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MELANIN A Key To Freedom (The Black Family Journey Through the Nile and Beyond) - Dr. King
An excerpt from the lecture by DR RICHARD KING, MD author of African Origin of Biological Psychiatry,
Melanin: Key To Freedom, The Black Dot and many more articles. Dr. King
will be introducing a recently presented paper on
Melanin, Neuromelanin, Ben-Ben Stone and Egyptian History. . Dr. King
was a facilitator for many years at The Aquarian Spiritual Society under
the guidance of Dr. Alfred and Bernice Ligon of the Aquarian Bookstore
(1943-1992). Dr. Richard Devoid King MD practices psychiatry in Los
Angeles, California. Dr. King graduated with an MD 40 years ago.
The Youtube link: http://youtu.be/FcgbL8OGxzI
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It's a classic underdog tale: David, a young shepherd armed only with a sling, beats Goliath, the mighty warrior. The story has transcended its biblical origins to become a common shorthand for unlikely victory. But, asks Malcolm Gladwell, is that really what the David and Goliath story is about? Detective of fads and emerging subcultures, chronicler of jobs-you-never-knew-existed, Malcolm Gladwell's work is toppling the popular understanding of bias, crime, food, marketing, race, consumers and intelligence. http://www.ted.com/speakers/malcolm_gladwell.html
Be prepared, use strategy, make opportunity !
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About Barashango:
Rev. Dr. Ishakamusa Barashango began his journey to Nsamando, the land of the Ancestors on January 14, 2004. The dynamic minister, author, historian, educator and motivational speaker was born April 27, 1938 to Florine Mason in Philadelphia, PA. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Religion from Oakwood College, Huntsville, AL and was awarded Honorary Doctor of Philosophy Degrees from the College of Doctors of the New Afrikan University Network System, Washington, DC and the Sankore Institute operating under the auspices of Texas Southern Universty, Houston,TX. Rev. Barashango founded the Temple of the Black Messiah, School of History and Religion and co-founded Fourth Dynasty Publishing Company of Silver Spring. He also taught history and religion at several colleges and universities. In August, 1996 he married Lydia Umyemi who worked with him to establish the Temple of the Black Messiah, New World Church of All Faiths, Philadelphia, PA. Baba is survived by his wife Lydia Umyemi, his children; Daima Abdur-Rasheed, Wayne (Chaka) Mason, Damali Mason, Osagefo, T-Shaka Changa Cunningham, Njema Walker, Imari Marcel Nialah Barashano Washington, several grandchildren, and a host of grandchildren. Condolences and donations may be sent in care of Lydia Umyemi, Cornucopia, 4942 Parkside Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19131. A tribute is planned for February 14, 2004.
Dr. Barashango departed from us to another sphere on January 14 in Philadelphia. He apparently succumbed to a heart attack during his morning walk. Barashango, who was elevated to a grand master scholar in 2000 while in Kemet and co-founder and creative director of the Fourth Dynasty Publishing Company in Silver Spring, Maryland, would have been 66 in April.
“I’ve known Dr. Barashango for more than a quarter of a century,” said Dr. Jack Felder. “In fact, we talked for about two hours two days before he made his transition. One thing he always stressed and that most impressed me was that we can never free our minds as long as we view God as a white man or as long as we keep worshiping white people’s Holy-days (Holidays). He was a pillar of our community.”
Dr. Barashango, affectionately known as Baba, received his bachelor of arts degree in religion from Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama. He studied for his master’s degree at Northeastern Seminary in Takoma Park, Maryland. The New Afrikan University Network System of Washington, D.D. saluted him with an honorary Doctor of Philosophy Degree in 1979.
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African Roots of our beliefs and science is presented by Dr. Ben (Dr. Yosef Alfredo Antonio Ben-Jochannan). In this presentation he discusses the African roots, connections, and comparable aspects of what is considered as Western Religions and sciences.
http://www.raceandhistory.com/Historians/ben_jochannan.htm
Dr. Ben says, "I shall show that Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are as much African as they are Asian in origin, and in no sense what-so-ever European as the title, "Western Religions" suggests;" Dr. Ben's ultimate goal in this work is to show the definite links between exclusively indigenous traditional African learning systems with these so-called "Western Religions." Dr. Ben concludes that the term "Western Religions" "is a misnomer and is as racist as it sounds." "Western Religions" like "Greek Philosophy," cannot escape its indigenous African origin says Dr. Ben.
