Black Buzz News Service
Fryeburg, Maine
January 20, 2011
America's "War on Drugs": CIA- Recruited Mercenaries and Drug-Traffickers
by Michael Levine
When Nixon first declared war on drugs in 1971, there were fewer than 500,000 hard-core addicts in the nation, most of whom were addicted to heroin. Three decades later, despite the expenditure of $1 trillion in tax dollars, the number of hard-core addicts is shortly expected to exceed five million. Our nation has become the supermarket of the drug world, with a wider variety and bigger supply of drugs at cheaper prices than ever before. The problem now not only affects every town on the map, but it is difficult to find a family anywhere that is not somehow affected. (pp. 158, 159)
The Chang Mai factory the CIA prevented me from destroying was the source of massive amounts of heroin being smuggled into the US in the bodies and body bags of GIs killed in Vietnam. (p. 165)
My unit, the Hard Narcotics Smuggling Squad, was charged with investigating all heroin and cocaine smuggling through the Port of New York. My unit became involved in investigating every major smuggling operation known to law enforcement. We could not avoid witnessing the CIA protecting major drug dealers. Not a single important source in Southeast Asia was ever indicted by US law enforcement. This was no accident. Case after case was killed by CIA and State Department intervention and there wasn’t a damned thing we could do about it. CIA-owned airlines like Air America were being used to ferry drugs throughout Southeast Asia, allegedly to support our “allies.” CIA banking operations were used to launder drug money. (pp. 165, 166)
In 1972, I was assigned to assist in a major international drug case involving top Panamanian government officials who were using diplomatic passports to smuggle large quantities of heroin and other drugs into the US. The name Manuel Noriega surfaced prominently in the investigation. Surfacing right behind Noriega was the CIA to protect him from US law enforcement. As head of the CIA, Bush authorized a salary for Manuel Noriega as a CIA asset, while the dictator was listed in as many as 40 DEA computer files as a drug dealer. (pp. 166, 167)
The CIA and the Department of State were protecting more and more politically powerful drug traffickers around the world: the Mujihadeen in Afghanistan, the Bolivian cocaine cartels, the top levels of Mexican government, Nicaraguan Contras, Colombian drug dealers and politicians, and others. Media’s duties, as I experienced firsthand, were twofold: first, to keep quiet about the gush of drugs that was allowed to flow unimpeded into the US; second, to divert the public’s attention by shilling them into believing the drug war was legitimate by falsely presenting the few trickles we were permitted to indict as though they were major “victories,” when in fact we were doing nothing more than getting rid of the inefficient competitors of CIA assets. (pp. 166, 167)
On July 17, 1980, drug traffickers actually took control of a nation. Bolivia at the time [was] the source of virtually 100% of the cocaine entering the US. CIA-recruited mercenaries and drug traffickers unseated Bolivia’s democratically elected president, a leftist whom the US government didn’t want in power. Immediately after the coup, cocaine production increased massively, until it soon outstripped supply. This was the true beginning of the crack “plague.” (pp. 167, 168)
The CIA along with the State and Justice Departments had to combine forces to protect their drug-dealing assets by destroying a DEA investigation. How do I know? I was the inside source. I sat down at my desk in the American embassy and wrote the kind of letter that I never myself imagined ever writing. I detailed three pages typewritten on official US embassy stationary—enough evidence of my charges to feed a wolf pack of investigative journalists. I also expressed my willingness to be a quotable source. I addressed it directly to Strasser and Rohter, care of Newsweek. Two sleepless weeks later, I was still sitting in my embassy office staring at the phone. Three weeks later, it rang. It was DEA’s internal security. They were calling me to notify me that I was under investigation. I had been falsely accused of everything from black-marketing to having sex with a married female DEA agent. The investigation would wreak havoc with my life for the next four years. (pp. 168-171)
In one glaring case, an associate of mine was sent into Honduras to open a DEA office in Tegucigalpa. Within months he had documented as much as 50 tons of cocaine being smuggled into the US by Honduran military people who were supporting the Contras. This was enough cocaine to fill a third of US demand. What was the DEA response? They closed the office. (p. 175)
Sometime in 1990, US Customs intercepted a ton of cocaine being smuggled through Miami International Airport. A Customs and DEA investigation quickly revealed that the smugglers were the Venezuelan National Guard headed by General Guillen, a CIA “asset” who claimed that he had been operating under CIA orders and protection. The CIA soon admitted that this was true. If the CIA is good at anything, it is the complete control of American mass media. So secure are they in their ability to manipulate the mass media that they even brag about it in their own in-house memos. The New York Times had the story almost immediately in 1990 and did not print it until 1993. It finally became news that was “fit to print” when the Times learned that 60 Minutes also had the story and was actually going to run it. The highlight of the 60 Minutes piece is when the administrator of the DEA, Federal Judge Robert Bonner, tells Mike Wallace, “There is no other way to put it, Mike, [what the CIA did] is drug smuggling. It’s illegal [author's emphasis].” (pp. 188, 189)
The fact is – and you can read it yourself in the federal court records – that seven months before the attempt to blow up the World Trade Center in 1993, the FBI had a paid informant, Emad Salem, who had infiltrated the bombers and had told the FBI of their plans to blow up the twin towers. Without notifying the NYPD or anyone else, an FBI supervisor “fired” Salem, who was making $500 a week for his work. After the bomb went off, the FBI hired Salem back and paid him $1.5 million to help them track down the bombers. But that’s not all the FBI missed. When they finally did catch the actual bomber, Ramzi Yousef (a man trained with CIA funds during the Russia-Afghanistan war), the FBI found information on his personal computer about plans to use hijacked American jetliners as fuel-laden missiles. The FBI ignored this information, too. (p. 191)
Michael Levine is a 25-year veteran of the DEA turned best-selling author and journalist. His articles and interviews on the drug war have been published in numerous national newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and Esquire.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Black Buzz News Service
Charlottesville, VA
January 20, 2011
Carson: King's Mission Transcended Civil Rights Struggle
January 18, 2011 — The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. should be remembered as a symbol of a worldwide social movement, not just as a civil rights leader, a leading King scholar and historian said Monday at the University of Virginia School of Law.
Clayborne Carson, a history professor at Stanford University and editor of "The Autobiography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.," spoke before a packed Caplin Pavilion as part of the University's observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
It's important to remember that King's role in the Civil Rights Movement was made possible by the efforts of others, including Rosa Parks, who famously refused in 1955 to give up her seat on a segregated bus, Carson said.
