I ain't afraid to speak my mind
By: by Dr. Ralph C. Watkins ; with selections introduced by his students
Publisher: Unity Council
Published: 2003
Place of publication: [Evans, GA]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
Subjects: African Americans; Civil rights; African American leadership; History
Other titles: Old school meets new school
Description: "This project is about freedom. It is about being free to think, act, speak up, and speak out. It is about asking questions, finding answers, and then asking new questions. This project is about honoring ancestors and freedom fighters that made a way out of no way. This project is about you and me working together to ensure that we will never repeat our history, but that we will always strive toward freedom."--Foreword.
Notes: Columns in this book were previously published in the Augusta Focus newspaper, Augusta, Georgia.
Table of contents: title: 1. Black love : you can't love your neighbor until you first love yourself / introduced by Kendra Jackson. A new vision for the Black family ; Black love : the first step in the twenty-first century liberation movement ; The foundation of the struggle : celebrating the Black family and Black love ; Don't talk about my Mama ; Black history is American History : a reflection on Black History Month; title: 2. The struggle continues : it ain't over / introduced by Pierre Zellars. Finally, Denzel and Halle : shout or scream ; The ghetto and the NBA ; Reparations : the bill is past due ; Reparations : who lies to you and told you, you don't owe African Americans? ; The myth of reverse discrimination; title: 3. The politics of a racist state : from the Dirty South to the White House / introduced by Wanda F. Dailey. Democrat or Republican? Neither! : Black power is the way ; The Confederate flag : heritage or racism? Is there a difference? ; Congresswoman McKinney : traitor or truth teller : Demanding payment of the Black debt ; What happens when John Ashcroft prays?; title: 4. Re-defining freedom : education and liberation / introduced by Rodney C. Williams. To God and Black ; True religious freedom frees the oppressed ; Righting the wrongs of public education : the Conservative Right is wrong ; Do we still need Black colleges? ; Dismantling racism from the inside out; title: 5. It's a Black thing / introduced by Nadia Pierce. The fourth of July : an American lie ; I'm dreaming of a Black Christmas ; Did integration kill the Black community? ; A glimpse of Africa : reflections of a "been to" ; Another Black man murdered by the police; title: Epilogue / Natasia Watkins and Dr. Vanessa C. Watkins. Trying to be Black in 2003 : choosing sides / Natasia Watkins ; A final word : Holla if you hear him / Dr. Vanessa C. Watkins.