School Desegregation Set Back Black College Football
Black colleges once out-performed white schools in producing better football players â until desegregation happened, said Derrick White, professor of history at the University of Kentucky and author of âBlood, Sweat and Tears: Jake Gaither, Florida A&M, and the History of Black College Football.â School desegregation âdisrupted the recruiting network that had fueled Black college football,â said White, whose book explores the âcommunity impact as well as cultural and political impactâ of desegregation.
âCapitalist Roadersâ Shut Down Chinaâs Rural Communes
Mao Tse Tung was right when he warned that âcapitalist roadersâ had infested the Communist Party, said Zhun Xu, professor of economics at Howard University and author of âFrom Communes to Capitalism: How Chinaâs Peasants Lost Collective Farming and Gained Urban Poverty.â Despite Maoâs efforts, âit was impossible to wipe them outâ because âthe political economy of China continually produced these capitalist roaders,â who eventually shut down the rural communes and compelled millions of peasants to become urban workers with few rights.
Malcolm X Center and Radio Station Face Oblivion
Efia Nwangaza, longtime director of the Malcolm X Center for Self-Determination and radio station WMXP, in Greenville, South Carolina, says both services face imminent shutdown and eviction. The Center and broadcast outlet have been vectors of Black resistance and radical advocacy for decades. Nwangazaâs world-class activism dates back to the 1960s. âItâs not clear what this will mean in terms of my own human rights advocacy,â she said.
Black Agenda Radio on the Progressive Radio Network is hosted by Glen Ford and Nellie Bailey. A new edition of the program airs every Monday at 11:am ET on PRN. Length: one hour.
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