Last week I wrote about a certain transformation of mine--one of racial transcendence and of forming bonds of solidarity with African-African Americans. I told you how I overcame my fears about personally interacting with Black people and how I was able to build strong relationships with people I would have otherwise avoided, simply because they were “different” from myself.

This evening Nobel Prize Winner and former Vice President Al Gore gave a live webcast organized by Power Vote. Power Vote is a nation-wide non-partisan campaign the Energy Action Coalition has put together to try to motivate a million young voters who will pledge to vote for a clean and just energy solution and to hold political figures accountable for moving to reach that goal.

The votes of Florida and Michigan should be counted for determining the Democratic nominee for President. I think that everyone’s vote should count. While it is true that those two states didn’t comply with the rules of the Democratic Party, that was not the fault of the individual voters in those states. I think it is ironic that many Democrats who complained that not all votes were counted in Florida in the 2000 Presidential race but now some of those same people don’t want to count the votes in Florida’s and Michigan’s Democratic primaries.

I wanted to share this piece with the yp4 community today. Remember that we are all in this together--social justice. Dr. Martin Luther King was a hero, mentor, friend, father, uncle, brother, and leader.

In this day in age we need to remember our past and from wence we came. It hasn't been to long since the Civil Rights Movement ended.

People are now starting to forget Dr. King's b-day or act as though it doesn't exist. I say you should be shamed. He fought for the rights of all mankind--what have you been doing lately?

 Holla.Black--kYm

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Memphis Marchers Honor Legacy of Dr. King

Angela Davis Stresses Activism at Howard

By Brittany Hutson and staff reports
Black College Wire

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Jan2008--She received a standing ovation before she even touched the podium. Her
smile graced the audience as she thanked everyone for their gracious
welcome. A filled-to-capacity audience at Cramton auditorium eagerly
anticipated activist and feminist Angela Davis, who shared her views on
racism, the prison system and activism in the 21st century.

On February 19, 2008 students of Prairie View A&M in Texas took to the streets to make a statement about voting rights. Students at this HBCU stood up and made a statement "It's 2008. We will vote!" - which was plastered over their banners and t-shirts. Why did these students march 7.3 miles to be able to vote early and register to vote?

Soul Influencer: Nina Simone

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Friday, February 15, 2008
By dream hampton

It's a credit to our eighth-grade social studies teachers that most of us can recite the most famous line from Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."

But have you ever heard the rest of the speech?