African American Museum in Philadelphia Celebrates 6th Annual W.E.B. DuBois Day, Monday February 24, 2020

By Gloria Dulan-Wilson

Hello All:

One of the most fantastic brothers that ever lived and walked the planet was William Edward Burghardt DuBois - aka W.E.B. DuBois.  Scholar, author, activist, lover of Black people, leader, co-founder of the NAACP, The Crisis Magazine, among others. 

The African American Museum in Philadelphia will celebrate its 6th Annual W.E.B. DuBois Day on Monday, February 24, 2020 - doors open at 4:30  - the Museum is located at 7th and Arch Streets. 

DuBois, who did the seminal study, The Philadelphia Negro in 1899 for the University of Pennsylvania, as well as Souls of Black Folks, and enunciated the Talented Tenth, as well as Dusk of Dawn, Dark Water, The Gift of Black Folk, John Brown - and so many others - books our children, and many of us adults need to read.  And for those of us who have already read his works, we probably need to read them again - especially The Philadelphia Negro.

DuBois was born February 23, 1868 in Great Barrington, MA, and passed in 1963 in Accra, Ghana. He was smart enough to leave America when it became clear that the government was going to try to silence him because of his beliefs and great influence.  Too bad he was not able to take Paul Robeson with him, who ended up literally being a prisoner in his own home in Philadelphia for also trying to save Black people.

DuBois attended Fisk University, an HBCU in Tennessee, and graduated from Harvard University in 1895, but could not get gainful employment, despite the fact that he had an earned doctorate.  However, he was hired as a consultant by the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia to do the exponential analysis of Black life in Philadelphia.  Nothing of its magnitude had ever been done - before or since.   I remember having to study it in school - even though I had no idea at the time that I would ever live in Philly or even attend Lincoln University.  Interestingly enough, my Senior Thesis was on DuBois and Marcus Garvey - two great Black leaders, and their clash over whether Black people would fare better if they went back to Africa.  Garvey was for it, DuBois was against it.  The white news papers, who were trying to undermine Garvey, made a big deal of it in their meanstream newspapers - including the New York Times.   Ultimately, the white uberstructure prevented the more than 12 million Black people from returning to Africa; ironically, DuBois ended up spending his last years there.

The NAACP is now 111 years old, and still standing for Black People's Rights.  Thanks to Dr. DuBois, we not only have that, but the many wonderful contributions from his genius.

That said, make sure you come out to the AAMP and celebrate the life of this great man.

Stay Blessed & 
ECLECTICALLY BLACK 
Gloria Dulan-Wilson 
eclecticallyblacknews@gmail.com


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GDW EVENT ALERT EXTRA: Should Black People Consider SEPARATION?

By Gloria Dulan-Wilson

Hello All:



If you missed her on Friday, make sure you tune in or come out on Sunday -  Dr.  Ava Muhammad is speaking truth to power!  With so much talk about REPARATIONS - andthe President of Ghana, West Africa offering Dual Citizen Ship for African Americans in the YEAR OF RETURN - the 400th year of the kidnapping of Black People from Africa and being dragged to these and other shores to perform slave labor and endure heinous atrocities. 

“We want our own land. We want freedom, justice and equality, and we can’t get it without some measure of sovereignty and self control,” Muhammad said. “That’s where that comes from. Our black leaders, going far back in history — from Marcus Garvey to W.E.B. Du Bois to the Honorable Elijah Muhammad were proponents of separation.    - AVA MUHAMMAD

 

[Dr.] Ava Muhammad has visited cities across the United States conducting town halls in churches and mosques and posing the question of whether or not African Americans should separate from the United States. And on Friday night, in front of an overflow audience inside a room seating more than 300, Muhammad, the National Spokesperson for the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, brought that message to Philadelphia, the 15th city to hold such a town hall.

https://www.phillytrib.com/news/ava-muhammad-questions-if-blacks-should-separate-from-u-s/article_321b9460-2b9e-52cc-b461-c415a990453c.html

Dr. Ava Muhammad will be speaking this Sunday, June 23rd at Muhammad Mosque 12 - 2508 N. Broad St, Philadelphia 19132

(Corner of Broad & Cumberland)

 

 

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EVENT ALERT: MINISTER FARRAKHAN IN PHILADELPHIA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

By Gloria Dulan-Wilson
Hello All:

Well, with just a little more than a month left before the 20th Anniversary of the Million Man March in DC, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan will be attending a rally in Philadelphia, PA at the TINLEY TEMPLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH (750 SO. BROAD ST.)

