Tag Archives: slavery

Being white is awesome, so how could we be racist?

By Dawn Cutaia Being white is pretty awesome. Don’t get me wrong, if I were a white male instead of a white woman, my life would be even more awesome, but being a white female is still powerful. Being white … Continue reading

Posted in News from the Soul Brother | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Lisa Kristine: Photos that bear witness to modern slavery

If you don’t watch anything today, you must watch this. Slavery must end!

Posted in Soul Brother Presents | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

America Never Really Ended Slavery

The new form of slavery has the same intent and purpose as the old: to rob us of our labor and to keep us powerless. By Jazz Hayden Photo Credit: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM                                                                                       February 25, 2013 | February is African-American … Continue reading

Posted in News from the Soul Brother | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Phrase suggesting black families stronger under slavery removed from Bachmann, Santorum pledge

Even though the phrase was taken out of the pledge the fact that Rick Santorum and Michelle Bachmann signed it in the first place reflects their view on African Americans, homosexuals, and Muslims. I find it interesting that Candy Crowley on CNN’s “State of … Continue reading

Posted in News from the Soul Brother | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Michele Bachmann stands by slavery comment

Michele Bachmann will not and cannot become the 45th President of the United States. Remember this! Michele Bachmann stands by slavery comment – Alexander Burns – POLITICO.com.

Posted in News from the Soul Brother | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Myth of Black Confederates Persists

This is a fascinatingly interesting article by Lynette Holloway. Based on the state of Black America today, I can certainly understand if there were slaves who served in the Confederate Army of their own will. The psychological trauma and physical … Continue reading

Posted in News from the Soul Brother | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Righting a Wrong

Today is the one year anniversary of the horrific earthquake in Haiti. The country, the rebuilding, the people have been in the rear view mirror of the ever-changing 24-hour news cycle until roughly last week. Our news agencies with a … Continue reading

Posted in Thoughts of the Soul Brother | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Maya Angelou- Million Man March Poem

This is one of my favorite poems by a grand dame of writers. This stirs my soul and brings balance to it when I am troubled. Thinking about where we came from gives me the strength and knowledge that NOTHING … Continue reading

Posted in Soul Brother Presents, Thoughts of the Soul Brother | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Why weakening the 14th amendment would reopen racial wounds

Monique Morris provides a compelling argument. An excellent piece on why any revisions of the 14th Amendment would be ill-conceived and wrong. Why weakening the 14th amendment would reopen racial wounds.

Posted in News from the Soul Brother | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Sleeping in to save S.C. slave cabins

Slavery was the scourge of America. Joe McGill is doing us and our future generations a great service in bringing light to these vanishing structures. Many of us cannot afford to visit the sites in Africa where our ancestors were … Continue reading

Posted in News from the Soul Brother | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment