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In 2005, I thought that it was about time that we started the conversation: about who we are, and where we came from:

Time to differentiate ourselves from Emma Lazarus' "... huddled masses, longing to be free..." (of the 20th Century).

Recognizing that, more often than not, perception creates a reality of it's own.

Doshia Greene Bowling

Amelia Evans Greene

Almeter Drakeford Harris

Ruth McCarley Harris and daughter Bobbi Harris Burkes

Frank Harris Sr. 1954

Johnnie Harris Jr. 1953

LJ Harris-1945

Oscar Harris 1945

Lela-Mae Harris 52'

Walker Jones 1950 (est.)

Sunman, Bigmama, & Johnnie Lee 1979

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_ Graduate of the Barney School of Business, University of Hartford, 1983

_Graduate of Central Connecticut State

_ former bodybuilder au naturel.

_ insurance underwriter turned social historian.

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Thursday

May142009

Political Satire: Back in the Day

Thursday, May 14, 2009 at 11:45AM

Aside from appearing in the Washington Post, the cartoon appeared in one of my under-grad texts:

The Negro in 20th Century America_ by John Hope Franklin and Isidore Starr, published by Vintage Books(1967).

Now satirist are suppose to be funny; but their cartoons often took on sinister overtones, particularly when presented in the classroom setting:

This one got my attention quick; recognizing that many a truths are spoken in jest.

Within the Numerican Nation, the Church was considered sanctuary; beyond Master Jack's grasp.

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