The doors will open at 5:00 PM, but it has not yet been ascertained what time the Minister will address the audience.

The Million Man March was originally held in DC on October 16, 1995, and actually attracted two million Black men (and the women who love them), in an epochmaking gathering that spread from the steps of the White House to the Lincoln Memorial.

It was a peaceful gathering, and a beautiful sight to behold.  As Farrakhan administered the pledge to the participants, it was a stirring moment etched in Black history.

Many of the Black men who participated went home and fulfilled their pledge to devote their energy to the upliftment of Black people - some ran for office, some opened businesses, some developed affordable homes, some started education and employment programs. 

But now, 20 years later, there appears to have been a deterioration of some of the efforts and energiesd the Minister sought to engender - but not necessarily as much on the part of Black men, as it has been an effort from the meanstream to undermine the good that had been started.  

The Subprime Court eviscerated the Voting Rights act, leaving Black people vulnerable to the jim crow laws of the past; the economic downturn of the mid-2000 - brought to you by the courtesy of former ersatz president George Bush and the Repuglycon party, literally destroyed Black home ownership, Black businesses, and Black investments - leaving families vulnerable to foreclosures and the biggest land grab since the Oklahoma Ruin (Run?) of 1889, when they stole millions of acres of lands from Indians and Black/Indian Families.  

The escalation of privatized prison facilities, and the railroading of young Black males into prisons for non-violent misdemeanor crimes on the part of handpicked paid off judges.  

And of course, the increased number of egregious, heinous, aggressive, fatal shootings of Black men and women by people who call themselves members of the law enforcement, but should have never had a badge or a gun under any circumstances - who probably would not pass a sanity test, and who have been allowed to walk free by "grunge" (nothing "grand" about them) juries - likewise paid and hand picked.

With aggression coming from all corners - especially via the meanstream media's broadbrushed negative depiction of Black men, and of course our own complicit self sabotage, we are in a precarious situation as a people.  

This reunion, and hopefully REUNIFICATION  - of Black men (and women) and the REDEDICATION to our families, neighborhoods, and communities, is absolutely essential.  PHILADELPHIA is 68% Black, and has the largest majority urban Black population in the Northeast - but acts like second class citizens, instead of a major power base.  

The education system is an insult; but no one seems to be able to figure out how  to change it.  The housing situation in many areas is deplorable.  There are adults who need as much remediation as their children need decent educations, but are allowed to continue to live in dysfunctional, semi-literate situations, similar to the way Black people lived in Philly in the 1890s when W.E.B. duBois did his epochmaking 500 in depth, sociological study entitled THE PHILADELPHIA NEGRO.

The Million Man March 20th Anniversary, which takes place October 10, 2015 in DC, is entitled JUSTICE - OR ELSE.  Some view it as a threat - however, it really serves notice on a lot of levels - not just to trigger happy policemen, but to Black people who need to take principled stands to save themselves and their own families from the inner disintegration of quality of life.

But, of course, the Brother Minister is far more articulate and erudite than I am.  You need to make it your business to be there on Tuesday, September 8; and even more importantly, October 10, 2015 in DC.

The admission to the Tinley Temple is free and open to the public.  There are other activities that you also might be interested in below.

Stay Blessed &
ECLECTICALLY BLACK
Gloria 

Power Packed Week 

- Tues, Sept 1: Natl Believers Meeting

Nation of Islam In The Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful. As-Salaam Alaikum! MEMORANDUM Dear Brothers and Sisters, We hope this email finds you in good health and spirit.  Allah willing, we will have our National Believers Meeting on: Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 7:30 P.M. Central Time.  Thank you, Nation of Islam Ministry of Information

- Sat, Sept 5: Dinner with Sis Ava in Wilmington 

- Sun, Sept 6: Lecture from Sis Ava in Philly 

- Tues, Sept 8: Min Farrakhan at Tinley Temple

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EVENT ALERT: DUTCHMAN - LIMITED ENGAGEMENT AT THE CASTILLO THEATRE, NYC

By Gloria Dulan-Wilson

Hello All:

Fifty plus years ago Dutchman premiered at the Cherry Lane Theatre - it was Amiri Baraka's first play - and won him an Obie (Off Broadway) award. 

