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We are Americans and live in a pluralistic, democratically governed society. We must find a way to affirm one another’s individual beliefs even if we do not agree with them.
Social media networks have been ablaze this week following a recent announcement by President Obama. Black clergy who have been in a prophetic slumber since the election of the President have begin to speak out.
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Group Calls for Dialogue on Legalization of Drugs to Stop Violence in Black Communities
Join the Eddie Conway Freedom School as Pastor Heber Brown leads a discussion on just this.. calling out the politicians, corporations and individuals that benefit directly from locking our children up.
The urban rebellions had already fueled a demand for “law and order” among conservative politicians. Crime and violence in urban America was also the source of the creation of the image of “the dangerous Black man.” Willie Horton, a convicted felon who committed a series of crimes while on furlough under a special prison program in Massachusetts, became a focal point of the 1988 presidential campaign and the poster figure of the “dangerous Black man.”
