Black Journal: The Young Black Lawyer [must watch video]

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This is making the rounds on Twitter today and I thought I'd share for the interested.

Originally aired on PBS in 1972. Really outstanding interview with 4 very intelligent brothers. It stands in sharp contrast with the poverty of discourse I find in online spaces around black liberation and analysis of the core problems we face. This also underscores my conviction that the "arguments are the same"

 

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Sadly, Kenneth Cockrel Sr. died in 1989 at the age of 50 and he was just about to run for mayor; he died of a heart attack.

He died when his daughter was only three years old, here she is paying tribute to her father:



and his son Kenneth Cockrel Jr. was briefly the Mayor of Detroit:

and I just learned about brotha Cockrel only yesterday.

 

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Preview for the Video Colin's out there

Ken Cockrel was spitting

 

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Sadly, Kenneth Cockrel Sr. died in 1989 at the age of 50 and he was just about to run for mayor; he died of a heart attack.

He died when his daughter was only three years old, here she is paying tribute to her father:



and his son Kenneth Cockrel Jr. was briefly the Mayor of Detroit:

and I just learned about brotha Cockrel only yesterday.

Respect!

I'd read about this brother a long time ago but had never seen him speak at length. Really incisive thinker and very gifted orator (he must've been hell on those CACs in the courtroom haha). Huge respect to him and all our forefathers who struggled for true liberation. I'm trying to find the doc his daughter made "Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win" but can't find it anywhere online so far.

 

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Respect!

I'd read about this brother a long time ago but had never seen him speak at length. Really incisive thinker and very gifted orator (he must've been hell on those CACs in the courtroom haha). Huge respect to him and all our forefathers who struggled for true liberation. I'm trying to find the doc his daughter made "Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win" but can't find it anywhere online so far.

I agree, I want to see that doc, also. Man, this is a side note, but I'm suspicious: in 1987, the mayor of Chicago Mayor Harold Washington died of a heart attack, then two years later this brotha going to run for mayor and Cockrel had a grassroots stance. Hmmmmm, I'm just a Black man being paranoid, but the US gov't be on that bullshat sometimes.

 

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The director's ig:

 

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Man, I really need to find this doc @World B Free , might need to visit the library to track this down. Here's another clip from another doc featuring him.... not sure if it's him speaking here but it's absolutely riveting either way.

 

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Sadly, Kenneth Cockrel Sr. died in 1989 at the age of 50 and he was just about to run for mayor; he died of a heart attack.

He died when his daughter was only three years old, here she is paying tribute to her father:

It’s interesting who owns the building now.

Our Leadership

Bedrock is a full service commercial real estate firm based in downtown Detroit specializing in the strategic development of urban cores.

www.bedrockdetroit.com

 

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Man, I really need to find this doc @World B Free , might need to visit the library to track this down. Here's another clip from another doc featuring him.... not sure if it's him speaking here but it's absolutely riveting either way.

Here's the full other doc. featuring him about the Black Workers that you referenced.




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It's a shame that Netflix focuses on murder docs and not docs like Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win.

 

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It’s interesting who owns the building now.

Our Leadership

Bedrock is a full service commercial real estate firm based in downtown Detroit specializing in the strategic development of urban cores.

www.bedrockdetroit.com

I wonder who owns it, they have a black figurehead managing the property. Here's the black figurehead:

Bedrock CEO: Here's how Detroit can be a hub for talent attraction

Over a year ago I moved from the Bay Area to take the helm at Bedrock. Like many city builders, I had long admired the work of Dan Gilbert and his efforts to drive the regeneration and economic growth of downtown Detroit. After decades on the West Coast, I particularly liked the compelling pitch…

www.crainsdetroit.com

 

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Kofi Bonner - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

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Gonna bump this one more time. Nothing but respect for our forefathers who came up in this era man. Fr. Listen to these dudes