AMIRI BARAKA'S DUTCHMAN AT THE CASTILLO THEATRE

The great producer/director, Woodie King Jr. has reprised the play, in partnership with the Castillo Theatre, for a limited engagement.

I had the privilege of checking it out recently and it is as relevant now as it was when Amiri first penned and produced it. That's both good and bad news.  It means that he was, as always ahead of his time, with his fingers on the pulse of society.  The sad thing is that the needle on the timeline of society's progress has shifted but little since then - so the relevancy of this play is tragically and poignantly still valid.

Many of you will find yourselves riding on that same subway with Clay - the malleable one - while he gives Lulu a merry, but psycho/cerebral chase.  It is to be experienced as much as watched - you're drawn in to the drama and trauma as they make their way through the verbal gymnastics of this mighty tour de force.

CASTILLO NOTES:  The title Dutchman is an allusion to The Dutch East India Company, the most renowned slave ship company of the 17th century, whose flagship for the voyages between West Africa and America, tradition says, was named Flying Dutchman. The literary legend is The Flying Dutchman in which the central character is ever in pursuit of prey that can never be caught. This production will include the music of Wagner's The Flying Dutchman. Experimental, allegorical and angry, Dutchman is set on a New York City subway train, where Lula, a young white woman, strikes up a conversation with Clay, a young middle-class black man. As the play unspools, she goads him, with liberal righteousness, into releasing the anger that, as a black man, he must surely be harboring.

Ryan Jillian Kilpatrick does a wonderful job portraying the elusive, abusive Lulu, while Michael Alcide makes a perfect "Clay" everyman who is tempted and repulsed at the same time.  Bill Toles who produced the sound and audio draws you right into the reality of the ride.

Dutchman opened February 5 at the Castillo Theatre for a limited engagement - with March 8 being the final performance date.

For information and tickets contact Castillo at (212) 941-1234 - The Castillo Theatre is located at 543 W. 42nd Street in NYC.

Also note that Woodie King will produce Amiri Baraka's final play, THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA - the story of W. E. B. DuBois and his bouts with Senator Joseph McCarthy during the McCarthy Era.  There is a KICKSTARTER FUNDRAISING EFFORT to provide funds for this monumental production.  Those of you who are interested can contact Woodie King via the Castillo Theatre for information on how you can help.  Contributions as little as $10.00 will go a long way in making this historical play a reality.

Stay Blessed &
ECLECTICALLY BLACK

Gloria 



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Pennsylvania Legislation entertaining bill to mandate teaching the Jewish Holocaust in schools: WHAT ABOUT THE AFRICAN HOLOCAUST??

By Gloria Dulan-Wilson

Brothers and Sisters:

 

I originally posted this article in November.  ATAC has been working to get similar legislation for mandatory teaching of Black History in Pennsylvania Schools.  It seems idiotic to me to mandate the teaching of history that occurred outside our country while not upholding the same for history that is part and parcel of the making of the United States.   I have been informed that the legislation passed the state, with all of the Black legislators voting in favor, without taking any stand whatsoever for Black History or the expanded education of the students.  Who is this history supposed to benefit - when you consider that Philadelphia is 68% Black, it appears that there is a major imbalance here.

 

It's definitely up to the citizens of Pennsylvania in general, and Philadelphia in particular, to put the State Legislators on notice that this is stupid and unacceptable.  

 

Below is a repost of the original article:  

 

 

Hello All:
When I received this email from a trusted source on November 25, it took me a couple of days to absorb it. I couldn't quite wrap my mind around why such an edict should be going through the Pennsylvania State legislation since, as has been noted, they have yet to enforce a previous mandate that has been on the books for quite some time now to teach African/American History in the schools.

 

...Carter G. Woodson has produced a definitive and constructive critique of the educational system, with special reference to its blighting effects on the Negro; and the term he used, Mis-education, was the most apt and descriptive word available. It is still, in 2013, equally as relevant and expressive."