"Think of that. Rosa Parks made Martin Luther King possible. Martin Luther King didn't make Rosa Parks possible," Carson said. "When she was sitting on that bus, her first thought wasn't to reach into her purse and get out her cell phone and call Martin Luther King and say 'Martin, what should I do?' She did what she had to do and that opened up the possibility for Martin Luther King to show those qualities for which we remember him."
Carson recalled attending the March on Washington in 1963 and hearing King deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Though they admired King, young people involved in the Civil Rights Movement at the time sometimes viewed him as too cautious, Carson said.
"I didn't even tell my parents I was going to go because this was my first great adventure as an adult, and it was because I knew that young people my own age, 19 years old at that time, were changing the world," he said. "And I never saw them as King's followers. And they never would have described themselves as King's followers. King was following them; that's the way they put it to me."
Though he was obviously an integral part of the civil rights struggle, King's stated mission was broader, Carson said. At his core, King was a minister who viewed social issues through a religious context.
"For him the Gospel was quite simple," Carson said. "It was the social Gospel; it was the Gospel that was conveyed in the Sermon on the Mount. And when he was a divinity student in his first year, he was asked to put down what was going to be his mission as a social Gospel minister. He said. 'My mission is to deal with unemployment, slums and economic insecurity.' Civil rights was not even on the list. That was Rosa Parks' contribution. She basically gave him another job."
Had King's mission centered solely on achieving civil rights victories, he could easily have retired from public life after the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Carson said. Instead, King moved his family to a dilapidated neighborhood in Chicago to draw attention to the state of the slums.
Later, when King took a public stance against the Vietnam War, critics questioned him for speaking out in an area unrelated to civil rights.
"How did he respond?" Carson said. "He said, 'You haven't been listening to me. If you had been listening to what I've been saying, you would understand that this isn't a civil rights leader speaking out of turn about foreign policy. This is a social Gospel ministry preaching the word of God as I understand it. So you haven't been listening to me.'"
Beyond his immediate works, King served as the symbol of his movement in much the same way that Mohandas Gandhi or Nelson Mandela served in theirs, Carson said. Viewed in the broader historical context, the American civil rights struggle was just part of the larger worldwide movement toward justice and equality in the 20th century, he said.
"Try thinking of King in isolation from Gandhi and you can't," Carson said. "He got his tactics from Gandhi. He understood that he was learning from another movement, just as that movement learned from our anti-slavery movement. So Gandhi learns from Thoreau, we learn from Gandhi, and people in South Africa learn from Martin Luther King, and these ideas go around in the world."
Though those involved in the Civil Rights Movement are right to be proud of their accomplishments, leaders such as Gandhi, King and Mandela would likely say that there is still more to be done, Carson said. It was only in the 1960s that the U.S. first approached being a truly democratic nation in which all citizens had an equal voice, he said.
"So that experiment – the American democratic experiment – is about 50 years old," Carson said. "We're a young democracy trying to be an egalitarian democracy with cultural diversity, racial diversity, and we don't know the outcome of that experiment. And that's our challenge. It's those of us in the room, and particularly those who don't have grey in their hair, who are going to determine the outcome of that experiment."
– by Rob Seal
Charlottesville, VA
January 20, 2011
Carson: King's Mission Transcended Civil Rights Struggle
January 18, 2011 — The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. should be remembered as a symbol of a worldwide social movement, not just as a civil rights leader, a leading King scholar and historian said Monday at the University of Virginia School of Law.
Clayborne Carson, a history professor at Stanford University and editor of "The Autobiography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.," spoke before a packed Caplin Pavilion as part of the University's observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
It's important to remember that King's role in the Civil Rights Movement was made possible by the efforts of others, including Rosa Parks, who famously refused in 1955 to give up her seat on a segregated bus, Carson said.
"Think of that. Rosa Parks made Martin Luther King possible. Martin Luther King didn't make Rosa Parks possible," Carson said. "When she was sitting on that bus, her first thought wasn't to reach into her purse and get out her cell phone and call Martin Luther King and say 'Martin, what should I do?' She did what she had to do and that opened up the possibility for Martin Luther King to show those qualities for which we remember him."
Carson recalled attending the March on Washington in 1963 and hearing King deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Though they admired King, young people involved in the Civil Rights Movement at the time sometimes viewed him as too cautious, Carson said.
"I didn't even tell my parents I was going to go because this was my first great adventure as an adult, and it was because I knew that young people my own age, 19 years old at that time, were changing the world," he said. "And I never saw them as King's followers. And they never would have described themselves as King's followers. King was following them; that's the way they put it to me."
Though he was obviously an integral part of the civil rights struggle, King's stated mission was broader, Carson said. At his core, King was a minister who viewed social issues through a religious context.
"For him the Gospel was quite simple," Carson said. "It was the social Gospel; it was the Gospel that was conveyed in the Sermon on the Mount. And when he was a divinity student in his first year, he was asked to put down what was going to be his mission as a social Gospel minister. He said. 'My mission is to deal with unemployment, slums and economic insecurity.' Civil rights was not even on the list. That was Rosa Parks' contribution. She basically gave him another job."
Had King's mission centered solely on achieving civil rights victories, he could easily have retired from public life after the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Carson said. Instead, King moved his family to a dilapidated neighborhood in Chicago to draw attention to the state of the slums.
Later, when King took a public stance against the Vietnam War, critics questioned him for speaking out in an area unrelated to civil rights.
"How did he respond?" Carson said. "He said, 'You haven't been listening to me. If you had been listening to what I've been saying, you would understand that this isn't a civil rights leader speaking out of turn about foreign policy. This is a social Gospel ministry preaching the word of God as I understand it. So you haven't been listening to me.'"
Beyond his immediate works, King served as the symbol of his movement in much the same way that Mohandas Gandhi or Nelson Mandela served in theirs, Carson said. Viewed in the broader historical context, the American civil rights struggle was just part of the larger worldwide movement toward justice and equality in the 20th century, he said.
"Try thinking of King in isolation from Gandhi and you can't," Carson said. "He got his tactics from Gandhi. He understood that he was learning from another movement, just as that movement learned from our anti-slavery movement. So Gandhi learns from Thoreau, we learn from Gandhi, and people in South Africa learn from Martin Luther King, and these ideas go around in the world."
Though those involved in the Civil Rights Movement are right to be proud of their accomplishments, leaders such as Gandhi, King and Mandela would likely say that there is still more to be done, Carson said. It was only in the 1960s that the U.S. first approached being a truly democratic nation in which all citizens had an equal voice, he said.
