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Reflections on Respectability
Trigger Warning: Discussions of violence Whitepeople believed that whatever the manners, under every dark skin was a jungle. Swift unnavigable waters, swinging screaming baboons, sleeping snakes, red...
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Happy Kwanzaa!!!
In the celebration of our African heritage, we, at Blackathlete.net, felt that it was a must to print the seven principles of Kwanza, which was founded by Maulana Karenga, and observed from December 26...
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A critical analysis of Dr.King’s dream
A Critical Analysis of Dr.King’s DREAM by Eric D.Graham January 21st is the official day in which America celebrates the legacy of DR. Martin Luther King Jr. The legacy of Dr.Martin Luther King Jr....
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Obama-King Comparison
By Eric Graham This article first appeared on Blackathlete.net on January 11th 2011. NORTH CAROLINA (BASN) — America needed President Barack Obama. And still needs him. His election was supposed to...
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From the 4 Corners of the World: The Legacy of Dean Smith
“There is not one single thing I could ever tell you about Dean Smith that would do that man justice.” -John Thompson NORTH CAROLINA-(BASN)-I am going to upset some people with this article. But, I...
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The Political Football of Secession, Lincoln and Obama
On this day in 1809, Abraham Lincoln is born in Hodgenville, Kentucky. As a result, we, at Blackathlete.net, decided to re-publish this excellent article by Eric D. Graham Some people think that there...
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WE NEED A GAME CHANGER!!!!
This article is being re-published due to the recent controversy surrounding LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s “plantation politics” as well as with the recent The Supreme Court decision to uphold...
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Newark, NJ Mayor Ras Baraka and BK Nation’s Kevin Powell Announce
Monday, April 13, 2015, (BASN Newswire)-NEW YORK CITY—Deeply concerned by the state of America, Newark, New Jersey Mayor Ras Baraka and BK Nation’s Kevin Powell are convening BK Nation: A National...
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Why Baltimore Is Burning?
I am from the ghetto. The first 13 years of my life I grew up in the worst slums of Jersey City, New Jersey, my hometown. If you came of age in one of America’s poor inner cities like I did, then you...
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NEW!!! HERE COMES THE HATER!!!
NORTH CAROLINA-(BASN)-The self-proclaimed # 1 cartoon on the Internet, Bobbee Bee “The Hater” is back to answer all the difficult questions everybody else is afraid to answer. Yes, the comeback kid,...
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HERE COMES THE HATER: BRUCE JENNER & THE NBA FINALS
by Eric D.Graham- North Carolina-(BASN)-The Broad Street Bully is back!!! A.K.A. Bobbee Bee “The Hater” for Game 4 of the NBA Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors. Like...
View ArticlePRAY FOR CHARLESTON
NORTH CAROLINA-(BASN)-With the recent terrorist act in Charleston, SC, where a young 21-year old white male, named Dylan Roof, who after sitting for hours in a Bible study at the historic Emanuel AME...
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WHAT DOES THE FOURTH OF JULY MEAN TO A SLAVE?
by Frederick Douglass Fellow citizens, pardon me, and allow me to ask, why am I called upon to speak here today? What have I or those I represent to do with your national independence? Are the great...
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Addressing the Dress: The Feminization of the Black Male Image
NOTE: This article first appeared on Black Athlete.com on February 28th 2010. But due to the recent Jolly Ranchers commercial featuring the St.Louis Rams’ first round draft pick (RB) Todd Gurley from...
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No more hashtags, dammit!!!!!
By Tony McClean, Editor-In-Chief Emeritus NEW HAVEN, Ct. (BASN) — I’m beyond anger and tears. I’m beyond fear and outrage. I’m beyond seeing myself in the faces of Eric Garner, Alton Sterling, and...
View ArticleBounce TV to Air Baton Rouge Town Hall Meeting “Where Do We Go From Here?”
By BASN Wire Services ATLANTA – Bounce TV, the first and only over-the-air broadcast network for African Americans, will bring Where Do We Go From Here? – the Baton Rouge town hall meeting being...
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IT’S ALL FOOL’S GOLD
NORTH CAROLINA (BASN)-As my mother and I were watching 100m Olympic Track & Field event, which featured the electrifying Usain Bolt from Jamaica, she asked me the price of the medals that adorned...
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Wrestling With Politics: The Sinister Seeds of a Trumped Up Presidential...
by eric d.graham NORTH CAROLINA (BASN)-According to Peter Wehner’s article in Time Magazine entitled The Party’s Over..”Republicans became uncreative and intellectually lazy. They placed themselves in...
View ArticleWizards Practice Facility in Ward 8 Gets a Builder
By Andrew Giambrone, Washington City Paper WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two construction companies have been selected to build the Wizards practice facility, sports authority Events DC has announced. The...
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A View From The Shadow: Telling Our Stories
By Professor Fred Whitted NORTH CAROLINA — Sometimes God reminds us why He called us to do what He called us to do. While going through the latest edition of World Book Encyclopedia in search of...
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