 

In addition to Carter G. Woodson, and W.E.B.duBois, Dr. Charles Blockson, Molefi Kete Asante, Michael Coard are contemporary scholars who reside in Philadelphia, and can also shed some light on what the impact is at this very point in time - 80 years after Woodson first published the book -that are still hampering Black Philadelphians, as well as Black People.

 

It is patently clear that the Pennsylvania State Legislature, thus far, has no interest or investment in the education or well being of Black students in Philadelphia, or surrounding areas, or they would not have closed down 29 schools, under the guise of budgetary considerations, while at the same time proposing over $15,000,000 in allocations for a Holocaust museum; and simultaneously putting the shuttered schools up for sale - an obvious land grab and a way of throwing funds to contractors and developers to curry their favor and funding for future election runs. Many of these schools are hundreds of years old, should have been landmarked, and should have been assisted with their problems instead of being destabilized and destroyed.

 

It is up to each and every resident of Philadelphia, people in the surrounding states, Black people nationwide, to put a stop to this obvious attempt to further eviserate, denigrage, and humiliate Black people whether in Philly, New York, DC, Virginia, North/South Carolina, California - If you don't - you and your children are DOOMED to never ever have a place of significance, success, relevance or blessing now or in the future.

 

If we can elect a BLACK PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES - TWICE; we can determine and demand the educational destiny of our Black Children, whether in elementary, secondary or college education programs be positive, empowering, relevant, and as much about them as the STEM programs that are being fashioned as the required curriculum. Without an education that is culturally, intellectually, and educationally relevant, we will continue to be our own self marginalizers. We do not need to continue to be the ones who help the transducers (Woodson's favorite word) hold us down. We have to exercise our collective consciousnesses, and take action to make sure that we are not subjugated to others' need to control our minds.

Stay Blessed&

ECLECTICALLY BLACK

Gloria Dulan-Wilson 

 

NOTE: Rather than rewrite the email, I'm presenting it in it's entirety, along with some comments from others who are equally outraged at the affront on the part of the Corbett Administration to try and impose this heinous law on the Philadelphia school system, at this or any other time, while completely ignoring the plight their own residents and their descendants have suffered for over 400 years; many of whom are still grappling with post traumatic slave syndrome and other side effects of oppression:

WHAT ABOUT THE AFRICAN HOLOCAUST?? SMDH

(I am still withholding the name of the person who sent it to me):

Please check out the story below about a bill to mandate PA students are taught about the Jewish holocaust.  I'm glad its gone public because I couldn't talk about it before because of my job with the House.  I have big problems with this. First, that (the Jewish Holocaust) happened in another country on another continent. Second, all American students need to be taught about the holocaust that happened here for 400 years -- the African Holocaust that brought our ancestors to this god-forsaken land in slavery. That happened here and affects us directly. Third, the holocaust against the Indigenous people of America also needs to be taught.  The Philly school district was mandated to teach Black history several years ago and still hasn't implemented it. I was one of those students who participated in the citywide demonstration for Black history and dignity at the Board of Ed back in the 60s when Rizzo's mounted police beat us down with billy clubs.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20131125_Nuremberg__Forget_it__They_don_t_even_know_Hitler.html

State Sen. Tony Williams, who wants to be mayor, is a sponsor of one of these bills and other negro politicians have co-sponsored various versions. Mis-Education criticizes the system, and explains the vicious circle that results from mis-educated individuals graduating, then proceeding to teach and mis-educate others 

 SMDH "I told my boss  he'd better NOT co-sponsor any of those bills without amending them to include the African Holocaust which lasted 400 years, dispersed enslaved Africans around the world, raped, lynched and tortured them, took the lives of millions of our ancestors  including those lost in the Middle Passage, took our languages, religion/culture and broke up families. "

The community needs to make it clear to the negroes that co-sponsored these bills that it's not acceptable unless the African Holocaust is specifically named and included.  