"So that experiment – the American democratic experiment – is about 50 years old," Carson said. "We're a young democracy trying to be an egalitarian democracy with cultural diversity, racial diversity, and we don't know the outcome of that experiment. And that's our challenge. It's those of us in the room, and particularly those who don't have grey in their hair, who are going to determine the outcome of that experiment."
– by Rob Seal
Black Buzz News Service
Charlottesville, VA
January 20, 2011
U.Va.'s Expanded Observance Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. to Feature Donna Brazile, Clayborne Carson, Julian Bond, Amiri Baraka and Others
"We must maintain faith in the future."
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
from his1963 speech at U.Va.'s Ol;d Cabell Hall
January 12, 2011 — The University of Virginia has planned almost two weeks of events in honor of civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., including reminiscences about his 1963 visit to U.Va. and talks by well-known activists and scholars.
King biographer Clayborne Carson will speak on Jan. 17; national political adviser Donna Brazile will speak on Jan. 20; former NAACP president and King associate Julian Bond and Larry Sabato, both professors at U.Va., will introduce the film, "Freedom Riders," on Jan. 25; and poet Amiri Baraka will give a reading on Jan. 27. Also on Jan. 25, historian and U.Va. professor emeritus Paul Gaston, U.Va. alumnus Wesley Harris, and community member Eugene Williams will discuss King's 1963 visit to Grounds. Details on events can be found below.
U.Va. President Teresa Sullivan asked Dr. Marcus Martin, interim vice president and chief officer for diversity and equity, to coordinate events "for a fitting community tribute to honor the life of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr."
"Since then, he and many members of the University and local communities have put together a compelling program of events that will explore Dr. King's extraordinary contributions," Sullivan wrote in an invitation e-mailed to the University community.
Scheduled from Jan. 16 to 27, the "Community Celebration: Faith in the Future" begins Sunday with the local commemoration at Mount Zion First African Baptist Church at 5 p.m., featuring speaker Maurice Jones, Charlottesville's city manager.
Community and University planning committees are organizing events, and dozens of offices, departments, schools and student groups at U.Va. are cosponsoring the celebration. Events [link to: www.virginia.edu/mlk/] will cover a range of topics related to King's ideas. Most activities will take place around Grounds; a few events and details are still to be determined, so checking the online calendar is recommended.
All programs are free and most are open to the public.
Donna Brazile and Politics
Brazile's talk, free and open to the public, will be held on Jan. 20 at 4 p.m. in the auditorium of the David and Mary Harrison Institute for American History, Literature and Culture and Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library. She will speak on King's legacy as it relates to women in leadership.
A veteran Democratic political strategist, Brazile is vice chair of voter registration and participation for the Democratic National Committee and former chair of the DNC's Voting Rights Institute. Brazile, a native of New Orleans, worked on every presidential campaign from 1976 through 2000, when she served as campaign manager for former Vice President Al Gore, becoming the first African-American woman to manage a presidential campaign.
Author of the best-selling memoir "Cooking with Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics," Brazile is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, a syndicated newspaper columnist for United Media, a columnist for Ms. Magazine and O, the Oprah Magazine, and an on-air contributor to CNN and ABC, where she regularly appears on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour."
Clayborne Carson on King's Life
Carson, professor of history at Stanford University, will speak Jan. 17 at 4 p.m. in the Law School's Caplin Pavilion. Carson, editor of King's autobiography and papers, has devoted his professional life to the study of King and the movement he inspired.
Carson also founded the Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford. Until 2009, he served as Martin Luther King Jr. Distinguished Professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta and as executive director of the Morehouse King Collection.
Carson will also visit a January Term class in the Law School on "What Lawyers Can Learn from the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr."
When King Came to U.Va.
A discussion with alumnus Wesley Harris, Eugene Williams, a Charlottesville native, retired businessman and community activist with a record of fighting for equality for the local African-American community, and Paul Gaston, U.Va. professor of history emeritus, will be held at noon in the auditorium of the Harrison Institute / Small Special Collections Library on Jan. 25. They will talk about their experiences hosting King during his March 25, 1963 visit and speech on Grounds. U.Va. history professor and longtime civil rights activist Julian Bond will moderate.
Harris was the second African-American student to live on the Lawn and is now a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Williams has had a career in education administration.
Gaston, who taught history at the University from 1957 to 1997, wrote about racial segregation and social change in Charlottesville and at U.Va. in his 2009 memoir, "Coming of Age in Utopia: The Odyssey of an Idea."
Freedom Riders
Also on Jan. 25, starting at 6 p.m., politics professor Larry Sabato of U.Va.'s College of Arts & Sciences and Bond will introduce a free screening of the documentary film, "Freedom Riders," at the Paramount Theater.
From documentarian Stanley Nelson, "Freedom Riders" is the story of the more than 400 Americans who, in 1961, stared down the dangers of Deep South racial tensions to make a statement about segregation. Based on Raymond Arsenault's book, "Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice," the film offers interviews with many of the individuals involved, from the journalists who covered it and politicians who stood against it, to the riders themselves, who overcame pressure from all sides to earn the attention of the federal government in their struggle to desegregate public highway transit.
Amiri Baraka: Poet, Playwright, Activist
Amiri Baraka will visit Culbreth Theatre on Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. for a reading and discussion of his work. Born in 1934 in Newark, N.J., Baraka is the author of more than 40 books of essays, poems, drama and music history and criticism. He has recited poetry and lectured on cultural and political issues extensively in the U.S., the Caribbean, Africa and Europe.
His awards and honors include an Obie, the American Academy of Arts & Letters award, the James Weldon Johnson Medal for contributions to the arts, Rockefeller Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts grants, professor emeritus at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and the poet laureate of New Jersey.
More Events
• Panel Discussion on Health Care Disparities
Jan. 17, 4:30 to 6 p.m., McLeod Hall Fenwick Auditorium
U.Va.'s schools of Nursing and Medicine will hold several events in honor of King, culminating in a panel on health care disparities in the U.S. It will feature Dr. Vivian Pinn, director of the National Institutes of Health's Office of Research on Women’s Health, and Dr. Louis Sullivan, former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Pinn, the second African-American woman to graduate from U.Va.'s School of Medicine, will reflect on her experience early in her medical career as an underrepresented person. Sullivan, former secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will draw from his "Missing Persons" report to discuss the current status of those who are underrepresented in health care.
