By The Numbers
By The Numbers – Special Use II
You kind of know that you faqued up in your job as president when the country holds a national evening of celebration when you lose the election. On the night of November 7, 2020, I […]
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By The Numbers
By The Numbers – Special Use
Each generation has a moment of national calamity that they can look back upon and say I was at or doing this or that when the calamity happened. On the night of November 7, 2016, […]
By The Numbers
By The Numbers – The Malaise II
Well, folks we only have two more presidents to cover after this series. For some of you “By The Numbers” has been an enlightening journey through the last two hundred years of racism and the […]
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State Of The Union?
We will be off this week for a family reunion and will return next week. Please enjoy one of my favorite articles… “State of The Union. On February 5, 2019, the President gave his State […]
Black History Month
When The Revolution Comes…
When the revolution comesSome of us will probably catch it on TV, with chicken hanging from our mouthsYou’ll know it’s revolution because there won’t be no commercialsWhen the revolution comes -The Last Poets The above […]
By The Numbers
By The Numbers – The Malaise
By the time Jimmy Carter came into office in 1977, the integration of our public schools was almost complete… except in Boston where the battle continued. So a few months back I was on a […]
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By The Numbers – It’s Getting Real Now
The next president we are going to talk about served from 1963 -1969. From my perspective… that is a black perspective… I can think of no other era in Black History as consequential save for […]
Black History Month
Who Was Stand Watie?
So we are going to take another break from our “By The Numbers” series, to talk about Stand Watie. Stand Watie is mentioned in our BTN – It’s Getting Real Now, series, and thought you […]
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By The Numbers – Civil Rights
So we’re going to start this BTN – Civil Rights segment by talking about the state of Missouri. Missouri is also known by the nickname, “The Show Me State.” So yeah, show me a black […]
Black History Month
Jack Johnson
“While writing my series on By The Numbers- Civil Rights, I mentioned Jack Johnson and his contribution to African American history, So I decided to take a break from the series for a moment and […]