Ben-Jochannan was born the only child of an Afro-Puerto Rican Jewish mother named Julia Matta and an Ethiopian father named Kriston ben-Jochannan, in a Falasha community in Ethiopia.[2][1]
He was educated in Puerto Rico, Brazil, Cuba, and Spain, earning degrees in engineering and anthropology. In 1938, Ben-Jochannan earned a BS in Civil Engineering at the university of Puerto Rico, despite the fact that the University of Puerto Rico did not offer this degree, nor was there an Engineering Department until 1942. In 1939 a Master's degree in Architectural Engineering from the University of Havana, Cuba. He received doctoral degrees in Cultural Anthropology and Moorish History from the University of Havana and the University of Barcelona, Spain.
Ben-Jochannan immigrated to the United States in the early 1940s. He worked as a draftsman and continued his studies. He claims that in 1945, he was appointed chairman of the African Studies Committee at the headquarters of the newly founded UNESCO, a position from which he stepped down in 1970. In 1950, Ben-Jochannan began teaching Egyptology at Malcolm King College, then at City College in New York City. From 1976 to 1987, he was an adjunct professor at Cornell University.[4] Dr. Ben is considered to be a world-renowned Egyptologist.
Ben-Jochannan is the author of 49 books, primarily on ancient Nile Valley civilizations and their impact on Western cultures.[2] In his writings, he argues that the original Jews were from Ethiopia and were Black Africans, while the white Jews later adopted the Jewish faith and its customs.
African Origins of the Bible (#1 of 8)
Rev. Dr. Ishakamusa Barashango
From volume one of the cassette tape series of the same name.
This is a recording of a lecture from the early 1990s. THEOLOGIAN, AUTHOR, SCIENTIST, RESEARCHER & ANALYST Dr. Barashango is a historian in the Black liberation struggle and a citizen of the Republic of New Afrika (Heaven). Here is the link to the lecture:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_kpVTcLtM4
The brother turns those he lectures to, into whole beings of mind, body and spirit. He puts biblical characters and lands in perspective, while providing a wealth of information about the Mother and Father force known as the Creator. While best known as a lecturer on the history of African People, he was also a former ordained and educated Christian minister.
Rev. Dr. Ishakamusa Barashango began his journey to Nsamando, the land of the Ancestors on January 14, 2004. The dynamic minister, author, historian, educator and motivational speaker was born April 27, 1938 to Florine Mason in Philadelphia, PA. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Religion from Oakwood College, Huntsville, AL and was awarded Honorary Doctor of Philosophy Degrees from the College of Doctors of the New Afrikan University Network System, Washington, DC and the Sankore Institute operating under the auspices of Texas Southern Universty, Houston,TX.
Rev. Barashango founded the Temple of the Black Messiah, School of History and Religion and co-founded Fourth Dynasty Publishing Company of Silver Spring. He also taught history and religion at several colleges and universities.
In August, 1996 he married Lydia Umyemi who worked with him to establish the Temple of the Black Messiah, New World Church of All Faiths, Philadelphia, PA.
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Dr. Martin Luther King
"This is what happened to the Black Man in America........ He was left penniless and illiterate.................Emancipation to the Negro was to be freedom from hunger.......... It was Freedom and famine at the same time and it's a miracle that the Negro has survived."
To Black Radio Dr. King said “In a real sense you have paved the way for social and political change by creating a powerful cultural bridge between black and white. School integration is much easier now that they share a common music, a common language, and enjoy the same dances. You introduced youth to that music and created the language of soul and promoted the dance that now sweeps across race, class and nation.”
This is the full speech, a rare find of Dr King addressing the National Association of TV and Radio Announcers (NATRA).. here King talks about the important role Black radio played in furthering the Civil Rights struggle.. He also drops gems that many associate with his famous Transforming a Neighborhood Into a Brotherhood speech.. This is the Dr King that has been hidden from us and downplayed..He's on point with both his analysis and spirit.. He talks about how white folks were given free land when they moved out west while the sons and daughters of slaves were left penniless via Jim Crow laws and other forms of discrimination thus putting us far behind.. This is an incredible speech.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wxBCl1RDwA
The Honorable Dr. King who challenged Jim Crow laws and discrimination was considered by his enemies to be a rabble rouser who was creating a dangerous climate with ‘incendiary’ words. His words were so powerful that former FBI head J Edgar Hoover saw fit to follow him and try to disrupt his activities via a program called Cointel-Pro.