Deans Dorrie Fontaine of the Nursing School and Steven DeKosky of the School of Medicine will offer reflections on the discussion.
Also on Jan. 17, there also will be a student panel discussion in McLeod Hall's Fenwick Auditorium, from noon to 1:30 p.m., with graduate nursing and medical students. From 1:30 to 4 p.m., selected undergraduate and high school students will shadow doctors, nurses and other health practitioners and a chance to experience the Clinical Simulation Learning Center in the School of Nursing.
• Diversity in the Classroom as a Path to Better Learning
Jan. 18, 9 a.m., Monroe Hall, room 130
Kathryn M. Plank, associate director of Ohio State University's Center for the
Advancement of Teaching, will talk about inclusive education in the plenary session of the Teaching Resource Center's January workshop. [link to: http://trc.virginia.edu/Workshops/2011/JTW_2011.htm] Participants will explore the role diversity plays in teaching and how recognizing and including diversity can lead to improved student learning.
• The Civil Rights Movement in the Presidential Recordings Projec
Jan. 19, 11 a.m., Miller Center of Public Affairs
Kent Germany and Michele Rubin will talk about the relationship between King and President Lyndon B. Johnson that emerges in secret tapes recorded by Johnson. Germany, associate professor of history and African American studies at the University of South Carolina, edited the Civil Rights volume in the University of Virginia Press' Presidential Recordings Series. Michele Rubin, a literary agent at Writers House in New York, represents King's literary estate and recently launched the King Legacy Series with Beacon Press.
• Oratory Competition for Charlottesville High School Students
Jan. 19, 7 p.m., Rotunda Dome Room
Finalists will present their 750- to 1,000-word, five-minute original speeches answering the question, "How can the Charlottesville community do better to overcome the separate paths and unequal prospects of its students?"
• School Boards: Are They For You?
Jan. 19, 7 p.m., Burley Middle School Media Center
In 2011, there will be at least three vacant seats on both the Charlottesville and Albemarle County school boards. This panel discussion will focus on how to be a positive force and an activist and how to run for a school board, among other topics. Panelists are scheduled to include Tom Smith, former chair of the Fluvanna County School Board; Leah Puryear, member, Charlottesville School Board; Brian Wheeler, former member of the Albemarle County School Board; and a representative from the Virginia School Board Association.
• Panel Discussion: I Have a Dream: Visions of Engineering in the Twenty-First Century
Jan. 20, 5 p.m., Mechanical Engineering Building, room 205, Mechanical Engineering Building
Robert Bland will moderate a panel of faculty members, graduate and undergraduate students, who will discuss their visions and ideas for broadening, diversifying and enhancing the field of engineering, both at U.Va.'s School of Engineering and Applied Science and nationally.
• Interfaith Worship Service
Jan. 23, 2 p.m., Jefferson Theater on the Downtown Mall
• Overcoming a Legacy of Distrust: Reflections on "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks"
Jan. 23, 4 p.m., Paramount Theater
A panel discussion on Rebecca Skloot's book, "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," will include several speakers in addition to University Professor James Childress, director of the Institute for Practical Ethics and Public Life. Holly Edwards, Charlottesville's vice mayor and a public health nurse; Jeanita Richardson, associate professor of public health sciences in U.Va.'s School of Medicine; Patrick Tolan, director of Youth-Nex and the Center to Promote Effective Youth Development in U.Va.'s Curry School of Education; and Karen Waters, executive director of the Quality Community Council, will join Childress discussing lessons to be learned from the case.
A video summary of the book, about how the first immortal human cell line was created, will precede the discussion. The cells, called HeLa cells, quickly became invaluable to medical research – though the identity of their donor remained a mystery for decades. She was Lacks, a young black woman with cervical cancer. While trillions of her cells are used in the advancement of science, many of her family members continue to live without health insurance.
• Arthur Romano Presentation on Nonviolence Training and Education
Jan. 24, 4 p.m., Auditorium of the Harrison Institute/Small Special Collections Library
Romano is a World Peace Scholar in England and human rights activist who founded Youth for Peace, an Internet-based program for young people worldwide to share inspiration and information related to community projects.
Charlottesville, VA
January 20, 2011
U.Va.'s Expanded Observance Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. to Feature Donna Brazile, Clayborne Carson, Julian Bond, Amiri Baraka and Others
"We must maintain faith in the future."
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
from his1963 speech at U.Va.'s Ol;d Cabell Hall
January 12, 2011 — The University of Virginia has planned almost two weeks of events in honor of civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., including reminiscences about his 1963 visit to U.Va. and talks by well-known activists and scholars.
King biographer Clayborne Carson will speak on Jan. 17; national political adviser Donna Brazile will speak on Jan. 20; former NAACP president and King associate Julian Bond and Larry Sabato, both professors at U.Va., will introduce the film, "Freedom Riders," on Jan. 25; and poet Amiri Baraka will give a reading on Jan. 27. Also on Jan. 25, historian and U.Va. professor emeritus Paul Gaston, U.Va. alumnus Wesley Harris, and community member Eugene Williams will discuss King's 1963 visit to Grounds. Details on events can be found below.
U.Va. President Teresa Sullivan asked Dr. Marcus Martin, interim vice president and chief officer for diversity and equity, to coordinate events "for a fitting community tribute to honor the life of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr."
"Since then, he and many members of the University and local communities have put together a compelling program of events that will explore Dr. King's extraordinary contributions," Sullivan wrote in an invitation e-mailed to the University community.
Scheduled from Jan. 16 to 27, the "Community Celebration: Faith in the Future" begins Sunday with the local commemoration at Mount Zion First African Baptist Church at 5 p.m., featuring speaker Maurice Jones, Charlottesville's city manager.
Community and University planning committees are organizing events, and dozens of offices, departments, schools and student groups at U.Va. are cosponsoring the celebration. Events [link to: www.virginia.edu/mlk/] will cover a range of topics related to King's ideas. Most activities will take place around Grounds; a few events and details are still to be determined, so checking the online calendar is recommended.
All programs are free and most are open to the public.
Donna Brazile and Politics
Brazile's talk, free and open to the public, will be held on Jan. 20 at 4 p.m. in the auditorium of the David and Mary Harrison Institute for American History, Literature and Culture and Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library. She will speak on King's legacy as it relates to women in leadership.
A veteran Democratic political strategist, Brazile is vice chair of voter registration and participation for the Democratic National Committee and former chair of the DNC's Voting Rights Institute. Brazile, a native of New Orleans, worked on every presidential campaign from 1976 through 2000, when she served as campaign manager for former Vice President Al Gore, becoming the first African-American woman to manage a presidential campaign.