Vanessa Brown, the chair of the Black Caucus (what a joke) is on one of them and Cherelle Parker sponsored a resolution commending Jews for teaching at HBCUs SMDH. {Mis-Education criticizes the system, and explains the vicious circle that results from mis-educated individuals graduating, then proceeding to teach and mis-educate others}

Where is the voice of the caucus speaking up for our African ancestors?  Negroes still kowtowing to the Jews while ignoring their own history. There were Jews that owned slaves, and participated in and made big money off of the African Holocaust. The ship that b rought the Liberty Bell over was a slave ship owned by Jews from the Univ. of PA ("The LIberty Bell Era" by Charles L. Blockson) The powers that be associate the word "holocaust" with Jews and Germany only. SMDH That must change.

 
"The most imperative and crucial element in CARTER G. WOODON'S concept of mis-education hinged on the education system's failure to present authentic BLACK {Negro} History in schools and the bitter knowledge that there was a scarcity of literature available for such a purpose, because most history books gave little or no space to the Black man's presence in America. Some of them contained casual references to BLACK PEOPLE {Negroes} but these generally depicted them in menial, subordinate roles, more or less sub-human. Such books stressed their good fortune at having been exposed, through slavery, to the higher (white man's) civilization. There were included derogatory statements relating to the primitive, heathenish quality of the African background, but nothing denoting skills, abilities, contributions or potential in the image of the Blacks, in Africa or America. Woodson considered this state of affairs deplorable, an American tragedy, dooming the BLACK PEOPLE {Negro} to a brain-washed acceptance of the inferior role assigned to him by the dominant race, and absorbed by him through his schooling. " Intro to the Newest Edition of the MIS-EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO by Carter G. Woodson
Moreover, the neglect of Afro-American History and distortion of the facts concerning Negroes in most history books, deprived the black child and his whole race of a heritage, and relegated him to nothingness and nobodyness.

This needs to be discussed publicly with a public response from Black historians and others.  People at WURD Radio love some of these politicians so don't depend on them to bring it up. 

The people must speak out! If no-one says anything and one of those bills passes as is, then that's what we get. I don't want to hear anyone fussing about it after the  deal is done like Black folks usually do. 

Now is the time to let your views be known.  However, we do know that in 2013, Black folk are still scared of Jewish backlash, while no-one is scared of the Black backlash.

Below is a sample of some of the bills and the link to read the original documents.  

What say YOU?

 

When Rhonda Fink-Whitman decided to test college students' knowledge of the Holocaust, lugging a video camera to four local campuses, she discovered some amazing facts:  Adolf Hitler was the leader of Amsterdam. Josef Mengele was an author. And JFK led the Allies during World War II, assisted by an American Army general named Winston Churchill.  Hardly any students had heard of the Holocaust, the Nazis' systematic murder of six million Jews. And when her questions turned to the Night of Broken Glass, the Nuremberg Trials, or the meaning of the phrase the Final Solution, forget it.
Her 15-minute film, "The Mandate Video," is a powerful piece of advocacy, viewed more than 260,000 times on YouTube and helping drive a campaign to require Pennsylvania schools to teach children about the Holocaust. The effort has attracted passionate supporters (OBVIOUSLY THEY DID NOT CONTACT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE OPPOSED TO THIS - CONSIDERABLY TEN TIMES THAT NUMBER) but seems stalled in the legislature

Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20131125_Nuremberg__Forget_it__They_don_t_even_know_Hitler.html#E2IMHXH3EW0UkCEo.99

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House Bill 1424 P.N. 1940 of 2013 - 2014 Regular Session     9 Hits  

Prime Sponsor: Representative CLYMER
Introduced: May 23, 2013 Last Action: First consideration, Oct. 16, 2013
Short Title Extract:

An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in terms and courses of study, providing for Holocaust, genocide and human rights violations instruction....

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...and parochial schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the laws relating thereto," in terms and courses of study, providing for Holocaust, genocide and human rights violations instruction. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1 No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a section to read: Section 1554. Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Violations Instruction.--(a) (1) Beginning with school year 2015-2016, each school entity may offer instruction

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House Bill 176 P.N. 184 of 2013 - 2014 Regular Session     9 Hits  

Prime Sponsor: Representative B. BOYLE
Introduced: January 22, 2013 Last Action: Referred to EDUCATION,  Jan. 22, 2013
Short Title Extract:

An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, providing for Holocaust, genocide and human rights violations instruction....

