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"My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations."
Isaiah 56:7, (6-8)

An
African & African American
History & Heritage
Study Guide
for ALL of the families
of humanity

Attention
Parents, Students, Educators, Librarians,
Clergy, Teachers, Community Leaders:

Here is
Information YOU Can Use And Share!

"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge ...."
(Hosea 4:6)

"A people without the knowledge
of their past history, origin and culture
is like a tree without roots!"

- Marcus Garvey

"Education is our passport to the future,
for tomorrow belongs to the people
who prepare for it today."

- Malcolm X

"Say it Loud:
I'm ME
and I'm Proud !"

- Stevie Wonder
&
- James Brown

"ISHE OLUWA KOLEBA JEO"
The Work of God cannot be destroyed
It shall go on forever.

West African Proverb
(See Ecclesiastes 3:14)

"Yes We CAN"
Has already been proven.
The only question is:
WILL We ?
It IS time for change!"

If you truly want
CHANGE:

Please read
II Chronicles 7:14
and
Hosea 4:6
(in their full context)
to learn
where it really starts.

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The Editor

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Just because we can
Does not necessarily mean that we should.
We DO have choices
and
Choices have consequences.

Deuteronomy 30:19, (15-20)

Say unto them: As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die . . . ?

Say to them: as I live - declares the Lord GOD - it is not MY desire that the wicked shall die, but that the wicked turn from his [evil] ways and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways, that you may not die . . . !

Ezekiel 33:11, (AV and JPS)

Admonitions
From Two
American
Founding Fathers!

"Yes, we did produce a near perfect Republic.

But will they keep it?

Or will they in their enjoyment of plenty, lose the memory of freedom?

Material abundance without character is the surest way to destruction.

Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just."

-- Thomas Jefferson

"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people.

It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."

-- John Adams

“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free,
it expects what never was and never shall be.”
- Thomas Jefferson

"Liberate the minds of men and ultimately
you will liberate the bodies of men."

- Marcus Garvey

If you think you are too small to make a difference,
you haven't spent a night with a mosquito.

-- African Proverb

"WHAT'S IN YOUR HAND"

"What's in Your hand?
Just let God use you, that's all.
. . .
One with God, always a majority!"

-- Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
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RECLAIMING OUR HERITAGE!

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Timely, thought provoking commentary on relevant topics.

CONTENTS

Introduction:

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RECLAIMING OUR HERITAGE!

The Editor Speaks

Part 3:

**Know What IS In YOUR Hands!**

Many historians consider the African "Talking Drum" to be the Original Internet.

If you do your own research on the subject, you may also agree with them.

In the 21st Century, tragically
"KKK" has now become
"Kids Killing Kids!"
( - Rev. Vernon Williams)

"One thing worse than slavery is to adjust to it."
- Rev. Jesse Jackson
(4/6/2013) at NAN Convention in New York City

"WHAT'S IN YOUR HAND"

"What's in Your hand?
Just let God use you, that's all.
. . .
One with God, always a majority!"

-- Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
Watch on YouTube

If you think you are too small to make a difference,
you haven't spent a night with a mosquito.

-- African Proverb

KNOW WHY

“It's in our hands.”

The 50th anniversaries of many events in the struggle for Human Rights, freedom and social justice are being commemorated during 2013.

"Back in the Day," many of today's commonly used communication tools of technology were only dreamed of as science fiction (like in a "Star Trek" episode from a far future century) if even thought possible.

Many issues and challenges from the past
still confront us today.

How are you using
What's In YOUR Hands?

"A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on."
- Mark Twain

"Living with ignorant people is very dangerous! "
- Amiri Baraka

"Give a thirsty man dirty water and he will drink it.
Put clean water out there and he will know the difference."
- Mario Van Peebles

"You've been hoodwinked.
You've been had.
You've been took.
You've been led astray...
You've been bamboozled!"
- Malcolm X

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The Editor

RECLAIMING OUR HERITAGE!

The Editor Speaks

"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge ...."
(Hosea 4:6)

Introduction:

SOME RELEVANT THOUGHTS !