Author of the best-selling memoir "Cooking with Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics," Brazile is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, a syndicated newspaper columnist for United Media, a columnist for Ms. Magazine and O, the Oprah Magazine, and an on-air contributor to CNN and ABC, where she regularly appears on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour."
Clayborne Carson on King's Life
Carson, professor of history at Stanford University, will speak Jan. 17 at 4 p.m. in the Law School's Caplin Pavilion. Carson, editor of King's autobiography and papers, has devoted his professional life to the study of King and the movement he inspired.
Carson also founded the Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford. Until 2009, he served as Martin Luther King Jr. Distinguished Professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta and as executive director of the Morehouse King Collection.
Carson will also visit a January Term class in the Law School on "What Lawyers Can Learn from the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr."
When King Came to U.Va.
A discussion with alumnus Wesley Harris, Eugene Williams, a Charlottesville native, retired businessman and community activist with a record of fighting for equality for the local African-American community, and Paul Gaston, U.Va. professor of history emeritus, will be held at noon in the auditorium of the Harrison Institute / Small Special Collections Library on Jan. 25. They will talk about their experiences hosting King during his March 25, 1963 visit and speech on Grounds. U.Va. history professor and longtime civil rights activist Julian Bond will moderate.
Harris was the second African-American student to live on the Lawn and is now a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Williams has had a career in education administration.
Gaston, who taught history at the University from 1957 to 1997, wrote about racial segregation and social change in Charlottesville and at U.Va. in his 2009 memoir, "Coming of Age in Utopia: The Odyssey of an Idea."
Freedom Riders
Also on Jan. 25, starting at 6 p.m., politics professor Larry Sabato of U.Va.'s College of Arts & Sciences and Bond will introduce a free screening of the documentary film, "Freedom Riders," at the Paramount Theater.
From documentarian Stanley Nelson, "Freedom Riders" is the story of the more than 400 Americans who, in 1961, stared down the dangers of Deep South racial tensions to make a statement about segregation. Based on Raymond Arsenault's book, "Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice," the film offers interviews with many of the individuals involved, from the journalists who covered it and politicians who stood against it, to the riders themselves, who overcame pressure from all sides to earn the attention of the federal government in their struggle to desegregate public highway transit.
Amiri Baraka: Poet, Playwright, Activist
Amiri Baraka will visit Culbreth Theatre on Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. for a reading and discussion of his work. Born in 1934 in Newark, N.J., Baraka is the author of more than 40 books of essays, poems, drama and music history and criticism. He has recited poetry and lectured on cultural and political issues extensively in the U.S., the Caribbean, Africa and Europe.
His awards and honors include an Obie, the American Academy of Arts & Letters award, the James Weldon Johnson Medal for contributions to the arts, Rockefeller Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts grants, professor emeritus at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and the poet laureate of New Jersey.
More Events
• Panel Discussion on Health Care Disparities
Jan. 17, 4:30 to 6 p.m., McLeod Hall Fenwick Auditorium
U.Va.'s schools of Nursing and Medicine will hold several events in honor of King, culminating in a panel on health care disparities in the U.S. It will feature Dr. Vivian Pinn, director of the National Institutes of Health's Office of Research on Women’s Health, and Dr. Louis Sullivan, former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Pinn, the second African-American woman to graduate from U.Va.'s School of Medicine, will reflect on her experience early in her medical career as an underrepresented person. Sullivan, former secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will draw from his "Missing Persons" report to discuss the current status of those who are underrepresented in health care.
Deans Dorrie Fontaine of the Nursing School and Steven DeKosky of the School of Medicine will offer reflections on the discussion.
Also on Jan. 17, there also will be a student panel discussion in McLeod Hall's Fenwick Auditorium, from noon to 1:30 p.m., with graduate nursing and medical students. From 1:30 to 4 p.m., selected undergraduate and high school students will shadow doctors, nurses and other health practitioners and a chance to experience the Clinical Simulation Learning Center in the School of Nursing.
• Diversity in the Classroom as a Path to Better Learning
Jan. 18, 9 a.m., Monroe Hall, room 130
Kathryn M. Plank, associate director of Ohio State University's Center for the
Advancement of Teaching, will talk about inclusive education in the plenary session of the Teaching Resource Center's January workshop. [link to: http://trc.virginia.edu/Workshops/2011/JTW_2011.htm] Participants will explore the role diversity plays in teaching and how recognizing and including diversity can lead to improved student learning.
• The Civil Rights Movement in the Presidential Recordings Projec
Jan. 19, 11 a.m., Miller Center of Public Affairs
Kent Germany and Michele Rubin will talk about the relationship between King and President Lyndon B. Johnson that emerges in secret tapes recorded by Johnson. Germany, associate professor of history and African American studies at the University of South Carolina, edited the Civil Rights volume in the University of Virginia Press' Presidential Recordings Series. Michele Rubin, a literary agent at Writers House in New York, represents King's literary estate and recently launched the King Legacy Series with Beacon Press.
• Oratory Competition for Charlottesville High School Students
Jan. 19, 7 p.m., Rotunda Dome Room
Finalists will present their 750- to 1,000-word, five-minute original speeches answering the question, "How can the Charlottesville community do better to overcome the separate paths and unequal prospects of its students?"
• School Boards: Are They For You?
Jan. 19, 7 p.m., Burley Middle School Media Center
In 2011, there will be at least three vacant seats on both the Charlottesville and Albemarle County school boards. This panel discussion will focus on how to be a positive force and an activist and how to run for a school board, among other topics. Panelists are scheduled to include Tom Smith, former chair of the Fluvanna County School Board; Leah Puryear, member, Charlottesville School Board; Brian Wheeler, former member of the Albemarle County School Board; and a representative from the Virginia School Board Association.
• Panel Discussion: I Have a Dream: Visions of Engineering in the Twenty-First Century
Jan. 20, 5 p.m., Mechanical Engineering Building, room 205, Mechanical Engineering Building
Robert Bland will moderate a panel of faculty members, graduate and undergraduate students, who will discuss their visions and ideas for broadening, diversifying and enhancing the field of engineering, both at U.Va.'s School of Engineering and Applied Science and nationally.
