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Treachery of the “Field”

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​There was something very eerie about a “slave” oppressor, sitting on the porch, watching Black people pick cotton, as if it was a spectator sport.  “Woman get me some more lemonade!” Overseers serving as referees and as long as you had white skin, you had season tickets to the game. Imageries of lemonade, sweat, ...
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Black Moses

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Today Black Line News Celebrates the life and legacy of Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. A man with such great influence that 79 years after his death we still quote, analyze and build upon his words as lessons that will never be forgotten. Black Line News is heavily rooted in this ideology of unity, independence from oppressi...
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This Week’s National Disappointment

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Jigga What?  J, your new relationship with Roger Goodell, NFL’s Commissioner, “got me thinking, I’ve been thinking”. You say we are pass knelling but our babies are still getting shot in the streets. You’re moving different now you are in that billions club. But this piece won’t be about that. This piece won’t be about the ...
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Dear Dearest,

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Dear Dearest,  I read your posts everyday and you are truly inspiring. But sometimes you sound so sad. Are you depressed?  A faithful follower.  Dear “Faithful Follower”,   I’m so humbled that you said you are inspired by me. I just want God to use me, so you are inspired by the God in me. Glory!!! That means everythin...
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My Depression

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My depression fits me like a glove. It appeases my lazy and strokes my pity. It confirms what I see when I look in the mirror. It excuses me from doing housework. It gives me permission to pop these pills. It makes it ok not to pay these bills. My depression loves the dark and feeds off of make believe. My depression tells me where I can go and all...
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A.O.G. In The Place To Be - It’s Our Choice

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​Young people excite me but young people on fire for God captivate me. Representing the essence of who we were and the potential of what we all long to be, A.O.G. is in the mesmerizing business. Timyra Myra Elisé (23) and Jaylen T Byers (16) make up the sister/brother duo, Ambassadors of God. This is ministry. Thi...
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Dear Dearest,

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Dear Dearest,  I’m from Nashville and I am so excited that Cyntoia Brown has been released from prison after 15 years for murdering her sex trafficker. I have been following this case  but to my disappointment, I just read she married someone while in prison. She didn’t even give herself a chance to breathe.  I kn...
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Don’t Play With Me - Grief Over Education

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Every month I write a letter or post a statement to my child’s charter school (Movement in Charlotte, NC).  You see I am only giving them 1 job to do. The rest Dad and I will give him the tools. The job is to teach my baby to read. He is an exceptional boy if I must say. He is open to learning ...
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Mother Morrison - Queen of the Pen

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Some of you grieved hard for Nipsey, while  others held on to TuPac. Some of you were devastated by Aaliyah and Left Eye as there death still has you shell shock. But today I grieve for my mother, a literary god, a genius meets her end. Her name was Toni Morrison and in my despair she was always my frien...
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Black Charlotte Endorses Jorge Millares for Charlotte City Council

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​A huge component of owning a news publication was to be a powerful and influential voice in the community. I knew once the political season began, I wanted to endorse candidates. I believe this to be my right as a Charlotte resident. I have been listening for those candidates that not only know the issues but represent&nbs...
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Dear Dearest,

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​August 5, 2019 Dear Dearest,  I am the survivor of a physically abusive relationship from my husband who I haven’t seen in 4 years. I was a coward and I exposed my children, who were 10 and 8 at the time to their father physically violating me, breaking my nose, damaging my vison among other things. I never ...
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Dear Dearest,

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August 4, 2019 Dear Dearest,   I have been with the same individual for 3 years. We started doing business together until we realized we had great chemistry. We had to immediately “x” the business relationship because it caused too much conflict with the new way that we looked at each other. We have even been disgraceful, f...
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Dear Dearest,

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August 3, 2019 Dear Dearest,  My son has recently graduated from High School and has decided to attend a Vocational Tech. I am very proud of him as he enters this new endeavor. I took the appropriate steps to secure his spot, such as registration and financial aid. As time drew nearer for him to attend, he began to bother me daily&nb...
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Activate It!!!!

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To be young, gifted and Black .  . . what does that truly mean? Kt James may have some answers for you with his new project “Now or Never”; a combination of songs about relationships, life and of course love. This humble 23 year old graced the Toddler Teller, Black Line News and I-Heart Radio’s presence, with...
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Dear Dearest,

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August 2, 2019 Dear Dearest,  My son was recently released from prison after serving 4 years in the Feds for a non-violent drug offense. He is currently staying with me. His father died while he was serving time. My son and I have always gotten along and he has always shown respect towards me until ...
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Charlotte Royalty, Anthony Hamilton - Hot Sauce

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I believe the ancestors would have been tickled pink to see us Black Folks, being treated like royalty, with elaborate table settings, and scrumptious fixings of cornbread, fish and collard greens. Gathering at Londa's Place, a castle that some would have never imagined one of us owning, we packed all hues of Black and Browns to...
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Dear Dearest,

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Dear Dearest,  “Why are you keeping your ex-husband’s last name? Don’t you want to let go of all the baggage?” - Just Being Nosy Dear “Just Being Nosy”, “What a bold act to become free from a toxic, oppressive relationship yet wear your scars like a boss.” ~ Dearest Price I’m not ashamed of being deceived yet that is not the rea...
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Joie R. Cook - “Half Woman, Half Amazing”

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Joie Cook and I meet at one of my favorite places, the library. We interviewed at the Beaties Ford branch.  Delightful is an understatement of this woman and determined is a given. She entered my presence with her lap top and vision, military style, focused to work. She is an army veteran, a daughter of a military Dad that has plante...
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The Doors of the Church Are Closed

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May 22, 2019 was my last day of working at a local school in Charlotte. I was told that they had no positions opened for me after I worked as an Instructional Assistant with a Masters plus and 20 years experience for $23,000 a year starting. Insultive, no. I will work any place legal to feed my kids but they lied and said I would be promoted t...
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Who is Dearest?

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“We can laugh but also be serious about social change. They are not planning to tell us when the Revolution will begin.” ~Dearest Yolanda Dearest Price, M.Ed, grew up in Long Island, New York. She followed her passion for teaching, attending Howard University and later earning a History and Africana Studies Degree from Stony Brook Univers...
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