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Kamau Franklin
You Can’t Abolish the States Institutions without Abolishing the State that Created Them
10 Nov 2021
Kamau Franklin
Mississippi Finally Ratifies the 13th Amendment – Here Are Some Other Things that Mississippi Decided to Ratify First.
27 Feb 2013
By Kamau Franklin Mississippi is the poorest state in the union, and the state with the highest percentage of people with African ancestry. Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not. But the list of things the…
Kamau Franklin
An Ivory Tower Assassination of Malcolm X
20 Apr 2011
by Kamau K. Franklin Although much of the negative reaction to the late Manning Marable’s new bio of Malcolm X revolves around the book’s rehashed allegations of Malcolm’s homosexuality, the…
Kamau Franklin
Aristide's Return Will Bring Haiti’s Popular Organizations to the Front
23 Mar 2011
by Kamau K. Franklin Spirits are soaring among Haiti’s popular organizations, marking the end of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s seven-year, U.S.-imposed exile. Aristide is a “voice…
Kamau Franklin
Does the Black President Owe Anything to the Black Community?
16 Mar 2011
by Kamau Franklin For the first time in generations, a presidential election campaign saw virtually no demands from the Black side of the electorate. Two years into Barack Obama’s term, a…