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Katy Perry feat. Skip Marley — “Chained To The Rhythm”
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liberty (n.) — “the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one’s way of life, behavior, or political views.”
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“Modern humans evolved in Africa roughly 200,000 years ago. But how did our species go on to populate the rest of the globe? The question, one of the biggest in studies of human evolution, has intrigued scientists for decades. In a series of extraordinary genetic analyses published on Wednesday, researchers believe they have found an answer. In the journal Nature, three separate teams of geneticists survey DNA collected from cultures around the globe, many for the first time, and conclude that all non-Africans today trace their ancestry to a single population emerging from Africa between 50,000 and 80,000 years ago.”
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“A major goal of formal education should be to equip students with the intellectual tools, self-beliefs and self-regulatory capabilities to educate themselves throughout their lifetime.” — Albert Bandura
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“Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.” — Plato
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“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
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“[J. Edgar] Hoover [former head of the FBI] issued another directive: ‘Prevent the rise of a “messiah” who could unify and electrify the militant black nationalist movement. Malcolm X might have been such a “messiah”…Martin Luther King, Stokely Carmichael, and [Nation of Islam leader] Elijah Muhammed [sic] all aspire to this position …King could be a very real contender for this position should he abandon his supposed “obedience” to “white, liberal doctrines” (nonviolence).'”
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i just realized that this blog celebrated its 5th anniversary two weeks ago [4/12]! thanks to the people around the world who read my blog every day!
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Lauryn Hill — “World Is A Hustle”
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“White people in this country will have quite enough to do in learning how to accept and love themselves and each other, and when they have achieved this — which will not be tomorrow and may very well be never — the Negro problem will no longer exist, for it will no longer be needed.” — James Baldwin
