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| News from the hood. August, 2007 |
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| THE TOP STORY |
Obama and the Convicted Teen Sex Offender
A teenager's bad decision can have a disastrous consequences.
Genarlow Wilson decided to go to a New Year's Eve party. He made some bad decisions. He hung out with the wrong people. He indulged in promiscuous sex. He was accused of rape but was acquitted of that charge. However, he was charged with a subsequent crime of child molestation. Now he is spending a mandatory 10-years in prison. Senator Obama referred to the Genarlow Wilson case at a NAACP Presidential Candidate's debate in June.For more click here.
Did the South REALLY win the Civil War?
Look around. If the North won the Civil War (and all the history books say so), how come after 142 years of "freedom", black Americans still find themselves politically and economically repressed?
Blacks paid a terrible price during the reconstruction era. Read an interview with William Blair, Director of the George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center at Penn State.For more click here.
The Confederate States of America. A film by Kevin Willmott.
This film turns American History upside down. It gives us some plausible and disturbing alternate historical results if the South had won the Civil War. For more click here.
Gang Prevention in Williamsport
Criminal gangs is not just a big city problem anymore. Gangs have seeped into rural communities and threaten a peaceful style of living.For more click here.
Failing Schools - Why little Johnny Black can't read, part 3
Some experts suggest that schools should find subject matter and content that is more interesting for black students. Troy CLE offers his "Marvelous World." It is NOT Harry Potter in black face. For more click here.
Can Hip-Hop be redeemed? Say hello to Bridget Gray.
Check Bridget Gray's audio file of her piece, "My letter to Hip-Hop." For more click here.
Farewell to a brother.
A letter never mailed to my brother, Chico. For more click here.
Girls fighting in the streets!
Over 100 kids swarmed around teenaged girls who were fighting. The police arrived. A potential dangerous confrontation loomed. I was there. For more click here.
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