By Rahim Islam May 15, 2015 Rahim Islam Also see: Give the People What They Want – We Want Freedom, Justice & Equality: Part 1. In my previous article, I tried to recapture the spirit of one of many of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff's “message” songs. The song I chose was […]
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Give the People What They Want – We Want Freedom, Justice & Equality: Part 1
By Rahim Islam May 1, 2015 Rahim Islam We Want Freedom, Justice and Equality Black people, like all other people, want freedom, justice, and equality. The mere fact that these words were used in the O’Jay’s 1975 song “Give the People What They Want” suggests that Black people […]
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Urban Renewal Is About Urban Removal: Part 2 – The Tale of Two Cities
By Rahim Islam April 3, 2015 Rahim Islam Continued from Urban Renewal Is About Urban Removal: Part 1 Wherever you see large numbers of Black people in any one area, you will find a large population of those living at/near poverty. There are two Chicago’s, two Philadelphia’s, […]
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Message to the Black Community “We Must Take One Step At A Time”
By Rahim Islam March 27, 2015 Rahim Islam I, along with over 10 – 15 others, have been working very hard to advance this movement that we call the Milwaukee Community of Leaders (MCOL). We have been working hard in the trenches building the foundation that we pray will be able […]
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When Did the Black Community Stop Dreaming?
By Rahim Islam March 20, 2015 Rahim Islam “Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly,” wrote Langston Hughes. One of the greatest men that the world has ever known is the late, great Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. author of […]
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Urban Renewal is About Urban Removal: Part 1
By Rahim Islam March 13, 2015 Rahim Islam Where you start matters! For the Black community in America the economic start has been so disproportionate and bankrupting that so called “ghettos” and the Black community go hand-in-hand. This has created an accepted stigma of inferiority about Black people and Black neighborhoods. […]
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God Made Man in His Own Image, Why? Part 4
By Rahim Islam February 20, 2015 Rahim Islam Continued from last week Sir John Newton, famous Christian hymn writers, was a slave trader. He wrote “How sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds” and “Amazing Grace.” The name of one of the most famous British slave vessels was “Jesus.” The Christian […]
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God Made Man in His Own Image, Why? Part 3
By Rahim Islam February 13, 2015 Rahim Islam Continued from last week Man has abused his position by portraying himself as the God and has led man down a poisonous path that supports hate of other humans and the destruction of the earth. We hear about the ultimate friction between […]
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God Made Man in His Own Image, Why? Part 2
By Rahim Islam February 6, 2015 Rahim Islam Continued from last week Given the power and amazement of His creation, He commanded (or willed) each event to happen and it was done (if you know another answer, I’m ready to listen). This is where science and religion begin to go […]
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God Made Man in His Own Image, Why? Part 1
By Rahim Islam January 23, 2015 Rahim Islam If you stare out into the universe and take in the sun, moon and the stars; watch the rivers flow and the world’s (three quarters) awesome seas and oceans; admire the highest and most majestic mountains and the energy, minerals, and natural resources […]
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