The Principles of the Universal Negro Improvement Association Preamble Be It Resolved, That the Negro people of the world, through their chosen representatives in convention assembled in Liberty Hall, in the City of New York and United States of America, from August 1 to August 31, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine … Continue reading
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HBCU Politics™ Dozen Links 5/6 – 5/10
Did you miss HBCU Politics™ Dozen via Twitter? No worry. We are now putting them on the site for you to visit at your leisure. Government Departments Project in Texas taking 1 million tons of carbon dioxide out of the air to help increase oil production l DoEnergy http://go.usa.gov/T6cW Democrats proposes bill denying stalkers access … Continue reading
HBCU Politics™ Political Book Feature – The Myth of Continents: A Critique of Metageography
In this thoughtful and engaging critique, geographer Martin W. Lewis and historian Kären Wigen reexamine the basic geographical divisions we take for granted, and challenge the unconscious spatial frameworks that govern the way we perceive the world. Arguing that notions of East vs. West, First World vs. Third World, and even the sevenfold continental system … Continue reading
HBCU Politics™ Dozen Links 4/29 – 5/3
Did you miss HBCU Politics™ Dozen via Twitter? No worry. We are now putting them on the site for you to visit at your leisure. Government Departments 3D-printed faces derived from DNA found in discarded gum and hair l Smithsonian http://s.si.edu/kGYw2 Rural Alaska villages reduce their dependence on oil & save money on #energy costs … Continue reading
HBCU Politics™ Profile – Virginia Union University’s Douglas Wilder
The 1st African American governor to be elected in Virginia and 1st African American governor of any state since Reconstruction. Douglas Wilder, a double HBCU alum, did his undergraduate studies at Virginia Union University and received his law degree at Howard University. Continue reading
HBCU Politics™ Political Book Feature – Energy for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines
The near-meltdown of Fukushima, the upheavals in the Middle East, the BP oil rig explosion, and the looming reality of global warming have reminded the president and all U.S. citizens that nothing has more impact on our lives than the supply of and demand for energy. Its procurement dominates our economy and foreign policy more … Continue reading
HBCU Politics™ Profile – Texas Southern University’s Barbara Jordan
“Ms. Everything” – Barbara Jordan. Texas Southern University Alum served as a Texas state representative in both house and senate, U.S. congresswoman, Tuskegee Institute faculty, and only African American to serve as governor of Texas (albeit for only a day). Continue reading
HBCU Politics™ Political Book Feature – Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds
GLOBAL TRENDS 2030 is intended to stimulate thinking about the rapid and vast geopolitical changes characterizing the world today and possible global trajectories over the next 15 years. The world of 2030 will be radically transformed from our world today. By 2030, no country—whether the US, China, or any other large country—will be a hegemonic … Continue reading
HBCU Politics™ Political Book Feature – King of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
Before Barack Obama, Colin Powell, and Martin Luther King, Jr., there was Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. — the most celebrated and controversial black politician of his generation. An astute businessman known as “Mr. Civil Rights,” he represented Harlem for twenty-four years in the House of Representatives. He was a man of the cloth and a … Continue reading
HBCU Politics™ Histolitics: Kwame Nkrumah’s 1961 I Speak Of Freedom
By Kwame Nkrumah (President of Ghana 1951-66) For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent. The white man arrogated to himself the right to rule and to be obeyedby the non-white; his mission, he claimed, was to “civilise”Africa. Under this cloak, the Europeans robbed the continent ofvast riches and inflicted unimaginable suffering on the Africanpeople. All … Continue reading