There were many including some Black preachers who did not want King to come to their towns and speak because he would stir things up. His ability to move the masses was threatening.
Now at the end of the day, King was able to help push through the Civil Rights Bill of 1964 which put an end to most Jim Crow Laws. He was able to help get the Voting Rights Act of 1965 passed which ended discrimination practices at the polls. At the same time Kings powerful words so enraged folks, that he was constantly receiving death threats. He also ruffled the feathers of powerful people including President Lydon Johnson after he spoke out against the Vietnam War.
If Kings words were seen as important weapons against discrimination, why are we not seeing the words of today’s far right punditry weapons to support oppression and draconian behavior and policies?
The other thing to keep in mind about Dr King was his shrewd understanding of media in particular radio and what a powerful tool it was. many do not talk about the special relationship King had with Jack ‘Jack tha Rapper Gibson and the nations first Black owned radio station WERD founded in 1949 which was housed in the same building as King’s SCLC headquarters on Auburn street in Atlanta.
Gibson is credited with being the first to broadcast King and other Civil Rights leaders on public airwaves. There are stories about how when rallies and special events were unfolding, King would bang on the ceiling with a broom to the studio housed above him, the disc jockey would lower the boom mic and King would speak to the people via radio.
In 1967 Dr King delivered a rare and powerful speech in Atlanta to NATRA ( National Association of Television and Radio Announcers). The members of this important African American organization were very appreciative as King laid out the indispensable role Black radio had played in shaping and furthering the Civil Rights struggle. King names off some of the key unsung radio heroes who he says there would not have been a Civil Rights movement had they not reflected the mood of the people and brought critical information to the masses.
King also talks about how radio is the most important and predominant medium in the Black community. It has far more reach and influence than television. He also talks about how the music these Black radio announcers played. King asserted that it helped united people. King pointed out how Blacks and Whites were listening to the same songs and doing the same dances and that the Soul Music these disc jockey’s played had served as an important cultural bridge.
He also talks about how some of them were vilified for ‘creating a climate’ that led to the unrest in American cities. Most notable was the radio announcer named Magnificent Montague who had coined the phrase Burn Baby Burn to describe a hot record, but was later used a rallying cry for the Watts Riots of 1965.
Montague who was good friends with Malcolm X who had been assassinated earlier that year, was on the air at KGFJ was accused of riling the people up and causing the mayhem. He had done no such thing, nevertheless LAPD paid him a visit. Montague was made to drop the slogan Burn Baby Burn to Have Mercy Baby.
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December 18, 2011
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"The Black Man's problem is a F$%#ing lack of knowledge."
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If you are receiving this correspondence via email or Facebook and are not able to view the accompanying video please visit http://www.blackimprovementmedia.blogspot.com/ to watch the video described in the above text. Joel Freeman is an author of a host of books including "God is Not Fair", "Living with Your Conscience without Going Crazy", and "If Nobody Loves You, Create the Demand". Joel was responsible for the inspiration behind the christian Business Directory called "The Shepherd's Guide". Since 1979 he has served as chaplain for the NBA's Washington Bullets, and as a result of that experience embarked upon extensive research into the culture and history of the African American . Joel holds a Master of Science degree in the field of counselling and also a Ph.D. in the same discipline. He specializes in equipping individuals with the tools to create proactive, motivated personal and business environments. In this book, and in the below videos he deals with his journey into researching and accepting what many Afrocentric historians have been correctly teaching regarding the glory of the ancient history of African people.
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This 1988 home Kwanzaa event led to the development of the Uhuru African American Cultural Society which gave birth to the Imani Foundation. The Imani Foundation's annual Kwanzaa event is a descendant of this event. Ashee, Ashee, Ashee. The link to the video is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpiXq7hSf8Q Enjoy !
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This entertainment-variety-talk show was not only a vehicle to promote African-American artistry, community and culture, but also a platform for political expression and the fight for social justice. It showcased classic live musical performances from funk, soul, jazz, and world musicians, and had in-depth, extraordinary interviews with political, sports, literary figures and more. It was the first program on WNET (New York Public Television) to be recorded with the then-new technology of videotape, and most of the shows were recorded in real-time—not live, but unedited. Soul ran from 1968 to 1973. ABOUT SOUL ■ Memories of Ellis Haizlip and Enlightenment, by SOUL! producer Christopher Lukas
It's a shame people don't dance like this anymore. The Spinners performing on SOUL! tv WNET NY channel 13 on January 13, 1973.
