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Black Freedom Movement

Why Black Liberals Need to Reclaim The Black Agenda From The Black Church

Tue, 06/04/2013 - 10:09 — Yvette Carnell

by Yvette Carnell

The Black Church’s central role in the African American Freedom Movement, is a myth. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “himself lamented the ‘apathy of the Negro ministers’ and their interpretation of Christianity,” writes the author. In fact, “the presence of culture crusaders, who substitute morality wars for politics, has a demobilizing impact on black movement politics.”

A Lil’ Bit ‘Bout Leo’s Legacy…

Tue, 03/26/2013 - 11:59 — Raymond Nat Turner

 

by Raymond Nat Turner

The “Leo” of this poem is the legendary Black longshore union activist Leo Robinson, who died this past January. “The deep, dark chocolate brown, booming / Baritone brother sportin’ black, Lenin-like / Greek Fisherman’s cap / comin’ Coltranish…

“When Other Folks Give Up Theirs…” Black Freedom and the Gun Control Debate

Tue, 02/05/2013 - 15:30 — Akinyele Umoja

Akinyele Umoja

Contrary to Congressman John Lewis’ revision of history, “the notion that the Civil Rights movement was exclusively nonviolent is a popular mythology.” In fact, “Some members of Lewis’s Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee picked up weapons and worked with community people to defend their lives against white terrorists.”

Perhaps Black People Should Stop Expecting Equality

Tue, 02/05/2013 - 14:49 — Dr. Boyce Watkins

 

by Dr. Boyce Watkins

Dr. Watkins, an esteemed author, economist and social commentator, has seen the error of his ways. He has been wrong to argue that President Obama be made accountable to Black people, his most ardent supporters. Instead, Blacks should be accountable to the president. “Only whites, Jews, gays, women, labor groups and illegal immigrants are allowed to expect anything from the president.”

Black Secularists and The Church

Tue, 09/04/2012 - 15:46 — Benjamin Woods

 

by Benjamin Woods

African American mythology tells us that the Black Freedom Movement was born in the church. That’s because “the Black church has had better propagandists than Black freethinkers.” But freethinkers also populate the liberation pantheon, while the church has sometimes proven an obstacle to the Movement.

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