August 2010
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Emmett (S)Till
Blitz the Ambassador (Emmett Still)
Emmett (S)till by Blitz the Ambassador
Emmett Till was an African-American boy who was murdered for whistling at a woman in a small grocery store in Money, Mississippi at the age of 14 on August 28, 1955. He would have turned 69 years old in 2010. Emmett Louis “Bobo” Till July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955.
“Wyclef Jean … has learned he can’t appeal a decision that has restricted him from taking part in his native Haiti’s presidential race later this year … the ruling is final and cannot be appealed, according to Haitian law experts.”
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from HaitiNews.net. there is no byline. the experts are not named. ANI seems to be credited. That is Asian News International? in this case, I can’t be sure.
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(via thesmithian)
“The tar of my country is better than the honey of others.”
—Moroccan Proverb
2 Green Africa
Mulatu Astatke
“Green Africa” - Mulatu Astatke