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Letter from Birmingham Jail --- MLK

"Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King, Jr.]" 16 April 1963 My Dear Fellow Clergymen: While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities "unwise and untimely." Seldom do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas. If I sought to answer all the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would have little time for anything other than such correspondence in the course of the day, and I would have no time for constructive work. B… Continue

Added by Martina on January 19, 2009 at 8:08am — No Comments

A rising voice: Afro Latin Americans

In this series, the MIAMI HERALD unveils the Black experience through a journey to Nicaragua, where a quiet but powerful civil and cultural rights movement flickers while in neighboring Honduras, the Black Garifuna community fights for cultural survival, to the Dominican Republic wher… Continue

Added by Martina on November 30, 2008 at 10:57am — No Comments

Contrapunto Afrolatino

(Keynote Presentation, Conference “Afro-Latinos: Global Spaces/Local Struggles” University of California at Los Angeles, March 6-7, 2008) Last week there were two conferences in U.S. universities concerned with people we call Afro-Latinos. The counterpoint between a conference at H… Continue

Added by Martina on November 24, 2008 at 6:49pm — No Comments

Black Thoughts VI

BLACK THOUGHTS: A Political Ideological Perspective for Afro Latinos Part VI: Word Power By: Kevin Alberto Sabio People understand very little about the power of words… I remember one incident in my youth, during my late teens/early twenties, when I was hanging out with some friends of mine (at the time) from high school, in which I was supposed to be forming a musical group with (they were to be the singers in the group, and I was to be the emcee). We were having a conv… Continue

Added by Knowledge As Supreme on November 24, 2008 at 11:32am — 1 Comment

Para el negro perseguido

¡Ah, desgraciado! Si el dolor te abate, si el cansancio tus miembros entumece, haz como el árbol seco: ¡reverdece! y como el germen enterrado: ¡late! Resurge, alienta, grita, anda, combate, vibra, ondula, retruena, resplandece... Haz como el río con la lluvia: ¡crece! y como el mar contra la roca: ¡bate! De la tormenta al iracundo empuje, no has de balar, como el cordero triste, sino rugir, como la fiera ruge. ¡Levántate! ¡revuélvete! ¡resiste! Haz como el toro acorralado: ¡muge! o como el to… Continue

Added by El Caobo on November 16, 2008 at 1:23am — 2 Comments

Rosa Clemete Interview

Vote Your Values: An Interview with Rosa Clemente October 31, 2008 By Adele Nieves Adele Nieves's ZSpace Page Rosa Clemente is one of the most prominent activists of our generation. She is a nationally renowned speaker, writer, and journalist - one of the most important independent journalists covering the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina - and in 2001 was a youth representative at the United Nations World Conference against Xenophobia, Racism, and Related Intolerance. Sh… Continue

Added by Knowledge As Supreme on November 7, 2008 at 9:05pm — No Comments

¡Ya está!

El próximo presidente de EE. UU. es Barak Obama. ¡Ya está!

Podré decirles a mis nietos que, entre los millones de votos que eligieron al primer presidente que les parece a ellos, también contaba el mío. Continue

Added by El Caobo on November 5, 2008 at 12:00pm — No Comments

El mejor cumplido que jamás había recibido

Llevaba más de dos años que, desde una pequeña oficina en Chicago, yo oficiaba de gerente de mercadotecnia para El Consejo para la Promoción de Productos de la Ingeniería de la India, una entidad del gobierno de la India, cuando me tocó representar a esa empresa durante una exposición de productos en el enorme y lujoso McCormick Place en Chicago. Estaba realmente a mis anchas en ese trabajo. Antes de conseguir ese puesto, ya había servido de intérprete judicial en los tribunales de Lake… Continue

Added by El Caobo on November 4, 2008 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

Black Thoughts V: Politics and Bullsh*t

Black Thoughts: A Political Ideological Perspective for Afro Latinos Part V: Politics & Bullsh*t By Kevin Alberto Sabio It's election season...time to get your vote on! I had recently gotten into a situation with an associate of mine that left me a bit disturbed. This associate had sent me several emails soliciting my help in a grassroots campaign to help support Sen. Barak Obama's Democratic candidacy for president. After being annoyed with the numerous emails that… Continue

Added by Knowledge As Supreme on November 4, 2008 at 8:28pm — 5 Comments

Black Thoughts III

Author's Note: The following is an article written by the author who is no longer associated with the site mentioned in the article. It is the third part of a (currently) five-part series. Due to the content in the article, I felt that it was relevant to post it here.. BLACK THOUGHTS: A Political Ideological Perspective for Afro Latinos Part III: Reflections of Me BNN Exclusives Written by Kevin Alberto Sabio - Blacktino.net Wednesday, 13 August 2008 I have t… Continue

Added by Knowledge As Supreme on November 3, 2008 at 11:45am — No Comments

Black Thoughts (The Unplublished Papers)

BLACK THOUGHTS: A Political Ideological Perspective for Afro Latinos Part IV: Voice of the Voiceless By: Kevin Alberto Sabio I had recently gone out to a Latino heritage festival out here in my new home state of Virginia. Being that this is Latino/Hispanic Heritage Month, I had decided to come out and represent my Honduran heritage at this festival; one of the few opportunities that I have to not be the quintessential `angry black male', and get to relax and let my… Continue

Added by Knowledge As Supreme on November 1, 2008 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Black vs. Brown: The Color Line

Authors Note: The following was an article written for a site that the author is no longer associated with. It is the third part in an eight-part series of articles written about this subject. Due to the content in the article, I felt that it was relevant to post it here... Black vs. Brown 3: The Color Line Written by Kevin Alberto Sabio - Blacktino.net Contributor Saturday, 27 October 2007 I remember a discussion that I had gotten into during my college days. I wa… Continue

Added by Knowledge As Supreme on November 1, 2008 at 7:24pm — No Comments

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