Harlem is an internationally known neighborhood with many famous residents. One such person is artist Franco Gaskin, known to fans and other admirers as Franco the Great. If you have […]
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Justice Delayed Is No Longer Justice Denied!
Five years ago the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands started assembling a case against former Liberian leader Charles Taylor. The case stemmed from Taylor’s role in Sierra Leone’s 1991-2002 civil […]
Read moreWhy Dr. Manning Marable’s Pulitzer Prize Is Well Deserved
Editor’s Note: Due to the reaction in the Black intellectual community over the posthumous awarding of Dr. Manning Marable the Pulitzer prize, Polite On Society is initiating a discussion on […]
Read moreManning Marable’s Book on Malcolm Awarded Pulitzer
The book that prompted much discussion over the legacy of Malcolm X last year is now a pulitzer prize winner. Manning Marable’s 600 page opus Malcolm X: A Life of […]
Read moreR.I.P. Gil Noble
As I am sure many of you have heard by now, legendary journalist Gil Noble has passed. The host of “Like It Is” for over forty years interviewed countless figures […]
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