CALLING IT LIKE IT IS; Black folk keep fighting to remain sane

From: Michigan Citizen | Date: May 7, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Ankobia, Omowale
Michigan Citizen
05-07-2005
The African American Men Organization, or AMMO, a group of Black men who
say they're fed up with the relentless media attack on the Black community,
organized a well-attended meeting, titled, "Detroit Citizens Matters --
Detroit Media Matters," April 7 at the Charles H. Wright Museum.

We should be fed up cause it ain't nothing new. The disinformation campaign
to drive us crazy began a long time ago. This proselytization to convert us
from enslaved Africans to insane negroes been going on since they snatched
us up and brought us here. Not only here but in ...

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