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White ‘Neocon-Republican’ Teens Drive Over, Killing Black Man,James Craig Anderson,49,In Jackson, Mississippi… The Mission Was Hate: To Find And Hurt One Of My Black Brothers.

August 8, 2011

Why can’t we al..all races of men, just love each other as human beings,…and just agree to disagree on political issues,like gentlemen?!?!…short of killing each other????  “White power!”…and…. “I ran that nigger over…“was the last thing that murdered African-American male ,James Craig Anderson,49,heard, as the assailant was running him over with a pick up truck after […]

ROTC Cadet Carmela Kirkland 18,Dies From Lightning Bolt Strike….

July 31, 2010

ROTC cadet Carmela Kirkland, 18, of Dothan, Ala., has died at today 4:50 p.m., from injuries she sustained on Tuesday of this week, from a lightning bolt strike.(SOURCE) [picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=rotc&iid=8731622″ src=”http://view4.picapp.com/pictures.photo/image/8731622/memphis-tennessee-news-may/memphis-tennessee-news-may.jpg?size=500&imageId=8731622″ width=”234″ height=”158″ /] She was struck by lightning during a military training exercise at Fort Knox, while participating in  the Army ROTC Leader’s Training […]

The Body of Missing Former N.B.A. Star Lorenzen Wright Found Dead Today In Wooded Area Of Southeast Memphis,Tenn…

July 28, 2010

Breaking News-There are unconfirmed reports that the body of missing former 13 year N.B.A star Lorenzen Wright has been found today in a wooded area in southeast Memphis,Tennessee.(ESPN) He appears to be a homicide, as he was shot several time in his body,killing him. Someone murdered him, and the investigation is ongoing.(Click Here For The […]

Soul Singer And Former Temptations Lead Singer Ali-Ollie Woodson Dead at 58,From Cancer…

May 31, 2010

Legendary Motown singer Ali-Ollie Woodson, who led the quintet The Temptations in the 1980s and ’90s and helped restore them to their hit-making glory with songs including “Treat Her Like A Lady,” has died Sunday at the age of 58.(Perez) [picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=ali-ollie+woodson&iid=8466312″ src=”4/c/9/4/RnB_Live_Hollywood_03e8.jpg?adImageId=13056953&imageId=8466312″ width=”234″ height=”334″ /] The AP is reporting…Woodson died Sunday in […]

Two West Memphis, Ark. Police Officers Killed In Shootout,Two Suspects Shot Dead…Memorial Fund For Slain Officers In The Works.

May 21, 2010

This has been one of the deadliest days in the history of the West Memphis Police department, as two of their officers have fallen, and two other officers have been wounded during a wild shootout at a Wal-Mart in an attempt to apprehend a couple of crime suspects. [picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=west+memphis&iid=8869671″ src=”4/8/9/a/Memphis_Tennessee_News_e61b.jpg?adImageId=12932712&imageId=8869671″ width=”234″ height=”126″ […]

Civil Rights Hero,Pioneer,And Much-Loved Leader,Dr. Benjamin Hooks,85, Dies

April 15, 2010

Civil Rights leader Dr. Benjamin Hooks has died today in his Nashville,Tennessee home,at the age of 85, after battling a long illness. Dr. Hooks served a 15-year tenure atop the NAACP,which was 1 million dollars in debt and its membership was down to 200,000 – less than half its total from a decade earlier,when he took […]

Missing Woman’s Body Found Inside Motel Bed…While Renters Slept On Top Of Her For Several Months!!!

March 18, 2010

Here is a story that solidifies my belief in checking a room out for cleanliness at any hotel or motel I stay at,thoroughly,before I decide to stay there.Call me particular if you like, but I just believe that a hotel should provide a clean set of sheet, a clean pillow and pillow case, clean bathroom, […]

R.I.P. Jay Reatard – “It Ain’t Gonna Save Me”…or you…R.I.P.

January 13, 2010

Yet another brilliant musician/songwriter dies all too soon! Today,Memphis artist Jay Reatard was pronounced dead at the age of 29. http://www.billboard.com/news/jay-reatard-found-dead-in-memphis-home-1004059093.story#/news/jay-reatard-found-dead-in-memphis-home-1004059093.story A serious drag my people!!!!…, because Reatard was just getting started, and he had a lot to say! One of my favorite new artist..R.I.P. If you just like music, and don’t know about Jay […]

Lengendary Cross-Over Baller Allen Iverson Set To Retire From N.B.A.

November 26, 2009

The AP is reporting that the legendary professional Basketball player Allen Iverson is set to announce his retirement from the N.B.A. Iverson , a former Most Valuable Player for the N.B.A. has been in the league since the 1996 season, in which he was drafted in the first round by the Philadelphia 76ers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Iverson He […]

‘Post-Racial’American Hate Crimes Surge This Year Against Blacks, Gays, and Non-Christian Religous Groups

November 24, 2009

[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=civil+rights+murder&iid=1409782″ src=”2/0/7/2/40th_Anniversary_Of_03ba.jpg?adImageId=7801092&imageId=1409782″ width=”234″ height=”156″ /] The Neocon Republican Terrorist vision of a divided and segregated America, where everybody that is not a white Anglo-saxon Christian is considered cannon fodder and trash, is coming to fruition. It is reminiscent of the reaction to the new population of freed slaves that the white former […]