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Groppinon-violent direct actionAsian AmericanKrugmanvodkaTrent Reznorcodeshatefulgas tax holidayTim WiseJeremiah WrightinternetNOWMississippiOliver Stonelabor dayBig OilScandinaviawomenbluegrassBlack PowerHuskers" 40th anniversary50th birthdayMemphisGreen the GhettoharshfolkyMike Gravelblogevangelicalsstruggle for racial justiceeconomic meltdownforeign policyblackface4CLDetroit riotReaganreligionwelfareLearning to Love You Morevotewhite peopledesperationArthur Gansonmini-moogsmoking gunClevelandWesley Clark...rummaging through the debris in "post-racial" America...http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Patrick Jones)Blogger706125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-6109854191019562476Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:13:00 +00002010-04-12T11:16:45.509-05:00TED talksskin colorideascolorNina Jablonskirace"Nina Jablonski says that differing skin colors are simply our bodies' adaptation to varied climates and levels of UV exposure. Charles Darwin disagreed with this theory, but she explains, that's because he did not have access to NASA..." http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2010/04/ted-talk-w-nina-jablonski-illusion-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick Jones)22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-9146570181240263405Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:40:00 +00002010-04-12T10:45:17.990-05:00The RootJohn McWhorterBlack HistoryThe folks over at The Root posed an interesting question recently:"Who would you erase from Black History?"...but then they followed it up with a fairly obvious list:Marion Barry Michael SteeleO.J. SimpsonSheila DixonDennis RodmanAlan KeyesD.C. Sniper, John MuhammadR. KellyDr. Conrad MurrayFlavor FlavClarence ThomasBishop Don Magic JuanAmarosa Manigault-StallworthSoulja BoyWesley SnipesKarrine http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2010/03/wish-you-werent-here.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick Jones)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-5263729225024537966Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:05:00 +00002010-02-28T09:07:37.763-06:00African American Freedom Movementmusicequalityjusticefreedom songscivil rights movementNew documentary on music and the southern civil rights Movement:http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2010/02/film-trailer-soundtrack-for-revolution.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick Jones)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-8318360427129560648Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:42:00 +00002010-02-05T07:44:41.622-06:00Miles DavisSo Whatmusicjazzlivehttp://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2010/02/music-miles-davis-so-what.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick Jones)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-6394195384589651277Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:12:00 +00002010-02-03T08:47:24.117-06:00Black Powerracial justiceOxfordNorth CarolinaTim Tysonfilmcivil rights movementBlood Done Sign My NameI received my Ph.D. in modern U.S. History and African American Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2002. My primary adviser, mentor and friend there was Tim Tyson, one of the great Movement historians of our time. Tim taught me a lot about being a scholar and an activist, about being a storyteller, about being a citizen. The research I conducted for my M.A. thesis, which http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2010/02/film-blood-done-sign-my-name-trailer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick Jones)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-2788530131803229631Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:29:00 +00002010-01-31T18:48:53.791-06:00TED talksOliver SacksideashallucinationneurologybrainmindNeurologist, Oliver Sacks, is always exploring the fascinating lessons we can learn from various rare brain disfunctions. For a fun intro to his work, check out The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. During a recent TED talk, Sacks discussed a group of people with Charles Bonnett syndrome, who experience lucid hallucinations. What does this impairment suggest about the nature of "reality"? http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2010/01/ideas-what-do-hallucinations-tell-us.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick Jones)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-7433710810624803488Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:07:00 +00002010-02-03T09:07:08.421-06:00money and politicscorporationssolutionspoliticsgood ideademocracyHow do ordinary citizens counter the massive influence that large monied interests have over our democracy? What is possible after the Supreme Court's recent disastrous decision opening the floodgates to corporate money in elections. Fran Kortan, publisher of Yes! Magazine, explains "ten ways to stop corporate dominance of politics."UPDATE: NPR's Ari Shapiro has an excellent interview with http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2010/01/good-ideas-combatting-corporate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick Jones)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-6393311755524915107Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:23:00 +00002010-01-31T18:52:45.828-06:00democratic socialismMartin Luther KingPatrick JonesDr. KingKing Daysocial justiceOmaha World Heraldcivil rights movementeconomic justiceI wrote an Opinion piece for the Omaha World Herald reflecting on Dr. King's vision of economic justice.The essay ran on Monday, January 25, 2010, under the title, "MLK: Justice Requires Economic Transformation."On Tuesday, an older man called me at my office in Lincoln to let me know that he thought the ideas in the article were "communistic."Judge for yourself. Here are a few excerpts...King http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2010/01/dr-kings-forgotten-dream-of-economic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick Jones)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-5380045060043273746Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:16:00 +00002009-04-29T17:39:41.105-05:00Miriam MakebaBarack ObamafedsColorlinesfarmersdiscriminationThe RootBlack PoweremploymentThe Defenderjobspost-racialracial politicsSome good articles have appeared recently dealing with racial politics in the U.S. Check 'em out...