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Sunday, December 18: African Diaspora Bazaar and Crafts Fair, Humanist Hall,...
The Black Arts Movement Business District will have a booth at the Fair. Marvin X will sign books and distribute The BAMBD Newspaper, The Movement. Marvin X at Academy of da Corner, 14th and Broadway,...
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From the Archives of Marvin X: Liberation Poems for North American Africans,...
jThe News Ain't News, Ain't Nothin but the BluesThe news ain't newsain't nothin but the bluesflashAfricaflashAsiaflashAmericasbang bangflashinflation upinflation downNow a word from your...
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BAMBD will celebrate JANTEENTH, 2017, one year after the City of Oakland...
JANTEENTH, 2017Cover of The Movement, JANTEENTH issue (January 19, 2017)Maestro Michael Morgan, Oakland Symphony OrchestraBAMBD Art by James GaylesBecause of political sloth, North American Africans...
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Marvin X poem: When you have seen the corruption of city hall, from...
When you have seen the corruption of city hallwhen you have watched it month after monthyear after yearwhen you attend city council meetingshear the rip off talkrecycled rhetoric from The Princewhen...
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From the archives of Marvin X: For the Warriors and other poems from...
For the WarriorsI have seen the best warriors of my generationstarved into submissionsexiled into loneliness capitulationimprisoned assassinationseeking only the American dreamnot Moscow Peking...
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Two Poets on Syria: Dr. Mohja Kahf and Marvin X
Syrian poet, novelist, professor Mohja Kahf and poet Marvin X at the University of Arkansas, Fayettevile where she teaches English and Islamic literature. She considers Marvin X the father of Muslim...
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My President Was Black by Ta Nehisi Coates, introduction by Marvin X
Introduction by Marvin X"Marvin X is the most free Black man in non-free America!"--James Sweeney, Oakland CA"Marvin X is still the undisputed king of Black Consciousness!"--Dr. Nathan Hare, Clinical...
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65th Anniversary of "We Charge Genocide!"
65th Anniversary of "We Charge Genocide!"1951 American report to the United Nations by Heather GrayDecember 17, 2016 URL: Justice Initiative Internationalhmcgray@earthlink.net Sixty-five years...
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Long history of the US interfering with elections elsewhere
World Views analysisThe long history of the U.S. interfering with elections elsewhereBy Ishaan TharoorOctober 13, 2016 The most infamous episodes include the ousting of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed...
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Peace in Syria: A Syrian Response to the UNAC Attack on Terry Burke
Say "Peace in Syria:" A Syrian Response to the UNAC Attack on Terry Burke by Mohja Kahf Mohja Kahf is Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Arkansas (mentioned by us for identification...
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Parables of the Rats, the Square Bitch and the No People by Marvin X
Parable of the Rats by Marvin X The rats all have the same gait: they scurry about, back broken by an abundance of lies, half-truths and disinformation, defamation and other tactics of rat behavior....
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Marvin X's oldest brother joined ancestors today: OIliver W. Jackmon, II,...
Marvin X, grandson Jah Amiel ( who told his grandfather at three years old, "Grandfather, you can't save the world, but I can!") and brother Oliver W. Jackmon, II, who joined the ancestors today in...
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The Endgame of History as we approach 2017
The indefatigable and peripatetic, Marvin X, poet, playwright, essayist, activist, plannerWe have tried to imagine the endgame of historical events and present events rooted in history, especially...
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Revised conclusion: The Endgame of History as we enter 2017
The endgame for the oppressed can only be joy and happiness, for surely after difficulty comes peace says Al Qur'an. The ultimate peace for North American Africans is nationhood. The same is true for...
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X family mourning in red for brother Ollie
Sister Debbie and Brother Marvin X; standing Debbie's son DarianDarian, Debbie and Marvin X John Murrill and Eva Murrill, maternal grandparents of OllieOwendell Jackmon, II and Marian Murrill Jackmon,...
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Kwanza Sacramento
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Kwanzaa WorldwideSacramento’s first Kwanzaa Sacramento’s first Kwanzaa was held in 1971 as an outgrowth of Shule Jumamose, a free Saturday School founded in Oak...
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Do the Charleston
Charleston's African-American HeritageFamous Folks & Important Facts1525/1526- A Spanish explorer lands on the coast of South Carolina and tries to build a colony. The attempt to build a colony...
View ArticleDoug Carn – Infant Eyes 1971 (FULL ALBUM) [Soul Jazz, Fusion]
Jean and Doug Carn were the voice of the black love 60s. Doug and Jean warmed our hearts with love songs of partner love family love that sustained us into the turbulent 70s, those years after the USA...
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How do I feel on the loss of my brother
Ollie Jackmon, Soldier, Black Liberation Army, American Gulag, aka Department of CorrectionsPeople ask me how I feelain't tryin to feeldon't want to feeldeny feelsilence feelmedicate feel do you feel...
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No North American African descendant of African kidnap victims should ever...
Nat Turner's BibleIncidents in the Life of a Slave Girl - Chapter 3, The Slave's New Year's Day Summary & AnalysisHarriet Ann JacobsThis Study Guide consists of...
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