NJ is here for all of your car and truck care needs.

KU professor contends nation's first civil rights organization blazed way for NAACP (University of Kansas)
Ask history students to name the nation's first civil rights organization, and most will answer with the NAACP, formed in 1909, or possibly the Niagara Movement of 1905.

Sheila Jackson Lee: Voter ID Law Supporters 'Misrepresent' Voter Fraud in 2008 Election (TheBlaze)
On Monday night t he Congressional Black Caucus went to the House floor toA discuss state voter ID laws suggesting thatA legislationA requiring someone to have governmentA identificationA on hand in order to vote, was a means to possibly keep minorities away from the polls and in doing so hinder President Barack Obama'sA reelection.

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Black History Month

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White History Month

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NEW LITERACY TEST TURNS BLACK HISTORY MONTH INTO A TEACHING/LEARNING PROJECT

NEW THIS MORNING

Fw: [CSH - News | 154] EVENT: 10AM-1PM | Sat - Feb. 18, 2012 | Your Community Clinic 4 Math

BLACK HISTORY

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NEW THIS MORNING

Fw: Health Department Announces 41% Drop in HIV/AIDS Related Deaths Among Black New Yorkers

Bronx Woman Margaret Brooks Disappears in East Harlem

Bronx Woman Margaret Brooks Disappears in East Harlem

Margaret Brooks, 24, has been missing since Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. (DCPI)

Fw: Notify NYC - Notification

First Ever National Pretty Brown Girl Day

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A Response to the New York Daily News Perpetuating False Charges on the 1975 Fraunces Tavern Bombing

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No Black people need apply

Fw: [CSH - News | 151] EVENT: Presentation of the Red Tails movie

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NEW THIS MORNING

Fw: Daily Plant: Parks Celebrates Black History Month With Gallery Show

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Fw: PR: NYC Photographer Highlights Black Women's Beauty

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NEW THIS MORNING

Viola Plummer 75th Birthday Party - Friday, February 17th

Fw: Israeli Assassinations and American Presidents by Alison Weir

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Fw: [CSH - News | 148] NOTICE: Proposed 2012 District Maps || New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment

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NEW THIS MORNING

Fw: New FactCheck Wire Item: More Florida Fouls

More Florida Fouls

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Hatewatch Headlines for Jan. 26, 2012

The 10 Most Racist Moments of the GOP Primary (So Far)

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