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Introduction
Preface and Acknowledgements
CHAPTER ONE. Snapshots from the Battlegrounds
Human Rights are Gay Rights
The Injustice Done by the Catholic Church
It Ain’t Over ’til the People Sing
Deep Throat No Real Hero
The “Con” Game is Coming to Missouri
The Fraud Against ACORN
Arizona: We Can’t Afford to Lose the Battle or the War
CHAPTER TWO. Understand the Dream, Reclaim the Legacy
Another Dimension of Dr. King
Rethinking the King
Reclaim the Dream
CHAPTER THREE. Black History: Follow the Sankofa Bird
Black History Can be Found in Strange Places
Our History with Native Peoples
Lift Every Voice, Then We Can Sing
Three Fifths and Counting
Black Like Coal
CHAPTER FOUR. Culture: The Fight for the Hearts and Minds of People
Chase Dem Crazy Baldheads Out of the Yard
From Blackface to Black Faces
Hair Me Out
Michael, Rest in Peace: The Human Being Beyond the Tabloids
Gem of St. Louis: At Home with Othello
CHAPTER FIVE. Media Monsters or Information Stewards
Black Talk Radio’s On-Air Attack
The Rays of the Black Press
Black Music Dies a Thousand Deaths
Media Gone Mad
Turn It Off
CHAPTER SIX. Health Care - ’Til Death Do Us Part
Making Health Care a Human Right
Race Overshadows Medical Treatment
Good Health Becoming a Privilege in St. Louis: Toxic waste and race
Understanding a Tiffany Hall
Tuskegee: The Experiment That Haunts Black Health
Winning Real Health Care Reform, Not Just the Debate
AIDS Getting Lost in the News Shuffle
CHAPTER SEVEN. Blacks, Balls and Hurdles: The Politics of Sports
A World-Class Human Being
Boxing and Blackness
The Color Line and the Baselines
Caster Semenya: An Unlikely Challenger of Sexual Binary and Beauty Images
CHAPTER EIGHT. Life in the Lou - the Good, Bad and the Ugly
Why the City Sales Tax Lost
A Movie, a Grocery Store, a Courthouse
“Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor”
Bending the Arch toward Justice
Where’s the Fire?
When Pools Reflect Race Relations
CHAPTER NINE. Our Children - What Have We Done for Them Lately? Poverty is the Chief Enemy of the Children
A Tale of Two Cities
Coming of age - in hell
Our Children Need More Caring Adults to Rescue Them from the Politics of Neglect
A Youth Advocate’s Wish
Wish #1: We make our children a priority
Wish #2: We pay attention to the research and behavioral trends
Wish # 4: Our solutions match the problems
Wish #5: Our youth will feel valued and wanted
Bring on the Elephants: It is Time for Action
CHAPTER TEN. Education: School Days and School Daze
Call for Change Sends Reality Shock to School System
Darker Days Ahead for Public Schools
G-o-o-o-o-d bye, Roberti!
Be weary but don’t give up
Civics Lesson in Direct Action
We Need to Stop the Superintendent Shuffle
A School Year to Watch
CHAPTER ELEVEN. Ain’t I a Woman?
Women of Color and Roe v. Wade
Hidden Agendas Dis-Empower Women
Raped and Then?
Chris and Rihanna: From Cute Couple to Somber Statistics
CHAPTER TWELVE. The Struggle for Economic Justice: Where’s My Money?
Minimum wage for maximum work
Economic Just-us
Corruption is Why We Win
Driving Off the Cliff
Needed: Cooperative Economics
CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Getting to the Part about Serving and Protecting
Acquittal of Police Officer is No Mystery
Driving While Black is Real Now
Black and Blue All Over
A Thief is a Thief
Are We Race-ing to Dialog Yet?
The Echo Chamber on Local Control
CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The Prison Industrial Complex is (Mis)Taking Prisoners
21st Century Politics: Democracy or Prison-State?
The Tale of Clemons and Clemmons
City Workhouse Needs a Lot of Work
Misery, Suffering and Pain
What About Snitching?
Joyce Delivers New Blow to Larry Griffin’s Family
U.S. Justice in Black and White
CHAPTER FIFTEEN. What’s the Price for Selling Out Meacham Park?
Meacham Park Development: Progress or Elimination
A Long Ways from Justice
All We Want is Justice!
CHAPTER SIXTEEN. The Roots of Terrorism - Domestic and Foreign
Attacks Tied to Fear of a Black Planet
Lessons from Columbine and Carbines
Osama Captured in St. Louis
Domestic Terrorism on the Rise
9-11 Commission Report Short on Answers
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. A Military Solution Always Seems to Trump Peace
Negroes and Nam
Companies of Fortune
Recruiting for an Unjust War
Remembering the Real “Ground Zero”
Is the Iraq War Winnable?
Without Empathy or Remorse
A War Economy is Not Sustainable
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. We Charge Genocide!
“We Charge Genocide”
Katrina Notebook: The March to Return
Empowerment from the Eye of a Hurricane
Katrina Memories are Dimming
Curbing Man-Made Disasters
CHAPTER NINETEEN. Globalism through the Human Rights Lens
Moving South Africa into the Light
Getting Human Rights Depends Upon Color of Refugees
Will Haiti Ever be Free Again?
Celebrate the Real Cinco de Mayo
Black America on Palestinian Rights
CHAPTER TWENTY. The Dawning of the Age of Obama
Judge a Man by His Campaign
The Obama Administration: A Kiss and a Slap. Can the progressive movement regain lost ground? BlackCommentator, January, 2009
Obama’s First Year
Photo and Image Credits
About the Author
Most people who know Jamala Rogers - especially her mother - would not be surprised as to how she became a featured columnist for the award-winning St. Louis American.
The story goes that Jamala approached publisher Donald Suggs in 1994 and asked in a very direct manner why there were only men whose political views were worthy of print in the newspaper. She had known “Doc” for many years and knew that the publisher would take her concern seriously.
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The signatories of the November 3rd Call to Action had the foresight to know that all may not go well on November 2nd. Concerned groups and individuals pledged to put the spotlight on voter fraud until issues were resolved or measures put in place to resolve them in the near future. December 13th is the day the Electoral College will cast its votes in every state across the nation for the US president and vice president. Citizens are being urged to demand that these representatives join the effort to investigate voting rights violations and election irregularities “which call into the question the integrity of the 2004 election” and to help frame resolutions that protect this democratic process. In Missouri, most of us don’t know who these people are, but we should. And they should hear from us in the next week.
It doesn’t stop here. January 20th is the inauguration of a president who has stolen two elections in order to get into power and stay there. An international protest awaits George W as gets he gets sworn in and others swear at him.
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