• Interfaith Worship Service
Jan. 23, 2 p.m., Jefferson Theater on the Downtown Mall
• Overcoming a Legacy of Distrust: Reflections on "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks"
Jan. 23, 4 p.m., Paramount Theater
A panel discussion on Rebecca Skloot's book, "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," will include several speakers in addition to University Professor James Childress, director of the Institute for Practical Ethics and Public Life. Holly Edwards, Charlottesville's vice mayor and a public health nurse; Jeanita Richardson, associate professor of public health sciences in U.Va.'s School of Medicine; Patrick Tolan, director of Youth-Nex and the Center to Promote Effective Youth Development in U.Va.'s Curry School of Education; and Karen Waters, executive director of the Quality Community Council, will join Childress discussing lessons to be learned from the case.
A video summary of the book, about how the first immortal human cell line was created, will precede the discussion. The cells, called HeLa cells, quickly became invaluable to medical research – though the identity of their donor remained a mystery for decades. She was Lacks, a young black woman with cervical cancer. While trillions of her cells are used in the advancement of science, many of her family members continue to live without health insurance.
• Arthur Romano Presentation on Nonviolence Training and Education
Jan. 24, 4 p.m., Auditorium of the Harrison Institute/Small Special Collections Library
Romano is a World Peace Scholar in England and human rights activist who founded Youth for Peace, an Internet-based program for young people worldwide to share inspiration and information related to community projects.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
The James S. Robinson Jr. Project Continues For 2011: Hill City Youth Municipaltiy, Friendly Service Bureau, Department of Public Safety, Activities Report for January 1946
BLACK BUZZ NEWS SERVICE
The James S. Robinson Jr. Project
Robinson Family Archives
Pittsburgh PA
January 19, 2011
( BBNS)
HILL CITY YOUTH MUNICIPALITY
Friendly Service Bureau D.P. S.
ACTIVITIES REPORT
for
January 1946
James S. Robinson, Director
The activities of Hill City are rapidly increasing in numbers and attendance. The governmental departments and bureaus are operating in most sections of the area and there is, even at this early stage in our program, a noticeable decrease in delinquent activities in the areas where boys and girls are operating as Hill City agents.
We have now reached the point, where it is necessary to enlist the aid of interested people who are qualified to work with children, to assume the leadership of some of our groups. It is hoped that we shall be able to secure a worker from the City Bureau of Recreation to conduct hobby classes for those children who need " rehabilitation" activities.
Mr. Raymond Harris, volunteer band and instrumental instructor, is doing a wonderful job with our military band. The members of the band, all of whom are beginners, hope to be ready for parade participation this summer and if they continue to improve as rapidly as they have in the past weeks, we feel that we will have an organization of which we can all be proud to call our own.
Hill City Court opened on Saturday, January 23rd. Those who attended were amazed at the efficiency with which the cases were handed. Judge McNaugher and Attorney Louis Little have agreed to help train these youngsters for the essential work they are to do. Other officials will be asked to assist us as soon as we reach our personnel quota.
SPECIAL EVENTS
On Tuesday, January 8, Hill City officials held their first general assembly. The program included selections by the military band, selections by a quartet, representing the Bureau of Investigation and the introduction of the Hill City officials. The highlight of the program was a most inspiring talk by Judge McNaugher. We were happy to have Councilman Wolk visit us and although he arrived too late to witness the assembly, he did tour the building and thus saw the facilities, with which we have to work.
On Friday, January 25th, the Women's Auxiliary sponsored a game party for the parents in the district. This group is preparing to enlarge its membership and to broaden its activities in the community.
CLOTHING DRIVE
In cooperation with the faculty and McKelvy school, Hill City took an active part of the clothing drive. While the collection was not extremely large, it was nevertheless, varied.
PUBLICITY
We realize that publicity plays a vital role in the success of any organization. In order to put our program before the public, we are starting a series of articles, accompanied by pictures of the various activities of Hill City. These articles will be carried by the local newspapers.
On Monday, January 7, a cameraman of the American Newsreel Company, visited Hill City and made motion pictures of the activities in operation. These films will be shown in all sections of the country.
House groups in Hill City are raising funds to finance the printing of a booklet, giving in detail all the activities of Hill City, with pictures of each activity and group. This booklet will be distributed throughout the community and all other interested groups and individuals.
PHYSICAL PLANT
Minor improvements and repairs are constantly being made to the building. It will soon be time for spring cleaning and we are trying to have all renovations and repairs completed by that time.
DISASTER RELIEF
In cooperation with the American Red Cross, members of families whose homes and possessions were destroyed by fire, were given temporary shelter for three nights. Other individuals secured temporary living quarters through our efforts. Food and clothing were provided by the Red Cross.
STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES
Activity................................No. Sessions.........................Attendance
Women's Auxiliary 2 12
House Committee 2 15
Recreation Committee 2 22
Wood shop 23 273
Game Room 23 803
Music Instruction 11 184
Vocal Instruction 7 49
Big Sister's Club 3 35
Bureau of Investigation 27 445
Bureau of Police 27 318
Mayor's Cabinet 25 206
Council 4 36
District Attorney's Staff 26 208
Total 182 2608
STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF CASES
Offense Girls Boys Total No. Cases
Larceny 1 5 6
Unlawful entry 1 0 1
Disorderly Conduct 3 0 3
Incorrigible 4 2 6
Fighting 7 6 13
Robbery 3 0 3
Carrying Concealed
Weapons 0 1 1
Truancy 4 5 5
Attempting to en-
list in Navy by al-
tering age and
address 0 2 2
Total 23 21 44
No. Referred to Juvenile Court ( Girls) 4
No Referred to Juvenile Court ( Boys ) 2
No. Referred to Family Society 1
No. Referred to Hospital 1
No. Referred to Red Cross 15
No. held for Court 5
No. enrolled in Hill City 7
No. enrolled in Crime Prevention Club 31
Respectfully submitted
James S. Robinson, Director
The James S. Robinson Jr. Project
Robinson Family Archives
Pittsburgh PA
January 19, 2011
( BBNS)
HILL CITY YOUTH MUNICIPALITY
Friendly Service Bureau D.P. S.
ACTIVITIES REPORT
for
January 1946
James S. Robinson, Director
The activities of Hill City are rapidly increasing in numbers and attendance. The governmental departments and bureaus are operating in most sections of the area and there is, even at this early stage in our program, a noticeable decrease in delinquent activities in the areas where boys and girls are operating as Hill City agents.
We have now reached the point, where it is necessary to enlist the aid of interested people who are qualified to work with children, to assume the leadership of some of our groups. It is hoped that we shall be able to secure a worker from the City Bureau of Recreation to conduct hobby classes for those children who need " rehabilitation" activities.
