Written by editor on 06 September 2012
By Donna Neste
Residents of four Phillips neighborhoods are encouraged to participate in this community-building annual event. Meet 9:00 a.m. Welna Hardware 24th & Bloomington or The Center for Changing Lives at 2400 Park Av. for coffee, juice and bagels.
Bags, gloves and pick-up sticks given to participants who go to their blocks or problem areas and pick up trash. At noon come together and celebration with music and lunch in Steward Park.
City trucks and employees are hired to help special clean up. HN Cty Sentence to Service also contributes, along with other groups like Banyan Community.
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Written by editor on 06 September 2012
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Written by editor on 06 September 2012
By Peter Molenaar
Did everyone catch the article “Slavery in Obama Family Tree”? I found it fascinating that our President”'s African-American aspect stems, certainly not from his Kenyan father, but very likely from his white mother whose ancestry traces back nearly four centuries to a slave named John Punch.
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The designation “African-American” has traditionally referred to that nationality which was forged from the very diverse peoples held in bondage together. To the degree that Obama is now conscious of his connection; his identity has become less ambivalent.
To continue”¦
“In 1640, Punch, then an indentured servant, escaped from Virginia and went to Maryland. He was captured there and, along with two white servants who had also escaped, was put on trial. His punishment ”“ servitude for life ”“ was harsher than what the white servants received, and it has led some historians to regard him as the first African to be legally sanctioned as a slave, years before Virginia adopted laws allowing slavery.” This was the historic moment when the existing ruling class determined to divide the exploited layer of society along the race line.
Leap to 1777-1778”¦
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September 2012 Spirit of Phillips-25th Anniversary edition!
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