R.I.P. Malcolm X: May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965

“If You Stick A Knife In My Back….”

The Last Speech….

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[Video] CPAC Discovers Hip-Hop

(Almost) no words except….

Oh you crazy rapping Republicans. And that moment at the 1:55 mark, just wow…

[via Ta-Nehisi Coates at The Atlantic]

PBS NewsHour Video: Bank of America to Pay $335M to Settle Countrywide Case of Alleged Racial Bias

It pains me no end that I still carry debt on a Bank of America credit card. I hate this company!

Read more at The New York Times.

[Video] Bryant Gumbel evokes slavery: says NBA Commissioner David Stern like ‘plantation overseer’

Ouch, you know things are getting ugly in the NBA Labor dispute when even milquetoast-ass Bryant Gumbel is playing the race card like this!

Read more: LA Times Blog | CBS Sports

[News] Teen Executed in 1944 May Have Been Innocent!

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“George Stinney, Jr. was 14 years old when South Carolina executed him in 1944, making him the youngest person executed in the U.S. in the 20th century. He was convicted of murdering two girls. Now there’s a move to clear his name. NBC’s Mark Potter reports….”

14 years old! You see where I’m going with this now, right?

[NBC Nightly News via The Grio]