FOR MORE THAN A YEAR HE had been a writhing body twisting on the ground under kicks and nightstick blows in what may be the most endlessly replayed videotape ever made. Then on Friday afternoon TV finally gave Rodney King a face and a voice — a hesitant, almost sobbing voice that yet was more eloquent [...]
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HAMTRAMCK, Mich. – More than 40 years after her family was forced from their home because they were black, Sallie Sanders received the keys to a new house built to settle one of the longest-running cases of housing discrimination in the United States. “My parents would be ecstatic that their offspring would be able to enjoy the [...] For many years we have been dealing with an increase in gang activity as well as gang related violence. There’s this need to be the one in charge, the one controlling an area. These gangs plague our neighborhoods and steal our children. That is not to say that our children do not enter them willingly. but [...] “Freeway” Ricky Ross is known for his notorious drug trafficking in Los Angeles, California during the early 1980″s. He ran a full operation that slowly killed the members of his community through addiction. What some don’t know is that Ross was an athlete. He was extremely talented in and passionate about Tennis. His dream was to become a professional Tennis player. However, [...] The word “ghetto” is defined as an area of a city lived in by a minority group; especially a run-down and densely populated area lived in by a group that experiences discrimination. The ghetto is a place where our parents work their hardest to remove us from everyday. The ghetto is a state; an experience that [...] |
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