Mr. Raymond Harris, volunteer band and instrumental instructor, is doing a wonderful job with our military band. The members of the band, all of whom are beginners, hope to be ready for parade participation this summer and if they continue to improve as rapidly as they have in the past weeks, we feel that we will have an organization of which we can all be proud to call our own.
Hill City Court opened on Saturday, January 23rd. Those who attended were amazed at the efficiency with which the cases were handed. Judge McNaugher and Attorney Louis Little have agreed to help train these youngsters for the essential work they are to do. Other officials will be asked to assist us as soon as we reach our personnel quota.
SPECIAL EVENTS
On Tuesday, January 8, Hill City officials held their first general assembly. The program included selections by the military band, selections by a quartet, representing the Bureau of Investigation and the introduction of the Hill City officials. The highlight of the program was a most inspiring talk by Judge McNaugher. We were happy to have Councilman Wolk visit us and although he arrived too late to witness the assembly, he did tour the building and thus saw the facilities, with which we have to work.
On Friday, January 25th, the Women's Auxiliary sponsored a game party for the parents in the district. This group is preparing to enlarge its membership and to broaden its activities in the community.
CLOTHING DRIVE
In cooperation with the faculty and McKelvy school, Hill City took an active part of the clothing drive. While the collection was not extremely large, it was nevertheless, varied.
PUBLICITY
We realize that publicity plays a vital role in the success of any organization. In order to put our program before the public, we are starting a series of articles, accompanied by pictures of the various activities of Hill City. These articles will be carried by the local newspapers.
On Monday, January 7, a cameraman of the American Newsreel Company, visited Hill City and made motion pictures of the activities in operation. These films will be shown in all sections of the country.
House groups in Hill City are raising funds to finance the printing of a booklet, giving in detail all the activities of Hill City, with pictures of each activity and group. This booklet will be distributed throughout the community and all other interested groups and individuals.
PHYSICAL PLANT
Minor improvements and repairs are constantly being made to the building. It will soon be time for spring cleaning and we are trying to have all renovations and repairs completed by that time.
DISASTER RELIEF
In cooperation with the American Red Cross, members of families whose homes and possessions were destroyed by fire, were given temporary shelter for three nights. Other individuals secured temporary living quarters through our efforts. Food and clothing were provided by the Red Cross.
STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES
Activity................................No. Sessions.........................Attendance
Women's Auxiliary 2 12
House Committee 2 15
Recreation Committee 2 22
Wood shop 23 273
Game Room 23 803
Music Instruction 11 184
Vocal Instruction 7 49
Big Sister's Club 3 35
Bureau of Investigation 27 445
Bureau of Police 27 318
Mayor's Cabinet 25 206
Council 4 36
District Attorney's Staff 26 208
Total 182 2608
STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF CASES
Offense Girls Boys Total No. Cases
Larceny 1 5 6
Unlawful entry 1 0 1
Disorderly Conduct 3 0 3
Incorrigible 4 2 6
Fighting 7 6 13
Robbery 3 0 3
Carrying Concealed
Weapons 0 1 1
Truancy 4 5 5
Attempting to en-
list in Navy by al-
tering age and
address 0 2 2
Total 23 21 44
No. Referred to Juvenile Court ( Girls) 4
No Referred to Juvenile Court ( Boys ) 2
No. Referred to Family Society 1
No. Referred to Hospital 1
No. Referred to Red Cross 15
No. held for Court 5
No. enrolled in Hill City 7
No. enrolled in Crime Prevention Club 31
Respectfully submitted
James S. Robinson, Director
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
America Has Always Been a Violent Society Since Its Inception: Part II
BLACK BUZZ NEWS SERVICE
College Park, Maryland
January 18, 2011
( BBNS)
Remember the Sand Creek, and Wounded Knee massacres were Native American women and children were slaughtered and murdered like cattle, and now the revisionist historians have the gall and nerve to call those horrible massacres battles.
College Park, Maryland
January 18, 2011
( BBNS)
College Park-BBNS..Prince Georges County Maryland, just had 13 killings in 14 days and the weapons of choice were firearms. Unfortunately murders are a common occurrence throughout the USA.
The United States has been averaging 19,000 murders per year for the last three decades.
The Federal Bureau Of Investigation just reported this afternoon in Spokane Washington that they found a real live pipe bomb in a backpack on the MLK parade route which could have done serious damage to the participants in the parade.
What kind of a person would plant a bomb to kill another human being other than a mentally ill psycho terrorist, or a out of sync pathological bigot?
Remember the four little Black girls who were brutally murdered in the 16th. Street Baptist church bombing on September 15, 1963 in Birmingham Alabama.
At a time when the United States is placing so much emphasis on fighting foreign extremist's the real threat can be found in the organized hate groups
( Home Grown) and their many fellow travelers within the borders of the 50 states. These are the same group of people that holler that "they want their country back." "And they are prepared to use violence as a means to prove their point." Remember the Sand Creek, and Wounded Knee massacres were Native American women and children were slaughtered and murdered like cattle, and now the revisionist historians have the gall and nerve to call those horrible massacres battles.
Monday, January 17, 2011
In the Spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., We Honor Nine Dynamic Courageous University of Virginia Students Who Stood Up for the Building of a Larger More Appropriate Memorial to the Enslaved Africans Who Built Significant Parts of the Famous Rotunda
BLACK BUZZ NEWS SERVICE
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA
JANUARY 17, 2011
(BBNS)
CHARLOTTESVILLE- In the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, the Black Buzz News Service is proud to announce its 2010 Stand Up For Justice Award to nine (9) highly intelligent, brave and courageous University of Virginia Students from the Enslaved Laborers Committee who vociferously advocated for the building of a larger more appropriate Memorial to the Enslaved African Laborers who built parts of the famous Rotunda and other significant structures on the grounds of the University of Virginia. The committee is made up of members from the Student Council Diversity Initiatives Committee, the Black Student Alliance, and the University and Community Action for Racial Equity (UCARE)
The below mentioned UVA students are a shining example for students on all college campuses to emulate as they have taken assertive actions in their relentless quest to have a larger more fitting tribute to the Enslaved African Laborers in the building of Mr. Jefferson's Academic Village.
We commend your actions and congratulate you as you strive for excellence in all areas of your life. Your historical deeds have not gone unnoticed for you have laid the foundation for future students to follow in your footsteps to accomplish this mission. What a wonderful legacy you are leaving to the entire University of Virginia community.