"A people who do not remember their history are doomed to repeat their mistakes."
- Martin Luther King III

"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots!"
- Marcus Garvey

"Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today."
- Malcolm X

"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."
- Dr Martin Luther King, Jr

"A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on."
- Mark Twain

"Living with ignorant people is very dangerous! "
- Amiri Baraka

"Give a thirsty man dirty water and he will drink it.
Put clean water out there and he will know the difference."
- Mario Van Peebles

"You've been hoodwinked.
You've been had.
You've been took.
You've been led astray...
You've been bamboozled!"
- Malcolm X

"Insanity [is] doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results!"
- Albert Einstein

"I firmly believe that Black music should never be 'dirty.'
And if you think about it, how could it be, unless someone . . . was allowing it?"
- James Brown

"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps perpetrate it."
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

"It is in your hands to make our world a better one for all, especially the poor, vulnerable and marginalised."
- Nelson Mandela

"If you always DO
what you always DID,
you will always GET
what you always GOT!"
- Jackie "Moms" Mabley

"History has a powerful impact on the present."
- John Hope Franklin

"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never shall be."
- Thomas Jefferson

"Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men."
- Marcus Garvey

"We must work on . . . attacking the causes and healing the effects."
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

"I, for one, believe that if you give people a thorough understanding
of what confronts them
and the basic causes that produce it,
they'll create their own program,
and when the people create a program,
you get action."
- Malcolm X

"Our destiny will not be written for us but by us!"
- Barack Obama

"Lies run in sprints, but the truth runs in marathons
. . . and the truth will win."
- Michael Jackson

"When the student is ready
The teacher will arrive."
- West African proverb

RECLAIMING OUR HERITAGE!

The Editor Speaks

Part 2:

**You CAN Make a Difference**

"A people who do not remember their history are doomed to repeat their mistakes."
- Martin Luther King III

The above statement by the son of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was made in 2013 in Washington, DC on the actual January 15th birthday of his father - the legendary leader and martyr for justice.

Martin III was deeply concerned.

In a news item by Hamil R. Harris in The Washington Post of January 16, 2013 we read:

"'My heart is heavy today! A people who do not remember their history are doomed to repeat their mistakes,' said King, who spoke at a luncheon in the District, sponsored by the National Action Network, that was held on what would have been his father’s 84th birthday.

As he looked across a room filled with civil rights veterans, White House officials and leaders from corporate America, Martin Luther King III said that the issues his father championed and died for have yet to be fulfilled in many communities across the country."

The movement and struggle for freedom, Human Rights, social justice and world peace is, and always has been, intergenerational and multifaceted.

A multitude of people have contributed and sacrificed in many ways.

Modern technology now makes it possible to recover and share many accounts of the history making events and the people who produced them in many families and communities.

There is much information that can help us resolve many of the challenges that we face today.

An African Proverb reminds us that:

"If you think you are too small to make a difference,
you haven't spent a night with a mosquito."

We encourage you to obtain, use and share the available knowledge that can produce a better future for ourselves and our posterity.

A Historical Record:

Opening

Girard College !

"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots!"
- Marcus Garvey

"Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today."
- Malcolm X

"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."
- Dr Martin Luther King, Jr

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The Editor

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The Power of Words!

The impact of words
(written, spoken and sung)
is enormous.

With that reality comes responsibility
for the consequences of what is uttered
and that should be a very sobering thought.

You can't "un-ring" the bell!

Will history ultimately record that the human tongue is the deadliest weapon on the planet?

Those who consider themselves to be
"children of Abraham"
throughout the Judeo-Christian-Islamic community
should seriously consider the following references.

(It would not hurt for everyone else
to at least give it some contemplation.)

Proverbs 18:21

James 3:5 -10

I Peter 3:10 -12

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The Editor

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"The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful and virtuous."
- Frederick Douglass

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Recent Events Prove
STILL RELEVANT TODAY:
The July 4th Words of
Frederick Douglass

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The "Good Book"
&
Media Responsibility?

Please read and consider

Exodus 20:16
&
Proverbs 12:17-23
&
Ephesians 4:29

As world events unfold before our very eyes, it would do us all well to consider the consequences of our words and actions and govern our lives accordingly.

The "people of the Book" who worship the God of Abraham in the Judeo-Christian-Islamic community should always remember our accountability and responsibilities to a "Higher Authority" - the Creator and Sustainer of the Universe.