Black Twitter has begun what will be MANY tribute days to The Obama family. It's election day, but it's also #ObamaDay. Personally, I think we need to make this a holiday....but let's put it on a Friday (3 day weekends and all). https://twitter.com/SheHatesJacoby/status/796003702779867136 … [Read more...] about Tuesday Evening Thread: #ObamaDay
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Wednesday Evening Thread: Final Presidential Debate
Thank God, it's almost over. … [Read more...] about Wednesday Evening Thread: Final Presidential Debate
Saturday Morning Thread: Black and Red – The History of African-Americans and Communism
Good Morning POU! We look at the final years of the large influence Communism had on African Americans. We continue at the point of the National Negro Congress as it morphs into the Civil Rights Congress. In 1946, the National Negro Congress (NNC) and the International Labor Defense (ILD) merged to form the Civil Rights Congress. The CRC continued its activities … [Read more...] about Saturday Morning Thread: Black and Red – The History of African-Americans and Communism
Friday Morning Thread: Black and Red – The History of African-Americans and Communism
Howard "Stretch" Johnson, a charismatic Harlemite who graduated from Cotton Club dancer to Communist Party youth leader, once claimed that in late 1930s New York "75% of black cultural figures had Party membership or maintained regular meaningful contact with the Party." He stretched the truth, but barely. The magnetic appeal of communism for African American writers … [Read more...] about Friday Morning Thread: Black and Red – The History of African-Americans and Communism
Thursday Morning Thread: Black and Red – The History of African-Americans and Communism
I admit that I had never heard of the National Negro Congress (yesterday's topic) or its youth affiliate organization, The Southern Negro Youth Congress. HIStory would have you believe black people didn't organize anything until the day after Rosa Parks sat down on the bus. However, we've had organized protests and strives for equal rights since the day of emanicipation. More … [Read more...] about Thursday Morning Thread: Black and Red – The History of African-Americans and Communism