The 2010 Stand Up For Justice Award recipients are as follows:
1. Ms. Ishraga Eltahir, Fourth Year, Project Coordinator (UCARE intern)
2. Ryan Hicks, Fourth Year, Committee Member (Student Council Diversity Initiatives committee)
3.Alissa Morein, Third Year, Committee Member (Co-Chair Student Council Diversity Initiatives Committee)
4.Annacrizelda Funtelar, Third Year, Committee Member (Student Council Diversity Initiatives Committee )
5. Kyle Bancroft, Third Year, Committee Member (Black Student Alliance)
6. Jasmine Drake, Second Year, Committee Member (Student Council Diversity Initiatives Committee)
7. Edna Turay, First Year, Committee Member (Student Council Diversity Initiatives Committee)
8. Barkot Tesema, Third Year, Committee Member (Student Council Diversity Initiatives Committee)
9. Carrie Filipetti, Fourth Year, Committee Member (Co-Chair Student Council Diversity Initiatives Committee)
*Everyone should read/review the blog post titled " The University of Virginia should build a Larger Memorial To the African Slaves who helped build the Rotunda and other Structures on the UVA campus" dated July 27, 2010 at http://blackbuzz.blogspot.com/
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA
JANUARY 17, 2011
(BBNS)
CHARLOTTESVILLE- In the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, the Black Buzz News Service is proud to announce its 2010 Stand Up For Justice Award to nine (9) highly intelligent, brave and courageous University of Virginia Students from the Enslaved Laborers Committee who vociferously advocated for the building of a larger more appropriate Memorial to the Enslaved African Laborers who built parts of the famous Rotunda and other significant structures on the grounds of the University of Virginia. The committee is made up of members from the Student Council Diversity Initiatives Committee, the Black Student Alliance, and the University and Community Action for Racial Equity (UCARE)
The below mentioned UVA students are a shining example for students on all college campuses to emulate as they have taken assertive actions in their relentless quest to have a larger more fitting tribute to the Enslaved African Laborers in the building of Mr. Jefferson's Academic Village.
We commend your actions and congratulate you as you strive for excellence in all areas of your life. Your historical deeds have not gone unnoticed for you have laid the foundation for future students to follow in your footsteps to accomplish this mission. What a wonderful legacy you are leaving to the entire University of Virginia community.
The 2010 Stand Up For Justice Award recipients are as follows:
1. Ms. Ishraga Eltahir, Fourth Year, Project Coordinator (UCARE intern)
2. Ryan Hicks, Fourth Year, Committee Member (Student Council Diversity Initiatives committee)
3.Alissa Morein, Third Year, Committee Member (Co-Chair Student Council Diversity Initiatives Committee)
4.Annacrizelda Funtelar, Third Year, Committee Member (Student Council Diversity Initiatives Committee )
5. Kyle Bancroft, Third Year, Committee Member (Black Student Alliance)
6. Jasmine Drake, Second Year, Committee Member (Student Council Diversity Initiatives Committee)
7. Edna Turay, First Year, Committee Member (Student Council Diversity Initiatives Committee)
8. Barkot Tesema, Third Year, Committee Member (Student Council Diversity Initiatives Committee)
9. Carrie Filipetti, Fourth Year, Committee Member (Co-Chair Student Council Diversity Initiatives Committee)
*Everyone should read/review the blog post titled " The University of Virginia should build a Larger Memorial To the African Slaves who helped build the Rotunda and other Structures on the UVA campus" dated July 27, 2010 at http://blackbuzz.blogspot.com/
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Steelers Thump The Ravens 31-24
BLACK BUZZ SPORTS NEWS SERVICE
PITTSBURGH, PA
JANUARY 15, 2011
(BBSNS)
PITTSBURGH ( BBSNS) The Steelers rally to beat the Ravens on Ben Roethlisberger's to Antonio Brown 58 yard pass play with less than two minutes to go in the game thus ending the Ravens run in the playoffs.
Football games are won in the trenches of the line play and " The Second Steel Curtain Defense" held the Ravens to a total of 126 yards of total offense.
Each member of the new Steel Curtain Defense should be given a game ball and kudos to uncle Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers' offense for making the key plays in the clutch.
In order to beat the Jets or the Patriots the Steelers' will have to bring their A+ game and win the battle in the pits and make key field goals in the clutch and play error less ball. The Steelers' Mr. Suisham will have to learn that the play-offs is not the place to miss field goals. I also like to see the Steelers' get more depth on there kick-offs and improve on their kick coverage.
The Steelers coaching staff deserves a B+ but the Special Team play must drastically improve and uncle Ben and the Mendenhall better learn how to hold on too the ball.
* I hope the Patriots beat that loud mouth Ryan's team ( JETS) all the way
back to New York.
JETS BEAT PATS 28-21
FOXBORO- BBSNS.. The Jets sock it to the Patriots 28-21 as Mark Sanchez throws three touchdown passes and the Jets sack the overrated Tom Brady five times. Brady appeared to be out of rhythm the whole game as the loud mouth Jets won the battle in the trenches, and they looked very good running the ball.
PITTSBURGH, PA
JANUARY 15, 2011
(BBSNS)
PITTSBURGH ( BBSNS) The Steelers rally to beat the Ravens on Ben Roethlisberger's to Antonio Brown 58 yard pass play with less than two minutes to go in the game thus ending the Ravens run in the playoffs.
Football games are won in the trenches of the line play and " The Second Steel Curtain Defense" held the Ravens to a total of 126 yards of total offense.
Each member of the new Steel Curtain Defense should be given a game ball and kudos to uncle Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers' offense for making the key plays in the clutch.
In order to beat the Jets or the Patriots the Steelers' will have to bring their A+ game and win the battle in the pits and make key field goals in the clutch and play error less ball. The Steelers' Mr. Suisham will have to learn that the play-offs is not the place to miss field goals. I also like to see the Steelers' get more depth on there kick-offs and improve on their kick coverage.
The Steelers coaching staff deserves a B+ but the Special Team play must drastically improve and uncle Ben and the Mendenhall better learn how to hold on too the ball.
* I hope the Patriots beat that loud mouth Ryan's team ( JETS) all the way
back to New York.
JETS BEAT PATS 28-21
FOXBORO- BBSNS.. The Jets sock it to the Patriots 28-21 as Mark Sanchez throws three touchdown passes and the Jets sack the overrated Tom Brady five times. Brady appeared to be out of rhythm the whole game as the loud mouth Jets won the battle in the trenches, and they looked very good running the ball.
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