• The Defender has a nice piece on the Black Power Conference that took place in March. • An excellent analysis of youth and the "post-racial society." Be sure to read the (scary) comments, too!• A new study shows that college-educated African Americans lose more jobs than their peers across http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/04/continuing-adventures-in-racial.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick Jones)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-5942544742081359933Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:18:00 +00002009-03-23T16:17:46.977-05:00festivalBlacks in Film FestivalInstitute for Ethnic StudiesfilmJustin KemerlingAfrican and African American Studies ProgramNebraskaLincolnUNLUniversity of NebraskaThe African and African American Studies Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is sponsoring our second "Blacks In Film Festival" in mid-April. This time around we are focusing on documentary films and asking some broad questions...• How has documentary film been used to tell meaningful stories about black people in Africa and the United States?  What is the process of putting these http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/03/film-festival-real-to-reel-documenting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick Jones)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-2547696325696529570Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:44:00 +00002009-03-12T20:12:18.186-05:00If you do not know about the tragic and exploitative situation in Whiteclay, Nebraska, I hope you will take a few minutes and read the following article:• Paul Hammel, "Drink, and despair, around every corner in Whiteclay" (Omaha World Herald, 3/7/09)You should also check out Mark Vasina's excellent and moving new documentary, "The Battle for Whiteclay."Here's what Frank LaMere of the Winnebago http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/03/battle-for-whiteclay.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick Jones)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-7906011552991668305Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:00:00 +00002009-03-02T10:06:07.862-06:00San Franciscoartcinemaafrican americanculturefilmmovieMedicine for MelancholyLooks interesting:Here is an article on the film from The Root.Seen any good films lately?http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/02/medicine-for-melancholy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick Jones)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-7898477666822726307Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:23:00 +00002009-02-20T10:26:17.528-06:00poster artWoody Guthriemusicpolitical art"I hate a song that makes you think that you are not any good. I hate a song that makes you think that you are just born to lose. Bound to lose. No good to nobody. No good for nothing. Because you are too old or too young or too fat or too slim or too ugly or too this or too that. Songs that run you down or poke fun at you on account of your bad luck or hard travelling. I am out to fight those http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/02/i-hate-song-that-makes-you-think-that.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick Jones)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-4712983888566898007Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:21:00 +00002009-02-14T07:34:34.872-06:00Karl MarxliberationrevolutionGeorge ClintonphilosophyfreedomWhich is it?A. Liberate your mind and your ass will follow?B. Liberate your ass and your mind will follow?What do you think?http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/02/deep-thoughts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick Jones)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-5249582267243095923Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:22:00 +00002009-02-13T11:25:44.926-06:00heroracial justiceMississippiFannie Lou Hamerfreedom fightercivil rightsFreedom Democratic PartyjusticeMFDPdemocracySNCCDo you know who Fannie Lou Hamer is? Everyone should...http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/02/fannie-lou-hamer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick Jones)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-7938230572487494555Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:21:00 +00002009-02-11T22:22:15.111-06:00Free Troy Davisracial injusticedeath rowinjusticeTroy Davisracismcriminal justice systemFrom Amnesty International...http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/02/free-troy-davis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick Jones)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-8010934851196051788Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:23:00 +00002009-02-09T07:41:35.572-06:00NAACP Youth Councilnon-violent direct actionPeony Park4CLcivil rights movementThe Readeropen housingOmahaThe Reader, an alternative weekly here in Omaha, is running a two-issue series on the local civil rights movement. In the current issue, "Full Freedom Now" focuses on the 4CL, or "the Citizens Coordinating Committee for Civil Liberties." During the early-mid-1960s, the group, led by four clergymen, used non-violent direct action to press for change on a host of issues. Their list of demands http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/02/civil-rights-era-in-omaha.