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About The Soul Brother

An observer to the world. I have a unique view of the world and want to share it. It's all in love from the people of the "blues". Love, Knowledge, and Sharing amongst all is the first steps towards solving all the problems amongst humanity.

Mahalia Jackson – Precious Lord Take My Hand

Posted on August 24, 2013 by The Soul Brother
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March on Washington List of Demands: 2013 Goals Mirror Those Set in 1963

Posted on August 24, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Janell Ross Listen to talk radio, peruse the front page of the nation’s major news sites and covers of the big magazines this week, and the 1963 March on Washington occupies a lot of real estate. There are the … Continue reading →

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I Have a Copyright: The Problem With MLK’s Speech

Posted on August 24, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Lauren Williams I have a dream that on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls as they watch the footage on TV of … Continue reading →

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50 years after King speech, discrimination feeds black economic gap: Obama

Posted on August 24, 2013 by The Soul Brother

President Barack Obama said on Friday that America’s history of racial discrimination had contributed to a persistent economic gap between blacks and whites in the 50 years since Martin Luther King’s landmark “I have a dream” speech. Obama said his … Continue reading →

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Where Do We Go From Here?

Posted on August 24, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Marian Wright Edelman In a sense we’ve come to our nation’s capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory … Continue reading →

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Thousands mark March on Washington

Posted on August 24, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Alan Gomez & Eliza Collins Tens of thousands gathered Saturday on the nation’s “front yard,” the National Mall near the Lincoln Memorial, yearning for a bit of that transcendent sense of racial unity heralded on this spot by the … Continue reading →

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Brave New Foundation – 50 Years After MLK’s Speech, THIS Is the New Dream

Posted on August 24, 2013 by The Soul Brother
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50 years after the March on Washington, what would MLK march for today?

Posted on August 24, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By  Peter Dreier What would the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. march for if he were alive today? America has made progress on many fronts in the half-century since King electrified a crowd of 200,000 people, and millions of Americans … Continue reading →

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Bayard Rustin: the gay black pacifist at the heart of the March on Washington

Posted on August 24, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Gary Younge When civil rights leaders met at the Roosevelt Hotel in Harlem in early July 1963 to hammer out the ground rules by which they would work together to organise the March on Washington there was really only … Continue reading →

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Don’t Mess With Black Twitter

Posted on August 24, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Daniella Gibbs Leger If you weren’t paying attention last week, you missed quite the show on Black Twitter. Oh, in case you didn’t know, Black Twitter is a real thing. It is often hilarious (as with the Paula Deen recipes hashtag); … Continue reading →

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