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Eric Holder and the Whitewashing of Racism
Counterpunch
By TIM WISE

It was all too predictable that Attorney General Eric Holder would be attacked for his recent remarks about race in America. To suggest that the nation is still haunted by the specter of racism is unacceptable it seems, especially since, with the election of President Obama, we have ostensibly entered the “post-racial” era.

But in truth, the nation’s chief law enforcement officer deserves criticism more for what he didn’t say than for what he did. (more…)

Come celebrate MLK day, Monday, January 19, 12:00 at the Boys & Girls Club of Otero County, 201 Dale Scott Ave. Alamogordo, NM 88310 for a march to City Hall and back. Bring canned goods to donate to the Salvation Army. Sponsored by the MLK Committee.

“Surely, Mr. Obama’s acceptance speech was one of the greatest moments in American political history.”
~Chris Jones

Thanks to Chris Jones for submitting to naacpoc.org.

2 Voter Rights Cases, One Gripping a College Town, Stir Texas

New York Times

May 28, 2008

25 April 2008

By Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II
NC NAACP State Conference President

The NAACP is fiercely non-partisan. We do not endorse candidates. But for over 99 years, the NAACP has also been fiercely anti-racist. In 1898 White Supremacists who controlled the North Carolina Democratic Party at that time, published racist cartoons, lies, and half truths about Black people to plow the fields for a terrorist attack that killed scores of Black people and exiled Black and White leaders of the fragile political alliance that was forming. The cartoons, the attack ads of the day, stirred up hatred and violence that scared poor White voters out of the alliance, and disenfranchised Black voters for three generations of Jim Crow. (more…)

Published on Friday, April 4, 2008 by CommonDreams.org
40 Years Later, (The Late) Martin Luther King Still Silenced
by Jeff Cohen

Soon after Martin Luther King’s birthday became a federal holiday in 1986, I began prodding mainstream media to cover the dramatic story of King’s last year as he campaigned militantly against U.S. foreign and economic policy. Most of his last speeches were recorded. But year after year, corporate networks have refused to air the tapes.

Last night NBC Nightly anchor Brian Williams enthused over new color footage of King that adorned its coverage of the 40th anniversary of the assassination. The report focused on the last phase of King’s life. But the same old blinders were in place. (more…)