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Africatown Community Land Trust Celebrates Black Wall Streets and Malcolm X

by Ronnie Estoque


Africatown Community Land Trust (ACLT) will be hosting its Malcolm X Day Celebration this Saturday, May 21, at Jimi Hendrix Park, ending a week of celebrations held in his honor. On May 30, it will also be hosting “Honoring Our Black Wall Streets,” which will take place at 23rd to 25th Street and Jackson Street in the Central District.

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POETRY: Ode to Malcolm On The Anniversary of His Birth

by Paul E. Nelson


(This poem is dedicated to Georgia McDade)

Spike in urban heat waves and loss of Alaskan permafrost signal climate change is intensifying, EPA report finds. The report … delayed from being released to the public under the Trump administration, shows the country has entered unprecedented territory when it comes to global warming, according to federal scientists. The agency relaunched a website detailing these climate change indicators to convey to the public how these damages are becoming more severe. — Washington Post, May 12, 2021

For Georgia …

No Malcolm, the chickens did not come back to 
roost with white people, they came back
to roast. Roast he of the dominator ethos, he

the enslaver, he the
fossil fueler, he the 
corporate exec earning
500 times that of the lowest
corporate employee, he

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