James Talbot Williams (February 25, 1940 – January 23, 2007) was a record holding professional competitive powerlifter from the United States of America. He competed in powerlifting just prior to the formation of the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF). During the early 1970s he set numerous bench press national and world records in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). On … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African-American Bodybuilders and Powerlifters
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Saturday Open Thread: COINTELPRO and The War On Black America
The Ghetto Informant Program (GIP) was an intelligence-gathering operation run by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 1967–1973. Its official purpose was to collect information pertaining to riots and civil unrest. Through GIP, the FBI used more than 7000 people to infiltrate poor black communities in the United States. The program was targeted at those likely to … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: COINTELPRO and The War On Black America
Wednesday Open Thread: COINTELPRO and The War On Black America
Good Morning POU! Until unknown people burglarized the FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, the night of March 8, 1971, there was only suspicion, not evidence, that the FBI actively worked to suppress dissent. What the Citizens Commission to Investigate the FBI found though, was more than just the agency working to suppress dissent, they were working to completely oppress … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: COINTELPRO and The War On Black America
Saturday Open Thread: More African-American Firsts
Morris Nolton Turner (December 11, 1923 – January 25, 2014) was an American cartoonist, creator of the strip Wee Pals, the first American syndicated strip with an integrated cast of characters. Turner was raised in Oakland, California, the youngest child of a Pullman porter father and a homemaker and nurse mother. He attended Cole Elementary School and McClymonds High … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: More African-American Firsts
Friday Open Thread: More African-American Firsts
Alice Allison Dunnigan (1906–1983) was an African-American journalist, civil rights activist and author. Dunnigan was the first African-American female correspondent to receive White House credentials, and the first black female member of the Senate and House of Representatives press galleries. She has written an autobiography entitled Alice A. Dunnigan: A Black Woman's … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: More African-American Firsts