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Art & Culture
Art Notes - August 2007
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Art & Culture
Charles Bibbs' "Glory Bound": An Appreciation by Susan Monroe
If our deepest hope, our most sacred desire, our greatest wish more than life itself, were a giant force of gravity pulling us toward some uncertain point in the future, then we might resemble the figures in Charles Bibbs’ “Glory Bound”... . More
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Art & Culture - EDITORIAL
“Mean, mean, mean to be free”: Racial bias still bound to Robert Hayden’s legacy
Forty years after the publication of his celebrated book, Selected Poems, in 1966, Detroit-born Black American poet Robert Hayden is still being defined according to the narrow margins of race... . More
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MILITARY - EDITORIAL
A Patriot and a Gentleman
His Academy Award winning performance as “Private Trip” in the critically acclaimed film, “Glory,” (1989) is one of Denzel Washington’s most memorable performances. Proud and bold, Trip won the hearts of viewers as the brash... . More
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POLITICS - EDITORIAL
Reauthorization
of the Voting Rights Act preserves American democracy
The reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act, which Congress passed and President Bush signed in July, reaffirms one of the most important legal gains of the Civil Rights Movement. More
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POLITICS
DARRYL MCMILLER
No debate about Black
agenda for next president
"...the black community desperately wants a president who will address its needs and aspirations, someone who will turn the nation’s attention toward the continuing problems of racial, social, and economic inequality. More
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POLITICS
DARRYL MCMILLER
Early expressions of a prophetic voice:
Recording of Dr. King preserved at a Hartford university
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Dr. King was not new to the Hartford area. In 1944, a fifteen year-old Martin Luther King, Jr. spent the summer after his freshman year in college working on a tobacco farm near Simsbury. More
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POLITICS
SUSAN MONROE
A Politics of Conscience:
Recapping Sen. Obama's Address to the UCC in Harford - June 23, 2007
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Obama said that the principle of the separation of church and state is one that he embraces.
However, he said, that doesn’t mean “faith should have no role in public life. “I dispute that.” he
said.. More
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POLITICS
Rev. Eric Smith
REV. DR. ERIC B. SMITH
Start at home to
change community
Everyone is troubled by the mount of violence that has stricken the New Haven community. The violence is even more troubling when it involves children. More
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POLITICS
Frank Wiley
FRANK WILEY
The Black
nation and parity: what would it look like?
What is parity in this society for Black people? Are we even close to achieving it? What would it look like...and how would our lives be different if we achieved it? More
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POLITICS
FRANK WILEY
Let's pull
together
The Bible teaches that one can put a thousand to flight. Two can put ten thousand to flight. There is something to be said for pulling together.
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Rev. Shelley Copeland |
Religion
REV SHELLEY D.B. COPELAND, M.A., M.Div.
Israel: A Journey to My Beloved’s Homeland
...I came to understand that Jesus’s ministry of healing individuals was not in isolation of the need to address injustice in the world’s systems. Jesus served the people of his day with political consciousness. More
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Religion
REV.
BONITA GRUBBS
Can I Get a Witness?
In the middle of a sermon, many a preacher has asked the question, “Can I get a witness?” I believe that the question serves three purposes. More
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SOCIAL JUSTICE
SUSAN MONROE
Continuing crisis in Darfur
Outbreaks of violence in the Middle East and the domestic focus on immigration have kept the conflict in Darfur off the front pages, but the tragedy in the Sudan continues. More
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HURRICANE KATRINA & AFTERMATH
MARC MORIAL
Reflection on Katrina Aftermath: one year after the levies broke
But this is what I’m going to say. The government of this nation bears a responsibility to make people whole. More
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HURRICANE KATRINA & AFTERMATH
KALAMU YA SALAAM
"I do but I don't"
When there are 1000 emails in the inbox, aol stops receiving any more incomings. over the last five days, there have been hours and hours when my inbox was shut down. I was shut down. momentarily. More
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SOCIAL JUSTICE
IMMIGRATION
NEWS REPORT
African American attitudes toward immigration
According to the Center, a majority of Blacks believe Latin American immigrants are hard working 79%) and have strong family values (77%). More
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SOCIAL JUSTICE
STEPHEN BALKARAN
Achievements and Broken Promises
... We should be very proud of the accomplishments of African Americans, but it is also important that we do not become complacent with that progress.More
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