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New Documentary On Daniel McGowan, Earth Liberation Front And Green Scare: “If A Tree Falls”

by Madam Toussaint on June 22nd, 2011 at 12:04 pm

Posted In: GREEN

Description: A new documentary, “If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front,” tells the story of environmental activist Daniel McGowan. Four years ago this month, McGowan was sentenced to a seven-year term for his role in two acts of politically motivated arson in 2001 to protest extensive logging in the Pacific Northwest—starting […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Fannie Lou Hamer On Being “Sick And Tired”

by Madam Toussaint on February 11th, 2011 at 12:00 pm

Posted In: GREEN, HEALTH

I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired.” -Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1979) You may not know who she is or what she did but you probably know this famous quote from Fannie Lou Hamer. Now let’s talk about what she did and why she said that. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet

└ Tags: Black Farmers, Black History Month, Civil Rights Movement, farms/farming, Malcolm X

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A Quote From Civil Rights Heroine Rosa Parks On Her Birthday

by Madam Toussaint on February 4th, 2011 at 12:00 pm

Posted In: QUOTES

To this day I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.” – Rosa Parks Today, February 4th, is “Mother Of The Civil Rights Movement”, Rosa Parks’ birthday. Her act of civil disobedience […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

└ Tags: activism, Black History Month, Civil Rights Movement

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How Should We Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr’s Day?

by Madam Toussaint on January 14th, 2011 at 12:27 pm

Posted In: GREEN

I am intrigued by the idea that Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has a national holiday in his name, and yet on this day, for many, it’s not clear what we’re supposed to be doing to celebrate. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet

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Senate Approves Settlement For Black Farmers

by Madam Toussaint on November 22nd, 2010 at 1:21 pm

Posted In: GREEN, BLACK PEOPLE

This is a huge, huge victory for myself and black farmers, many of whom have died waiting for justice. I have been working on this thing for 26 years. I’ve been hearing ‘no’ for so very long.” John Boyd of the National Black Farmers Association (NBFA) On Friday, November 12th the senate unanimously approved funding […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

└ Tags: Black Farmers, Civil Rights Movement

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Lena Horne & Kermit The Frog Sing “Bein’ Green”

by Madam Toussaint on June 25th, 2010 at 12:40 pm

Posted In: GREEN

Kermit: I’m green, it’ll do fine. Lena Horne: You’re beautiful and I think it’s what I want to be What could be fresher or greener than this? It saddens me that aside from all of her many talents and accomplishments, Lena Horne’s character and strength doesn’t seem to exist in so many performers today. Even […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

└ Tags: children, Civil Rights Movement, frogs

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RIP Dorothy Height: Women’s and Civil Rights Leader Dies At 98

by Madam Toussaint on April 21st, 2010 at 12:08 pm

Posted In: GREEN, BLACK PEOPLE

A Negro woman has the same kind of problems as other women, but she can’t take the same things for granted.â€ ~Dorothy Height I just wanted to draw some attention to the passing of Dorothy Height, women’s, African American rights leader and chairwoman of the National Council of Negro Women. She died on Tuesday at […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

└ Tags: African Americans, Civil Rights Movement, Guru/Gang Starr, Martin Luther King Jr, Michael Jackson

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Black Farmers Hold Press Conference For $1.5 Billion

by Madam Toussaint on March 24th, 2010 at 3:14 pm

Posted In: GREEN

UPDATE: “Congress failed to approve $1.15 billion by a March 31 deadline so now the Obama administration cannot allocate $1.25 billion to settle decades-old discrimination lawsuits with black farmers. The deal, one of the largest civil rights settlements in history, was to compensate black farmers left out of federal farm loan and assistance programs due […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

└ Tags: agriculture, Black Farmers, Civil Rights Movement, Congress, farms/farming

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BHM QUOTE: MARCUS GARVEY ON EDUCATION

by Madam Toussaint on February 23rd, 2010 at 12:47 pm

Posted In: QUOTES

Photo Credit: “The Garvey Marchers” by Madam Toussaint To be learned in all that is worth while knowing. Not to be crammed with the subject matter of the book or the philosophy of the class room, but to store away in your head such facts as you need for the daily application of life, so […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

└ Tags: Black History Month, Civil Rights Movement, education, Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey

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Madam Toussaint’s “Beef” With Black History Month

by Madam Toussaint on February 1st, 2010 at 7:00 am

Posted In: GREEN, BLACK PEOPLE

I like this. From Marvel Comic’s Truth: Red, White & Black by Bob Morales and Kyle Baker. “Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.” ~Carter G. Woodson, the “Father of Black History”, founder of Negro History Week, a precursor […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

└ Tags: Black History Month, Caribbean, Carter G. Woodson, Civil Rights Movement, George Washington Carver, slavery

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Posts Tagged ‘Civil Rights Movement’

"To this day I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom" -Rosa Parks