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick Jones)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-465292462377977264Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:59:00 +00002009-02-06T10:20:41.272-06:00layin' it downdepressionBarack ObamaBailoutstimuluspoliticsThis is the dude I voted for...Click ahead to the 3:30 mark...The crucial quote:But what I have also said is - don't come to table with the same tired arguments and worn ideas that helped create this crisis.We're not going to get relief by turning back to the very same policies that in eight short years doubled the national debt and threw our economy into a tailspin. We can't embrace the losing http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/02/its-about-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick Jones)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-4020403770801129329Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:26:00 +00002009-02-03T20:42:22.970-06:00Speaking of FaithAfrican American cultureJow CartermusicAfro-ChristianityspiritualsfaithspiritualitySpeaking of Faith is one of my favorite NPR programs... always probing interesting dynamics of spiritual life. The following episode, from July 2008, focuses on Joe Carter and the African American spiritual:The spiritual is celebrated in American culture and beyond. It is the source from which gospel, jazz, blues, and hip-hop evolved. It was born in the American South, created by slaves, bards http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/02/joe-carter-and-legacy-of-african.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick Jones)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-6326016953881365924Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:06:00 +00002009-02-02T09:10:27.191-06:00men's healthhealthy livinghumorhealthexercisefitnesscomedychildrenbabyIt's gut-check time... This time of year, in early February, a lot of folks begin to lose sight of their New Year's resolutions, particularly when it comes to exercising. Here is a CLASSIC 3-minute video with some really excellent ideas about how to work out from home...http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/02/how-to-work-out-from-home.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick Jones)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-5603681276615360516Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:14:00 +00002009-02-02T07:17:29.921-06:00YouTubeBlack History Monthafricamusicinstrumenthunguorigin storyYoutube and Grey Goose have teamed up to sponsor a Black History Month film festival online. The previous documentary I posted about black rock musicians was a part of this series, as is the following film, made in Canada, about an ancient African instrument, the hungu:http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/02/hungu.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick Jones)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-9191839721528701782Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:05:00 +00002009-02-03T20:45:21.816-06:00Howard Thurmantheologiansocial gospelreligionchristianityspiritualitynon-violencemystic• “Religious experience is dynamic, it’s fluid, it’s effervescent, it’s yeasty… all these words. But the mind can’t handle that, so it has to imprison the religious experience in some way, get it bottled up. Then, when it gets quiet enough – it meaning the religious experience – then the mind draws a bead on it and extracts out of this ferment concepts, notions, dogmas, so that the religious http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/02/wisdom-of-howard-thurman.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick Jones)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-4274763222093305048Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:32:00 +00002009-01-31T10:37:47.058-06:00music industryblack rockmusicstruggleracismrock and rollelectric purgatoryThe following 1 hr documentary - "Electric Purgatory" - focuses on the plight of black rock musicians and their struggles within the music industry. It is worth checking out: What do you think?http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/01/documentary-film-electric-purgatory.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick Jones)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-6371035886294944735Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:36:00 +00002009-01-30T01:40:33.162-06:00ObamiconElla BakerposterShepherd FaireyEvery American should know who Ella Baker is. Do you?http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/01/ella-baker-freedom-fighter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick Jones)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511136059066014949.post-7174896826501310636Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:38:00 +00002009-01-26T12:15:10.389-06:00anti-affirmative actionminority contractsproposition 424Nebraskaracial politicspoliticsaffirmative actionMatthew Hansen of the Omaha World Herald has an article on the impact of the recently passed anti-affirmative action ballot initiative (Proposition 424) on state-level contracts for minority-owned and female-owned businesses in Nebraska. Omaha city leaders hope - but can't guarantee - that minority-owned companies will get contracts to help build the new downtown ballpark this year.That's a http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2009/01/post-424-minority-contracts-imperiled.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick Jones)6