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Excerpt of a series on the oldest Living member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity inc, Brother Dosh Jackson doesnt mind sharing his time knowledge and wisdom about life after 100 years. If you are receiving this correspondence via email and are not able to view the accompanying video please visit http://www.blackimprovementmedia.blogspot.com to watch the video described in the above text.
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Christian Sensitivity Warning !Do not listen if you fear your faith will be compromised: Pastor Hagin preaches/teaches on the Historic acomplishments of Women and his take on the Biblical-based male superiority concepts that, in his opinion, have negatively impacted the world. Click the following link to watch the video: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/9110044
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The founder of FUBU was not always on top of the world... he started with virtually no money and rose to build a billion-dollar empire. Get his complete story here!
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World History with a Moorish slant..... The whole world is African:
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In her speech, Sherrod, who grew up on a farm in Georgia, said she desperately wanted to move to the North after high school, but that her father's murder spurred her to stay and commit herself to helping black people. (He was killed in 1965.) Sherrod said over time - in part because of her experience with the white farmer she realized her goal was to help poor people, not black people.
in the video are the stories Sherrod recounts about her family and growing up in the South before and during the Civil Rights movement. Her father was murdered when she was 17 "by a white man," she says, adding that in her county back then, "the murder of black people occurred periodically and in every case, the white men who murdered them were never punished." No one was ever prosecuted for her father's murder even though there were witnesses, says Sherrod. She also says after her father's murder, a group of white men burned a cross on the front yard of her home while her mother, four sisters and baby brother were inside.
Shirley Sherrod is not, by this accounting, a person out of touch with the racial history of America. Listen to her speech and it's clear this history is something she remembers vividly; her message to the NAACP audience seemed to be that if she can move past it, so can anyone else.
The theme of Sherrod's speech, which she repeats in various iterations throughout is, "It's not about race. It's about those who have and those who do not." In other words, Sherrod tries to impart to her audience that those who believe America - and the South in particular - is divided because of race miss the point. It's divided, she says, because of income.
Excerpt from 'Who Are The Real Children of Israel?' done on June 26, 2010.
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This post goes out to Brother Seko of the Imani Foundation who began teaching on this subject (The African presence in the Latino/Hispanic/Chicano) back in the mid 1990s. - Imani
Photo: (Right) Brother Elder Runoko Rashidi with an (Left) Afro-Mexican !
While the spanish where conquering countries througout the Americans they brought free africans over to mexico such as Juan Garrido (born in west african) Even though africans helped the spanish fight battles they were not treated equally beacuse they were african. Afrter the battles many natives had died in mexico, while others faught hard for freedom.In order to produce more labor African Slaves were taken to mexico by the spanish from the coast of Ghana to Angola. Many Africans who were slaves intermarried with natives. Most Afro Mexicans are Zambo (African & Native mixture)
Gasper Yanga was one the greatest leaders in slavery. He was a Gabonese who helped african slaves build palenques to esacape the cruelty of slavery. Francisco de la Matosa who was Angolan also helped right battles against the spanish as they destroyed maroon towns. the battle lasted many years and the spanish was unable to defeat the africans. They decided to sign a treaty in the town of veracruz and today it still remains Yanga town.
Costa Chica has the largest black population in Mexico. While other areas such Veracruz, and Yucatan have a significant black population.
The song ‘La Bamba’, a traditional folk song and dance, was originally a song sung by African slaves in Veracruz as they worked, since many of the enslaves brought to Mexico by the Spaniards, came from Angola and Congo, with the Africans who originated the song hailing from the MBamba peoples of Angola. Bamba is the name of an African tribe in Angola and in Congo, from the Bamba River, where the MBamba peoples lived. As enslaves, they brought their beautiful culture with them, and the original origins of this song, over 500 years ago, and as so very often, with enslaved Africans in the new world, they fought against enslavement, running away and joining up with the indigenous peoples in the rain forests and mountainous areas. The song also refers to a specific incident which occurred in the year 1683, in the Mexican state of Veracruz, when pirates attacked the people, free and enslaved, living there. The Spanish officials of Veracruz mistreated the enslaves so horribly that they rebelled in what was known as the “Bambarria”, an enslave uprising that pitted the African enslaves and Indians against the Spanish. (New Spain as it was called, because at the time, the country we now know as Mexico, did not exist as a nation, until approximately 200 years later, when in 1810, Mexico/New Spain gained its independence from Spain).
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