Summary
"We need to make this a real Black Solidarity Day and stay home and show our economic power by not shopping and show our political unity by coming to the steps of City Hall at noon. Then, we are going to endorse the Black agenda by announcing our support for Democratic presidential candidate [Barack Hussein Obama]," declared [Charles Barron]. "We want to keep our issues on the front burner-from Jena to Katrina, from poverty to police brutality, from Black male unemployment to healthcare and affordable housing. We believe that we can encourage Barack Obama to keep these issues front and center for us."
"There should be as many people at this rally as there was for Jena," said the minister of information for the New Black Panther Party. "Well be going up to the hills where they took [Megan Williams]. It is desolate up there. Houses can be two miles apart. It is 85 percent white there. The Aryan Nation is saying that they are waiting for us, so we'll see what happens. The difference between West Virginia and Jena is that the KKK is open there. There, the white people have it so the police chief might be your daddy, the sheriff your uncle and the judge your grandfather. I hope to see 50, 000 people at the rally for Megan."We are endorsing the Black agenda and we are saying that Obama is the best torch bearer for us because Hillary Clinton is not an option," said Barron of Monday's press conference. "They have done nothing to benefit the Black community and coming to our churches on a Sunday come election time is nothing but transparent manipulation.See the full content of this document
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Black Solidarity Day Calls for Boycotts
This coming Monday is the 38th Black Solidarity Day.
Not only will there be the traditional rallies and protests by folk staying home and holding their dollar, but a broad coalition of Black grassroots political activists and community leaders will join Councilman Charles Barron in endorsing Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Hussein Obama on the steps of City Hall."W...See the full content of this document
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