From Civil Rights to Environmental Justice
Mike Harrington Mike Harrington

From Civil Rights to Environmental Justice

Both the Civil Rights Movement and, some would say, the modern Environmental Justice Movement were birthed in large part by Black people from the South. We can even throw in the abolitionist movements that eventually led to the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, which, about a century later, gave the US an actual pretense of democracy.

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The Occupation of Chicago
Mike Harrington Mike Harrington

The Occupation of Chicago

Rata de dos patas/Te estoy hablando a ti/Porque un bicho rastrero/Aun siendo el más maldito

Comparado contigo/Se queda muy chiquito - from Rata de Dos Patas by Paquita La Del Barrio

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Highest 2 Lowest: Black & Bougie?
Mike Harrington Mike Harrington

Highest 2 Lowest: Black & Bougie?

Spike Lee's fifth outing with Denzel Washington, highest 2 lowest, is a very BLACK movie. It is also a depiction of the bougiest negroes I've seen on screen since probably the Cosby Show (Or Whitley Gilbert). The weird thing is, though, I got most of the references to "high” Black American culture

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