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Marvin X at Hunters Point Wellness Boot Camp
Wellness coach Alfredo Ennis, Poet/essayist/philosopher Marvin X, aka Plato Negro, and his assistant, Quita Kirk, after workout at San Francisco's YMCA Wellness Boot Camp in Hunters Point. Marvin will...
View ArticleFor My Brothers: Mythology of P**** and D*** by Marvin X
Sunday, 7-7-13, I met Brother Marvin X Jackmon, a well known brother in the black arts and power movement. We had a very interesting conversation about the state of the movement and the value of the...
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Final Call from the Afro Horn of Francisco Mora Cattlett
Cover art by David Mora CatlettIn Francisco Mora Catlett's Afro Horn, we have rhythms from Pan Africa, i.e., Africa, Cuba, Mexico and the USA or North American Africans. This Diasporic music is, I...
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Celebrate International Nelson Mandela Day
Nelson Mandela Day Pledge your 67 Minutes or more -Make Every Day A Mandela Day
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Free Marissa Alexander!
Dear Friend,Please join the Free Marissa Now Campaign. The terrible injustice of the not-guilty verdict for Trayvon Martin's killer has brought Marissa Alexander's racist and sexist treatment by...
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Marvin X and students in anthology Stand Our Ground, for Trayvon Martin and...
HomeBioCalendarPrevious EventsContactNewsletterStoreCheck OutVideoESSAYSARTICLESBOOKSEVENTSPOETRY « Still Chained: Django, Tarantino and the Exploitation of Black HistoryStand Our Ground: New Global...
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Harambee Radio interviews Marvin X, Friday, July 19, 10pm EST.
http://radio.securenetsystems.net/radio_player_large.cfm?stationCallSign=THRN%C2%A0%C2%A0 TRANSFORMATION PLUS with Dalani AamonFriday July 19th at...
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Prez Jimmy Carter: America has no functioning democracy!
‘America has no functioning democracy’ – Jimmy Carter on NSALPublished time: July 18, 2013 12:15Edited time: July 19, 2013 10:39Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP)Carter...
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I Am Oscar Grant: Marvin X reviews the film Fruitvale
I did not attend the Oakland rally for Trayvon Martin, instead I set up Academy of da Corner at the Berkeley Flea Market. I'm getting old now and marches and rallies never attracted me, no matter that...
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Healing and Hope, Friday at Geoffrey's Inner Circle
Dear Friends and Family,Please join us on Friday, July 26th, 6pm at Geoffrey's Inner Circle, 410-14th Street, Oakland for an opportunity to share your feelings and get involved in addressing the...
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Marvin X at Wellness Boot Camp, Hunters Point, San Francisco
Wellness Coach Alfredo Ennis assists Marvin X and woman work out. On Thursday Marvin X participates in the BV/Hunters Point Black Men's Wellness Day. He will discuss Transcending Black Rage.photo...
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Marvin X hires independent appraiser for the Hare archives
At the suggestion of Stanford University, Marvin X's Community Archives Project has hired an independent appraiser to assess the Drs Nathan and Julia Hare archives. Since Stanford told Marvin his price...
View ArticleBlack Bird Press News & Review: Marvin X's Fictional Interview With President...
Black Bird Press News & Review: Marvin X's Fictional Interview With President Obama
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Black Bird Press News & Review: Navigating the Perilous Mental Landscape in the Crazy House Called America
View ArticleBlack Bird Press News & Review: Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, A Love Song
Black Bird Press News & Review: Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz, A Love Song
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From the archives of Marvin X: Al Fitnah Muhajir
Al Fitnah MuhajirWhen you enterStrange citiesBe silentIn the streetsBut speakWith allYou meetAnd you will seeAs the people seeThe poor peopleAre very rich.When you enterTheir homesEat with themOr they...
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From the archives: Marvin X--Man Without a Country
Man Without a CountryFrom Marvin X Court Speech, September 9, 1970The United States of America has no right to try me as I am not a citizen of the United States, having renounced my so-called...
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SCULPTOR SON OF ELIZABETH CATTLETT MORA PROPOSES SOJOURNER STATUE FOR OAKLAND
Dear Marvin:Hope you and your loved ones are doing fine. I wanted to clarify a situation about the sculpture in Sacramento: The people from the "Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission" bought the...
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Wellness Day in Hunters Point/Bayview
The most revolutionary thing a Black man can do is lose 30 pounds!--Geoffery Grier, SF Recovery TheatreAugust 5, 2013Dear Community Members:On behalf of the Bayview Y, I want to extend a huge THANK YOU...
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Reflections of a "Human Earthquake" Victim
STReflections of a "Human Earthquake" VictimMeet Marvin X Marvin X in Harlem, NY, 1968photo Doug Harris I’m sure we all have those teachers from our past who have impacted our lives. Some have...
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