http://therisingcontinent.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/the-liberation-of-african-minds-a-giant-step-to-make/ The liberation of African minds: a giant step to make A friend asked me once if I liked movies and what I liked watching on TV. I replied and said that I had not watched television for the last four years. I didn't elaborate on the reasons that had pushed me to that radical resolution. But what he added summarized most of it. 'A rabbi once said that watching television [ or a censored news source – my emphasis ] is like opening sewage in your house.' Many are not aware of which ground they stand on. Harriet Tubman , a black American abolitionist born in 1822, helped to free many among her compatriots from slavery. With a lot of courage, she took enormous life risks to liberate black people during the time when a handful of Negroes would dare to oppose openly the slavery system. To those who praised her for her efforts and achievements, she responded, 'I would've...
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