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Vernon Baker: Only Living African-American Awarded WWII Medal of Honor
Wofford College, a small classical private (and once highly segregated) Southern college, will confer upon Vernon Baker an honorary doctorate degree in September. Baker and six of his soldier comrades waited 52 years to receive their Medals of Honor that they deserved, but which had been denied after World II because they were African-Americans. By the time they were finally awarded, Mr. Baker was the only one who was still living to accept the Medal of Honor in person.
This very detailed, complex article includes photographs and two gripping videos (with a documentary about Vernon Baker).
I honestly am not concerned about "blogdom popularity" with regard to this piece. But I hope that some of you will care about reading it. On the one hand it's a very complicated article, but at the same time it's also just so deeply touching and heart-wrenching. The multi-faceted thoughts that are evoked by this narrative pierces ever so many of the issues that are tearing many of us apart today: racism, the escalating ravages of wars, the indifference of morally corrupt governmental bureaucracies and more. Wofford College, a small classical private (and once highly segregated) Southern college, will confer upon Vernon Baker an honorary do... more -
Racial Segragation?--That's Cool: Mardi Gras still segregated in Deep South V...
Mardi Gras is still segregated-however they dont care... both sides love and appreciate segregation... its a tradition that they follow since ages ago and whenever the have parades in Mobile, they are also segregation... Both sides have lavish ceremonies and Floats and celebrate the culture.... The segregation, though isnt sparked by racial hate... Its just tradition... Both sides love each other and ironically more peaceful than some of the most urban hate scenes higher up in the nation... Just goes to show that racism CAN be put down... Mardi Gras is still segregated-however they dont care... both sides love and appreciate segregation... its a tradition that they foll... more
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Slovakia urged to end segregation of Romani children in the special school of Pavl...
“In grade 7 of the special school I learned the same things that I learned in grade 3 of the mainstream school.”
14-year-old Romani boy, found to have been erroneously placed in the special school
In Slovakia, huge numbers of Romani children are inappropriately placed in "special schools" for children with mental disabilities, where they receive a substandard education, and have very limited opportunities for employment and further education. Independent studies suggest that as many as 80 per cent of children placed in special schools in Slovakia are Roma.
Once children are assigned to special schools, the door leading back to mainstream education for children of average or above-average ability remains shut.
Pavlovce nad Uhom is a town in eastern Slovakia, 10km from the borders with Ukraine. More than 50 per cent of its 4,500 inhabitants are Roma. There are two elementary schools in the town: a mainstream school and a special school for children with mental disabilities.
Nearly two thirds of Romani children attending primary school in Pavlovce nad Uhom are de facto segregated in the special school. 99.5 per cent of the approximately 200 pupils of the special school are Roma.
Officially, children can only be placed in special schools after the formal diagnosis of a mental disability and only with the full consent of their parents. However, many children in Pavlovce nad Uhom had not been assessed at all and the assessment process itself was deeply flawed. At the same time parental consent was often neither free nor informed.
Following inspections instigated by the Mayor of the locality in 2007, it was officially acknowledged that 17 of these pupils did not belong in the special school and had been placed there erroneously. Amnesty International believes the real number is far higher and that more Romani children - whose rightful place is in the mainstream school - continue to be denied their right to education in Pavlovce nad Uhom.
The serious human rights violations in Pavlovce nad Uhom are not just the result of individual human errors, but of a broader failure to eliminate discrimination in both the design and the implementation of the Slovak education system.
Amnesty International calls on the Slovak authorities to recognise these failings and introduce the necessary structural reforms. In particular Amnesty International calls on the Director of the Regional School Authority of the Košice region – founder of and directly responsible for the special school in Pavlovce nad Uhom – to:
* Ensure that all placement decisions are reviewed and all children currently attending Pavlovce nad Uhom special school re-assessed in order to identify pupils who may have been placed there erroneously, and ensure their swift reintegration in the mainstream school as appropriate; in those cases the Regional School Authority should also provide an effective remedy, including reparations to the children affected;
* Take appropriate measures against state employees who are found to have acted in breach of Slovak law and at the expense of the education of Romani children in Pavlovce nad Uhom;
* Ensure that the enrolment of pupils is under no circumstances approved by the special school Take Actionunless they have been clearly, objectively and unambiguously diagnosed with mental disabilities; such diagnosis must precede the placement of the child; parental request or consent should not be the decisive factor for such a placement. “In grade 7 of the special school I learned the same things that I learned in grade 3 of the mainstream school.” ... more -
FBI Documents Aiming at Civil rights Groups in the 1960's
For those of you have heard of the Coin Tel Pro here are the actual documents that targeted and took down civil rights groups and aimed at disbanding the black community.
Read it before you make any assumptions For those of you have heard of the Coin Tel Pro here are the actual documents that targeted and took down civil rights groups and aime... more -
GVEtv:INJUSTICE ANYWHERE MEANS THREAT TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE?
In this edition of GVEtv we take a look at past events spanning Americas history.
The past is a valuable asset in understanding the present and the future...
Food For Thought...What do you think? In this edition of GVEtv we take a look at past events spanning Americas history. ... more -
Invincible feat. Finale- "Locusts" (docu-music-video)
Detroit based Hip-Hop artists Invincible and Finale rhyme about the impacts of gentrification on the Motor City. This piece includes interviews with community activists discussing displacement and predatory planning versus sustainable development in the D.
Both the song and video for "Locusts" by Invincible feat. Finale, (produced by DJ House Shoes) are from Invincible's debut album Shapeshifters available on www.EMERGENCEmusic.net and www.bling47.com). Detroit based Hip-Hop artists Invincible and Finale rhyme about the impacts of gentrification on the Motor City. This piece includes i... more -
Saudi women 'kept in childhood'
It's time the world turned their eyes to this injustice. In the only country in the world in which women are not allowed to drive cars, Saudi Arabia institutionalizes sexism on a massive scale, denying rights to women across the board.
Aren't you glad you didn't grow up in Saudi?
I sure am! It's time the world turned their eyes to this injustice. In the only country in the world in which women are not allowed to drive... more -
Martin Luther King Jr., In The Name Of Love
'Early morning, April 4... shot rings out in the Memphis sky... free at last, they took your life, they could not take your pride.'
For Martin, with love. 'Early morning, April 4... shot rings out in the Memphis sky... free at last, they took your life, they could not take your prid... more -
YouTube - Barack Obama: 'A More Perfect Union' (Full Speech)
here is the whole speech
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Flying for Freedom
Part history and part social commentary, Flying for Freedom reveals the faces, the voices and the stories that go beyond the battlefields of this very special group of servicemen and their extraordinary legacy of courage. Part history and part social commentary, Flying for Freedom reveals the faces, the voices and the stories that go beyond the battlefie... more
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I have a Dream
Martin Luther King Jr., was taken from us too soon and we must never forget what he achieved and was working for.
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Desegregation pioneer dies at 90
Irene Morgan Kirkaldy fought bus segregation ten years before Rosa Parks
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