Sleepless blog of all things random and cool
I had the pleasure of watching the powerful biopic based on the assassination of Fred Hampton, the Chairman of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party. Released simultaneously to HBO Max and theaters, the movie stars Daniel Kaluuya as Fred Hampton, LaKeith Stanfield as Bill O'Neal, Jesse Plemons as Agent Roy Mitchell and Dominique [...]
For 6 years now, I have collected and posted Black History Facts & firsts from the lesser known to the virtually obscure! This year I will be doing the same! It is vital to our future as much as it is our heritage that we remember where we came from! We must pass down the [...]
The events that have unfolded not only today in Charlottesville but recently all over the country didn't show me the harsh reality of racism, fascism, bigotry the outright phobias in this country for the 1st time. It didn't make me disbelieve the distortion that was freedom. Why? Because the shit was never abolished with slavery [...]
HOW BLACK LIVES MATTER? MODERN DAY LYNCHINGS! Well as usual I was poking my head around social media & scrolled to see in my feeds that a young black man, Alton Sterling was shot in cold blood, up close by a police officer in Baton Rouge, LA! The following footage was posted online on various social media. [...]
Am I the only one pissed off and enraged about these senseless killings? First we hear word of the church slayings, then mayhem with the Marines in Chattanooga and more recently there was a shooting in a local movie theater down in Lafayette, LA! We are a country at war with itself. No matter who pulls [...]
So last week, The Supreme Court passed a law legalizing gay marriage in all 50 states here in the land of the good ol' Red White and Blue! Well if that wasn't good news then I don't know what is. But lets look past the colorful distraction & pay close attention to some issues that [...]
