Democracy Now! | 1968, Forty Years Later: A Look Back at the Orangeburg Massacre When SC Police Opened Fire on Black Students Protesting Segregation

Democracy Now! | 1968, Forty Years Later: A Look Back at the Orangeburg Massacre When SC Police Opened Fire on Black Students Protesting Segregation: "On February 8, 1968, a crowd of black students gathered on the campus of South Carolina State University to protest segregation at Orangeburg’s only bowling alley. Dozens of police arrived on the scene, and the students lit a bonfire on a street in front of the campus. Tensions escalated, and police officers opened fire into the crowd. When the shooting stopped, three students were dead and twenty-seven wounded. We speak with the only person convicted of wrongdoing in what became known as the Orangeburg Massacre, Cleveland Sellers. [includes rush transcript]"

CNN special on MLK's death tonight at 9PM

April 3 at 9 PM eastern time CNN will run a special on the Martin Luther King Assassination which features eyewitnesses and FBI documents. You can watch a preview by clicking the link below:

http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html

Al Sharpton vs new civil rights movement

First let me thank Howard Witt of the Chicago Tribune for sending me this story.

For those that don't know there was a horrible rape attack in Florida at a place called Dunbar Village cmitted by a group of young black men against a black woman. Not only was a mother raped but she was then forced to perform oral sex on her 12 year old son.
They both had household chemicals poured in their eyes and their attackers attempted to set them on fire.

The monsters that comitted this crime have been caught and have been denied bail. Enter Al Sharpton. He want's these boys to have a chance to post bond while awaiting trial.

I honestly believe that Al Sharpton and the NAACP of which I am a member are wrong on this one. These boys committed a horrible crime and don't deserve bond. You can read Howard's article on this matter by clicking the link below:

http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html

.George Cook www.letstalkhonestly.com

The lie that just won’t die

Crooks and Liars » The lie that just won’t die
The Jeremiah Wright controversy was — and, arguably, still is — a major threat to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. When voters, especially centrist white voters who hoped Obama might be some kind of post-racial candidate, saw an angry Christian pastor making inflammatory remarks from his church pulpit, it caused some concerns.

There was, however, an upside. No one in their right minds could see all of this uproar and still think Obama is a Muslim. One would have to be a blithering fool to discount the wall-to-wall coverage of Obama attending a Christian church, and befriending his Christian pastor, and nevertheless fail to believe that Obama is a Christian.

And yet, there are an astonishing number of people out there that just can’t let go of the lie.

A Pew Research Center News Interest Index survey earlier in March found that 79% of the general public had heard rumors that Obama is Muslim, and 38% had heard “a lot” about this. The current survey finds that most voters have no misconceptions about Obama’s religious beliefs – 53% say that he is Christian. But one in ten believes Barack Obama is Muslim. Roughly a third (34%) say they don’t know what his religious beliefs are, though 9% say the reason they don’t know is that they’ve heard different things about his religion, not that they haven’t heard about it.

Notably, the impression that Obama is Muslim crosses party lines: 14% of Republicans, 10% of Democrats and 8% of independents think he is Muslim. Within both parties, ideology is a major factor: 16% of conservative Republicans believe Obama is Muslim, compared with 9% of moderates and liberals. And 13% of conservative and moderate Democrats believe Obama is Muslim, compared with just 5% of liberal Democrats.

I just have one question: what is wrong with these people? OK, one more question: what more will it take for these folks to accept reality?

Senator's support may help Obama to woo white working class - Newstin

Senator's support may help Obama to woo white working class - Newstin: "Barack Obama will receive the endorsement of a key senator from Pennsylvania today, a potential boost as he faces the next big primary prize in his fight against Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination ... . The support of Senator Bob Casey, a Catholic..."

Ann on Pat Buchanan

Ann's hard-hitting article on Patrick Buchanan's latest bigoted attack on African Americans. As usual, she provided hard facts that people would rather not read about, let alone hear. This is a must read article. Click here.

Thank you, Ann, for writing this article. It confirms what I had in my mind regarding Mr. Buchanan since high school.

Before They Were Stars

Diane Sawyer, Halle Berry, Delta Burke, Vanna White, Mary Hart and Michelle Pfeiffer were all beauty queens before they became very, very, very famous