latinalover1968 feeling fabulous today! - April 14, 2010 add/view comments (0)

i can't even begin to tell you what this election has meant to me. i am a hispanic and black woman who never met her black dad. i grew up feeling as if i was missing something. when i became an adult, i wanted to know more about my culture. i started reading about civil rights and injustices and struggles of my father's people. they soon became mine. i opened my heart and mind to all of the beauty that comes in being a black woman. it became my mission to teach myself all i could about whats... (continue reading)

THE EYES OF THE RAINBOW - ASSATA SHAKUR DOCUMENTARY by Gloria Rolando

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Assata Shakur (born July 16, 1947), dubbed the soul of the Black
Liberation Army, was a leader in the Black Liberation movement in
the United States. Her name at birth was JoAnne Deborah Byron
Chesimard, although she changed it... (continue reading)

History of Juneteenth What is Juneteenth? Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration of the ending of slavery. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that all slaves were now free. Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation - which had become official January 1, 1863. The Emancipation Proclamation had little impact on... (continue reading)