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This morning, a comment was received by a Lea Winfrey Young (wife of artist Gilbert Young–artist who is at odds with the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Foundation for not choosing him or any other Black artist) in response the the post I did on the King Memorial controversy entitled “Here’s a solution”. [...]

“Jackson, in Jena, cited the unequal treatment in prosecuting crack versus powder drug violations as evidence of racial discrimination. This calls for an explanation. Crack violators, the ones subject to the harshest punishment, are often black. But members of the Black Congressional Caucus, in the ’80s, pushed for stiff sentences against those peddling crack, given [...]

Hey, after going through what he did in the civil rights movement, he can wear what he wants.
(I’m still a little scared!)

I just came across this blog last night and thought it would be worth mentioning here. I will also add it to my blogroll under “Beyond the Mountaintop – Our Progress”.
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Any of my Philly folk remember this store?
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This was one of those men’s clothing stores back in the day where you could buy a suit, overcoat with shirt for about $150 (yeah, I was really that bad when it came to clothes).
On Easter you could not tell me nuttin.
By next Easter I was back in [...]