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Category Archives: ezwwaters
“NYPD detective indicted on perjury charges: DA”
Joseph Franco, a suspended NYPD detective, was indicted for perjury, official misconduct and filing false documents in connection with narcotic cases he was involved in between 2017 and 2018. As a result of Franco’s perjury and related charges, three people … Continue reading
On this Day in American History, April 24, 2019 – White supremacist killer of James Byrd Jr. Executed
Some say it was “one of the most notorious hate crimes of modern times.” James Byrd Jr., a 48 year old Black male, was targeted and murdered by white racists in 1998 in Jasper, Texas. They tied him to their … Continue reading
On this day in history, June 3, 1943 –White Factory Workers in Detroit Strike to Protest Promotion of Black Workers
In the early 1940’s, many people migrated to Northern cities from rural areas in the Deep South in search of manufacturing jobs in the growing wartime economy. The four-county area of Detroit, Michigan, received a disproportionally large number of defense … Continue reading
This day in history — April 23, 1899 — Sam Hose Lynched in Newnan, Georgia
In January 1899, five Palmetto, Georgia, businesses were destroyed by two fires of unknown cause. Though there was no evidence to support the theory, white residents quickly concluded that the fires were set by black conspirators intent on destroying property … Continue reading
Posted in Black Shadows and Through the White Looking Glass, ezwwaters, Justice Chronicles, Streets of Rage
Tagged castration, disemboweled, Equal Justice Initiative, firing squad, Lynching, masked whitecaps, OldTroutman Field, Palmetto Georgia, Sam Hold, Sam Hose, U.S. Attorney General John W. Gribbs, W.E.B. DuBois
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Words Matter: Another Look at the Question of Language, by Eddie Ellis, President, Center for NuLeadership on Urban Solutions
We need to be constantly reminded about this language: Words matter. They shape perceptions and understanding, both of past and present events and of future possibilities and, therefore, future events. Semantic and public acceptance of terms like “formerly incarcerated” or … Continue reading
Redlining, Reentry, and the Nonprofit Game
The past twenty years I have worked in the nonprofit sector which, if it wasn’t a business entity, would provide a classic illustration of a misnomer, because many entities and people profit in this sector, some much more than others. … Continue reading
If I Were President
My first political lesson came, about fifty years ago, via television. As any other kid during that time, the Decisive Decade (the 1960s), while political assassinations, JFK, Malcolm X, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., RFK, and a host of … Continue reading
Posted in ezwwaters, John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Patriotism, Uncategorized
Tagged "If I Were President", 2016 Election, classical democracy, Decisive Decade, democracy, Donald J. Trump, electoral college, Federal Republic, JFK, John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, political assassinations, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, RFK, Robert F. Kennedy, the 1960s, United States, United States politics, United States President, Voting
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The Massacre at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church: A Year Later — Lest We Forget!
Recently I read a piece in the AARP Bulletin, the June 2016 issue, on the Charleston Massacre: A Year Later, “The Long Road to Forgiveness.” As a student of history, I almost always think that we don’t remember what we … Continue reading
Posted in crime, ezwwaters, Martin Luther King, Uncategorized
Tagged AARP Bulletin, African Methodist Episcopal Churches, AME, Black Freedom, Brooklyn, Charleston Massacre, Denmark Vesey, Dylann Roof, Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Gabriel Prosser, Hasidim, James Michener, Jr., Nat Turner, Rev. Betty Deas Clark, Rev. Martin Luther King, The Black Church, The Final Solution, The Holocaust, The Source, Violence against the Black Church, violence in American history, World War II
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Just Info at “Knowledge is Power” Community Forum
On Saturday, May 16, 2015, Just Info staff, Moira Meltzer-Cohen and William Eric Waters participated in the “Knowledge is Power” community forum at New Jerusalem Worship Center in Jamaica, NY. There were about 50 people in attendance, a handful of … Continue reading
Posted in being a teenager, crime, ezwwaters, Ferguson Missouri, Growing Up, Justice Chronicles, juveniles, Michael Brown, MIssouri, Murder, NYPD, police involved shooting, police-involved killing, raising black boys, Sometimes Blue Knights Wear Black Hats, Streets of Rage, Uncategorized, Urban Impact
Tagged 113th Precinct, Bernard Warren, Cedric Dew, Easy Waters, Eric Waters, Just Info, Just Info Hotline, Know Your Rights, Lt. Clarence Hopkins, Mik Maurus, Moira Meltzer-Cohen, New Jerusalem Worship Center, Occupy Wall Street, Webb & BrooInc., William E. Waters, William Eric Waters, YMCA
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Some thoughts on my novel, “Streets of Rage”
Growing up in the early ’70s, the Black Power Movement, informed by Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam, and its offshoot the Five Percent Nation, informed the thinking of the best minds of my generation — including mine, if … Continue reading
