This film's narrative on Walter Rodney is told by over 15 narrators, who knew him well or who were tremendously influenced by him. The narrators include some of his Working Peoples' Alliance (WPA) fellows in arms, and some of his UWI classmates Rupert Roopnaraine, Eusi Kwayana, Abbyssinian Carto, Andaiye, Karen DeSouza, Denys Vaughn-Cooke, Richard Small, Robert Hill, Tacuma Ogunseye, and Horace Campbell.
Their stories span Rodney's early childhood, to his Queens College years where he gained respect and a following as a sharp intellect, to his years at UWI, where he continued to excel, and gained repute for being the man who who brought RASTAS! on UWI's middle-upper class campus, and finally to his assassination in 1980.
An incredible profile of the greatest civil rights leader in American history. This comprehensive documentary traces King's life and the development of his philosophies, set against the backdrop of the Civil Rights movement. An edited version aired as part of A&E's "Biography" series. Features rare and largely unseen film and photos of the civil rights giant.
As of 2004, more African American men were disenfranchised (due to felon disenfranchisement laws) than in 1870, the year the Fifteenth Amendment was ratified prohibiting laws that explicitly deny the right to vote on the basis of race.
If you take into account prisoners, a large majority of African American men in some urban areas, like Chicago, have been labeled felons for life. These men are part of a growing undercaste -- not class, caste -- a group of people who are permanently relegated, by law, to an inferior second-class status. They can be denied the right to vote, automatically excluded from juries, and legally discriminated against in employment, housing, access to education, and public benefits -- much as their grandparents and great-grandparents once were during the Jim Crow era.
This book explores these sad facts and illuminates the role that the ‘War on Drugs’ plays in the creation of this ‘siege state’ upon communities of color and black males in particular.
Core of Corruption is a documentary film series which details a comprehensive investigation into clandestine intelligence operations and conspiracies. The project is surfacing exclusive whistle blowers, insiders and critical evidence for the very first time. Over 2,000 hours of credible network news clips have been surfaced for this ground breaking event, most of which have never been seen since they aired and have never been available on the internet. Some of the video news segments for this project, when requested from the networks, were denied access to and corporate representatives would say that the information sought does not exist or has been misplaced. Someone doesn’t want the public to see these stories, that when put together, establish a conspiracy of the magnitude that could change the way one views the world. Countless millions of people are being manipulated and lied to by a network of individuals within government that work on behalf of private interests. The individuals were involved in the terrorist attacks of September 11th. Many of those same figures are connected to historical events that have shaped our understanding of government crime. For instance, the Iran Contra affair involved many figures that showed up in the 9/11 attacks.