‘WAKE UP BLACK PEOPLE!’ Archives
The successful Outsourcing of Black Blight: The House Negro Syndrome
"White America no longer needs the KKK. There are House N****rs that will get the work done for them." by Donald Allen, Editor-In-Chief - OurBlackNews.com Black Americans? How many you need? (photo:www.arabawy.org) Booker T. Washington said, “To hold a man down, you have to stay down with him.” The great words from Mr. [...]
Youth Coordinating Board (YCB) meets: Where was the Northside Achievement Zone?
NAZ: "Doing very little or nothing is not something that you keep locked away and hidden from the general public. Or maybe you do..." This is the story: Something observed has to be measured to be analyzed; One cause can have more than one effect; One effect can be caused by more than one cause; Causes almost certainly have to be [...]
Does Minnesota Need a “13th” Grade?
Finding ways to keep black students behind the curve. If it does not happen by white men, there are black men and women who will step in. by Donald Allen, Editor-in-Chief – OurBlackNews.com and The Independent Business News Network Minneapolis, MN - The Minnesota House of Representatives have enacted a bill attempting to establish a [...]
Northside Achievement Zone: Aiming kids towards College? Former NAZ board member pulls the covers off no achievement in NAZ
Expected college graduation for poor minority students in 2035 does nothing to fix issues in 2013. On Saturday, April 27 a former board member of Peace Foundation/NAZ was interviewed on the Internet radio program ON POINT with Ronald A. Edwards and myself. This former board member uncovered that NAZ was not doing the community any favors and [...]
Boutique Engagement: Children Affected by Educational Disasters
Tune into Saturday, April 27. 2013 at 3 p.m. (CST) to ON POINT with co-hosts Ronald A. Edwards and Don Allen as they discuss the latest in news and information. This is a special 90-minute program to deal with "Who is really black in Minnesota." Click here to listen. by Donald Allen, Editor-in-Chief - OurBlackNews.com Samuels and [...]
Designer Poverty: Come to the Twin Cities – we do it right!
This is not Edina. We can see it, and it is here. (photo: Falconhive.com) If it were not for escaping the matrix, I would not be able to share this with you. Poverty in all forms is a curse on society. In Minneapolis and St. Paul, the opportunity reoccurs to put a drastic end to mass poverty; but this would mean stopping a flow of dollars, sex [...]
Terra Cole for President: Minneapolis Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP-MN)
"It's time for a black woman to take the lead in Minneapolis." (photos: lifted from Terra's FB page - fair use). by Donald Allen - Editor-in-Chief, OurBlackNews Minneapolis, MN - Before I layout why Ms. Terra Cole would be the best leader for the NAACP in Minneapolis, I have to thank and congratulate current president Mr. Booker Hodges for [...]
Guns: The most Dangerous Community Assault Weapons in Minnesota
The highest level of assault. The black elected official assault. The violent assault on black students in education... Political plantations...
Part 1: Minneapolis Urban League’s 13th Grade Pilot Program sends a clear signal nobody wants to deal with current K-12 educational issues
Really? An almost vacant building; no money coming in and you want to tackle education? This is no better than the Minneapolis Foundation hanging signs in the skyway." This is not the first time the Minneapolis Urban League has attempted to become relevant in the 21st century. We need look no further than the grant from the Minnesota Department [...]
The legacy of Marvin “Corky” Taylor — Rest in peace, Black Warrior, one of the Honest Five who refused to lie
Editors note: The next mayor and city council members will have to take a serious look at the Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights and ask salient questions of a non-functioning city office that has less to do with the "people" each year. We are sure a change in "leadership" will affect change. By Mr. Ronald A. Edwards, The Minneapolis [...]
