Straight, No Chaser Mixtape: Volume 2

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2 Pens & Lint Chapbook Publishing

Wouldn’t it be nice to sell your own collection of poetry when you step off the stage at an open mic? Wouldn’t it be nice to see a set of your poems in print? Well, publishing a chapbook through 2 Pens & Lint would be a great way to achieve that goal of pushing your poetry career to the next level.

The Good Shepherd

Black museums are the final front in the battle for the preservation of our history. There has been a constant effort to erase or cover our contributions to civilization.

 Philanthropists and Historians play a part in this effort. Curriculum in public schools has never been a place where our history can be explored in depth. Thus making Black museums the only institution that will present our story with omissions and distortions. If we don’t support these institutions we stand to lose the last resource that is dedicated to the preservation of history. If that happens we will in effect relegate our children and the children of other races to the distorted and pure falsehoods and, in effect disconnect them from their historical blueprint for how to succeed.

Malcolm X: The Full Scope

This November Manning Marable will release Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention. This book has been in the works for over 15 years. Below is video from an interview with Manning Mararble from 2005 when he discusses amongst other things, the three missing chapters of Alex Haley's Autobiography of Malcolm X.

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NEWBO's: The Rise of America's New Black Overclass

I watch a lot of documentaries and biographies on Hulu since I don't own a TV (and don't really plan to soon). I figured I'd begin posting some of the better ones here on the blog. This is one I watched a few weeks ago. I think it's inspirational for any young African American looking to move into business or honestly, any type of professional career. We always see bad examples of our people but this highlights numerous African-American MALES who are making moves. Check it out. Let us know what you think. Peace.

Not So Fast Professor Gates - by Henry Duncan

Reparations has been debated since the 1800’s. Yet the 40 acres and a mule has never been delivered. For some reason, Professor Henry Louis Gates has taken on this issue in his op-ed article in the New York Times entitled Ending The Slavery Blame Game. In this article, Prof. Gates argues that, since African monarchs sold their slaves to Europeans, that Europe
and Africa share responsibility for slavery. Obviously this claim has sparked much controversy. You can start with the letters in response to the article. Eric Foner, a professor of history at Columbia University, who states that “reparations are unworkable” does refute a point that Gates presents in his article.

In the article, Gates states:
Advocates of reparations for the descendants of those slaves generally ignore this untidy problem of the significant role that Africans played in the trade, choosing to believe the romanticized version that our ancestors were all kidnapped unawares by evil white men, like Kunta Kinte was in “Roots.” The truth, however, is much more complex: slavery was a business, highly organized and lucrative for European buyers and African sellers alike.