by Marvin Blake | Apr 23, 2024 | Guest Article, Politics, Racism, Social Issues
Photo by Clay Banks on Unsplash We can’t deny it any further – racial injustices in America are real, and it’s unfortunate that our current generation is still aware and experiencing it. How do you become an ally against racial injustices within a system that...
by Marvin Blake | Mar 26, 2024 | Politics
In 1879, Richard Henry Pratt, a former United States Army Officer— who had served as the warden of the United States “Prisoner of War Camp” at Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida—at the behest of the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, founded the Carlisle Indian...
by Marvin Blake | Feb 12, 2024 | Politics
To paraphrase the words of Benjamin Franklin: “We have a Democracy… if we can keep it!” In November 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States of America. Subsequently, a large segment of the population—mostly concentrated in the thirteen...
by Marvin Blake | Feb 12, 2024 | Justice
The year, 1955. Rosa Louise Parks, a black woman…, an African-American woman of color, boarded one of the Montgomery City Bus Lines’ buses. After paying her fare, Rosa Parks took a seat in the rear of the bus… in the designated “colored” section of the bus. When all...
by Marvin Blake | Feb 12, 2024 | Politics
A secretly recorded conversation on June 23, 1972 between President Richard Nixon and his aide H.R. Haldeman revealed the president’s involvement in the Watergate break-ins and the cover-up. In 1974, a secret 1972 tape recording of White House conversations...