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...provisions applicable as well to private and parochial schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the laws relating thereto," providing for Holocaust, genocide and human rights violations instruction. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1 No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a section to read: Section 1554. Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Violations Instruction.--(a) (1) Beginning with school year 2015-2016, each public school student shall receive

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Senate Bill 47 P.N. 16 of 2013 - 2014 Regular Session     8 Hits  

Prime Sponsor: Senator WILLIAMSIntroduced: January 4, 2013 Last Action: Referred to EDUCATION,  Jan. 4, 2013
Short Title Extract:

An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, providing for Holocaust, genocide and human rights violations instruction....

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...provisions applicable as well to private and parochial schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the laws relating thereto," providing for Holocaust, genocide and human rights violations instruction. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1 No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a section to read: Section 1554. Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Violations Instruction.--(a) Beginning with school year 2014- 2015 and each school year thereafter, each public

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House Resolution 156 P.N. 1163 of 2013 - 2014 Regular Session     8 Hits  

Prime Sponsor: Representative FRANKEL
Introduced: March 14, 2013 Last Action: (Remarks see House Journal Page 369),  March 20, 2013
Short Title Extract:

A Resolution recognizing April 7 through 14, 2013, as "2013 Days of Remembrance" and April 8, 2013, as "Holocaust Remembrance Day" in Pennsylvania in commemoration of the millions of innocent victims of Nazi atrocities....

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...14, 2013 A RESOLUTION Recognizing April 7 through 14, 2013, as "2013 Days of Remembrance" and April 8, 2013, as "Holocaust Remembrance Day" in Pennsylvania in commemoration of the millions of innocent victims of Nazi atrocities. WHEREAS, The Holocaust was the state-sponsored, systematic persecution and annihilation of the European Jewry by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933

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Senate Resolution 68 P.N. 755 of 2013 - 2014 Regular Session     5 Hits  

Prime Sponsor: Senator STACK
Introduced: March 20, 2013
Last Action: (Remarks see Senate Journal Page 287),  March 20, 2013 Short Title Extract:

A Resolution designating April 7 through 14, 2013, as "Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust" in Pennsylvania.

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...MARCH 20, 2013 A RESOLUTION Designating April 7 through 14, 2013, as "Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust" in Pennsylvania. WHEREAS, From 1933 to 1945 six million Jews were murdered in the Nazi Holocaust as part of a systematic pogrom of genocide, and millions of other people perished as victims of Nazism; and WHEREAS

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House Resolution 161 P.N. 1185 of 2013 - 2014 Regular Session     3 Hits  

Prime Sponsor: Representative SABATINA
Introduced: March 15, 2013 Last Action: Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT,  March 15, 2013
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A Resolution declaring support for the State of Israel, recognizing the geopolitical challenges Israel faces and highlighting the special relationship that has existed between the United States of America and Israel since the inception of Israel as a nation....

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...in the world; and WHEREAS, During the years of 1941 to 1945, the Jewish people suffered the horrors of the Holocaust, as nearly 6,000,000 European Jews died during the oppressive reign of the German Nazi Regime; and WHEREAS, The around the world including the United States homeland; and WHEREAS, Today, Israel is faced with the prospect of a second holocaust, as they are threatened by repeated public declarations of complete annihilation by neighboring countries which are hostile to the very

NOTE :BLACK IN THE DAY, before self-definition,  WE WERE CALLED "NEGROES" - It is not an acceptable term in contemporary usage, but I am not going to go through each and every statement and correct it.  Use your subliminal cognitive intelligence and every where you see that term from older treatises think BLACK.  To be called a "negro" in today's parlance, is to be on the level of an "uncle tom."  Before his passing in the 60's, Dr. DuBois has fully changed his commentary to Black or African American :   

In 1935 DuBois wrote:  ".. race prejudice in the United States today is such that most Negroes cannot receive proper education in white institutions ... many public school systems in the North where Negroes are admitted and tolerated but they are not educated; they are crucified ... certain Northern universities where Negro students ... cannot get fair recognition, either in classroom or on the campus, in dining hall or student activities, or in human common courtesy ... at Harvard, Yale, and Columbia, Negroes are admitted but not welcomed; while in other institutions like Princeton they cannot even enroll. "

