Elephants in the Room: Buffalo Attendance Teachers

Elephants in the Room: Buffalo Attendance Teachers
Buffalo School Board need to reinstate the Attendance Teachers

Mamie Till Mobley

"I made a commitment to rip the covers off Mississippi, USA-revealing to the world the horrible face of race hatred. I took the privacy of my own grief and turned it into a public issue, a political issue, one which set in motion the dynamic force that led ultimately to a generation of social and legal progress in this country." (2003)

Death of Innocense: the Story of the Hate Crime that Changed America (2003)

"The jurors heard one thing that was important to them, and that was a white woman's claim that a black boy had insulted her. That was all they needed to know ... it was all they would consider in making up their minds." Mamie Till Mobley

Friday, September 3, 2010

Buffalo Massacre: Victims Speak Up

Over 1000 African Americans and the families of the victims murdered in cold blood 4 dead, 4 wounded in one of the worst massacres in the history of Buffalo at a downtown restaurant, City Grill on August 14, 2010. The Buffalonews paper criticized for publishing the criminal records of the victims in what the African-American community viewed as racist and insensitive. Margaret Sullivan, Editor and Vice-President of the News appeared at this forum with members of her staff in a historic forum at True Bethel Baptist Church, Ferry St., Buffalo. Pastor Darius Pridgen, candidate for the Ellicott District, presided over the event. Read more at: the Buffalo Empire Star

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