More Black History: The Brownsville Raid

Black Soldiers, Racists, a Dead White Texan, and Teddy Roosevelt

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(about the "Brownsville Mutiny" in 1906)

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http://www.cs.wcu.edu/~kris/index.cgi?page=history - this maybe a dead link. So, cut and paste the link. I promise you'll be enlightened.

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This was an excellent essay - well written, concise, and well researched. I would like to reply to the author and congratulate her on such an excellent job. There is also an account of the Brownsville Raid in Theodore Rex - a biography about Teddy Roosevelt - that I would recommend.
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Black history is more than Martin Luther King Jr. ;-) GC

February 21, 1965 - Malcom X Remembered

I need to do something for Black History Month. Here's a link for Malcolm X.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcom_X
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Title: Seventh Child: A Family Memoir of Malcolm X
Author: Rodney P. Collins with A. Peter Bailey
Published: New York: Dafina; London: Turnaround, 2002
Notes: Originally published: Secaucus, N.J.: Carol, 1998
ISBN: 0758201176

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This is the book I've read about Malcolm X and I also recommend the movie by Spike Lee, Malcolm X (1992). Both are excellent. Rodney P. Collins is Malcolm's nephew. Collins offers a different view of Malcolm - the family man and his Uncle. Collins is biased and has a belief in a conspiracy by either or both the CIA and/or FBI in the assassination of his Uncle. But, then again Collins maybe partially right about American government involvement or lack of involvement as Collins claims. There is also a reprint edition of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, ISBN: 0345350685 with a new introduction by one of his daughter. The Autobiography was really ghost written by Alex Haley, who would later pen the epic ROOTS. ;-) GC
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PS I planned to read The Autobiography of Malcolm X this Summer and actually read the introductions. But, I opted for lighter and fun reading. I did do some serious reading last Summer and needed a break from serious books. ;-) GC