 

In further development of his thesis that Blacks needed special education, Dr. DuBois made a       point-blank statement with respect to a constructive means of overcoming the mis-education to which they were subjected: "Negroes must know the history of the Negro race in America, and this they will seldom get in white institutions. Their children ought to study textbooks like Brawley's "Short History," the first edition of Woodson's "Negro in Our History," and Cromwell, Turner, and Dykes' "Readings from Negro Authors." Negroes who celebrate the birthdays of Washington and Lincoln, and relatively unimportant "founders" of various Negro colleges, ought not to forget the 5th of March,—that first national holiday of this country, which commemorates the martyrdom of Crispus Attucks. They ought to celebrate Negro Health Week and Negro History Week. They ought to study intelligently and from their own point of view, the slave trade, slavery, emancipation, Reconstruction and present economic development.    Dr. DuBois proceeded then to explain in careful detail that he was making no special plea for segregated schools, or mixed schools, but for education. To use his language:. "a separate Negro school where children are treated like human beings, trained by teachers of their own race, who know what it means to be black in the year of salvation 1935, is infinitely better than making our boys and girls doormats to be spit and trampled upon and lied to by ignorant social climbers, whose sole claim to superiority is ability to kick "ni--ers" when they are down. "  

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Senate Resolution 100 P.N. 950 of 2013 - 2014 Regular Session     1 Hit  

Prime Sponsor: Senator DINNIMAN
Introduced: April 16, 2013
Last Action: (Remarks see Senate Journal Page 381),  April 16, 2013 Short Title Extract:

A Resolution commemorating the 65th anniversary of the birth of the State of Israel.

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...1917 by the Balfour Declaration and later reaffirmed by the League of Nations; and WHEREAS, The atrocities of the Nazi Holocaust and the death of millions of Jews in Europe reestablished and refocused the need for an independent Jewish state; and

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Senate Bill 680 P.N. 1517 of 2013 - 2014 Regular Session     1 Hit  

Prime Sponsor: Senator CORMAN
Introduced: March 13, 2013
Last Action: Act No. 85 Short Title Extract:

An Act providing for the capital budget for the fiscal year 2013-2014; itemizing public improvement projects, furniture and equipment projects, transportation assistance projects, redevelopment assistance capital projects, flood control projects, Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund projects, State forestry bridge projects, State ATV/Snowmobile Fund projects, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission projects, Manufacturing Fund projects, Oil and Gas Lease Fund projects, Environmental Stewardship Fund projects, highway bridge projects and State Stores Fund current revenue projects to be constructed or acquired or assisted by the Department of General Services, the Department of Community and Economic Development, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Transportation or the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, together with their estimated financial costs; authorizing the incurring of debt without the approval of the electors for the purpose of financing the projects to be constructed, acquired or assisted by the Department of General Services, the Department of Community and Economic Development, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Transportation or the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission; stating the estimated useful life of the projects; and making appropriations....

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...Base Project Allocation - $1,500,000) 12 (D) Construction, infrastructure and 13 other related costs for Albright 14 College Library Holocaust Resource 15 Center project 16 Project Allocation 500,000 17 (Base Project Allocation - $500,000) 18 (E) Renovation, restoration, 19

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House Resolution 309 P.N. 1733 of 2013 - 2014 Regular Session     1 Hit  

Prime Sponsor: Representative SCHLOSSBERG
Introduced: May 8, 2013 Last Action: Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT,  May 8, 2013
Short Title Extract:

A Resolution commemorating the 65th anniversary of the birth of the State of Israel.

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...1917 by the Balfour Declaration and later reaffirmed by the League of Nations; and WHEREAS, The atrocities of the Nazi Holocaust and the death of millions of Jews in Europe reestablished and refocused the need for an independent Jewish state; and

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House Resolution 254 P.N. 1521 of 2013 - 2014 Regular Session     1 Hit  

Prime Sponsor: Representative PARKERIntroduced: April 17, 2013 Last Action: (Remarks see House Journal Page ),  June 25, 2013
Short Title Extract:

A Resolution recognizing and honoring the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia on the occasion of the exhibit "Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow: Jewish Refugee Scholars at Black Colleges" and its value to American history....

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...at Black Colleges"; and WHEREAS, Created by New York City's Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, this powerful exhibit depicts how Jewish professors emigrated from Europe and found employment at Historically Black Colleges and Universities in

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You can go to the legislature's website and read the original bills with all of the co-sponsors on it.

http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/textSearchAction.cfm?allowCache=true&cmd=search&searchType=allwords&sort=Hits&sa=0&CiScope=20130txt&CiRestriction=holocaust&currPnOnlyBT=on

African Proverb: When you are playing with a dog, do not ever forget to keep a stick within reach.

COMMENTARIES THUS FAR:

COMMENTARY ONE:

1. Are we clear that the definitions they are using in the proposed legislation for Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Violations do not include the enslavement of Black people in the "Americas"?

2. Anybody interested in starting a "Move ON" Petition against legislation?

3.Has this been sent to the MKA Institute? 

4. Has Avenging the Ancestors (Michael Coard) organized around this at all?

5. Has NAACP (Philly or PA chapters) organized around this at all?

6. Where does the Parent school groups stand on this?

This sounds really crazy just from the standpoint of enshrining such a requirement in law. Is the precedence for this?

 COMMENTARY TWO:

I'm going to write letters of protest and concern to them and let them know how I feel. We always complain to each other instead of the people perpetrating this nonsense.  

 State Rep. Vanessa Brown -- chair of PA Black Caucusvbrown@pahouse.net

District Office Addresses:

1435 N. 52nd St. Philadelphia, PA 19131 Phone: (215) 879-6615 Fax: (215) 879-6616   Senator Anthony Williamswilliams@pasenate.com 2901 Island Avenue Suite 100 Philadelphia, PA 19153 (215) 492-2980 FAX: (215) 492-2990

 COMMENTARY THREE:

I say, "NOT BEFORE THE AFRICAN HOLOCAUST AKA THE AFRICAN ENSLAVEMENT AND MAAFA YOU DON'T!!! Not to leave out the salt in the festering wound of the absence of truth in whatever little to nothing that is taught about THE FIRST NATIONS of this land HOLOCAUST. The Jewish/Romany(Gypsy)/bi-racial (African-Germans) that took place in EUROPE can and should be taught in world history here in the U.S., along with all the other genocidal nightmares perpetrated by humankind that have taken place. That's not anti-Semitic by the way; that's just reality and logic. And by the way, anti-Semitism is inclusive of the Arabs who are also equally categorized as Semites.  NO NO NO NO NO!!!!! Indigenous and Africans FIRST. And if this wrong succeeds in Philadelphia, it will replicate all across the U.S.

 

 COMMENTARY FOUR: I suggest you forward this link to the legislators in Harrisburg, as well as any and all others who are not familiar with, or have forgotten the very impactful and salient teachings of Carter G. Woodson:

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ADDITIONAL COMMENTARIES:

The (BLACK) community needs to make it clear to the negroes that co-sponsored these bills that it's not acceptable unless the African Holocaust is specifically named and included. MK Jewett

"HISTORY MUST RESTORE WHAT SLAVERY TOOK AWAY."

  _ Arthur  Alfonso Schomburg - Founder of the Schomburg Library

If we stand tall it is because we stand on the backs of those who came before us. Yorùbá proverb

"You are a unique expression of a divine will. You do not need permission for what you think.  You do not need permission for what you feel.  And you certainly do not need permission to be who you are, nor to do what you feel you were sent here to do.  The only person who needs to approve it is you_it has already been approved by higher forces.  James Weeks/Across The King's River

"I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma."  Eartha Kitt, Ibaye

“When consciousness is transformed things begin to happen, man begins to operate differently, see differently, feel differently. Seeing differently makes a big difference to what you become.” Ivan Van Sertima, ibaye

"...Wisdom comes from fundamental awareness.  Those capable of it hear only a word and comprehend complexity. Those still unable to achieve it hear years of instruction and still remain at base level....

 _Babalawo Fadare AmenSia

"All that you touch you change."Octavia E. Butler

NOW THAT YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?  WHAT'S THE PLAN? 

Stay Blessed & 

ECLECTICALLY BLACK

Gloria Dulan-Wilson

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