Protestors gather to say "Shame on Jamestown"

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Escorted by police, with lights flashing, two buses slowly moved towards historic Jamestown on Saturday afternoon.

One by one, some wearing all black and carrying banners, people stepped off the buses.

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Close to 100 people protested this weekend's 400th Anniversary Celebration.

Doctor Malik Shabazz, president of the D.C. based Black Lawyers for Justice, led the charge.

"We are not here to celebrate the founding of Jamestown at all," said Shabazz.

Shabazz, along with the New Black Panther Party for Self Defense, and the American Indian Movement, voiced their opposition to what they call a "whitewash of history" by Jamestown organizers.

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Chief Wabun Inini of the American Indian Movement said, "It's been a 400 and some year holocaust."

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http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=6507418

[Buzz Clik]

1. Just great. Another fucking anti-immigration crowd.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. Chief Inini is correct

And let's remember that the first slave ship docked at Jamestown, too.

Shabaz--is Malik a son of Malcom?

[leftchick]

3. good question

but apparently not....


http://www.newblackpanther.com/shabazz.html

* Founder/ Spokesman- Black Lawyers for Justice (BLFJ)

Dr. Malik Zulu Shabazz is a national figure and a key representative of the new leadership that has emerged from the Black liberation and Islamic movements. Shabazz has led the New Black Panther Party since 2001 and Black Lawyers for Justice since 1996. What makes Dr. Malik Zulu Shabazz unique and effective today is the depth of his knowledge, professional organizing skills, potent legal advocacy, and dynamic speaking skills. Malik Zulu Shabazz continues to draw comparisons between himself and his revolutionary prototype- Minister Malcolm X. Malcom X (Al Hajj Malik Shabazz) wanted to be a lawyer as a child but was cut short by racist forces.

Dr. Malik Zulu Shabazz is freedom fighter- activist/ attorney operating on the world stage today. The New Black Panther Party has 36 Chapters operating across the United States, United Kingdom, Gambia and Zimbabwe. Shabazz has been involved in a plethora of major political and legal causes and struggles that pertain to the Black Community in America, the African peoples worldwide, and the causes of the Muslim world- all who are suffering in this hour. Shabazz can be seen and heard periodically on Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, C-SPAN and OTHER major national and international media outlets. He is a credible articulator and debater on major political and legal newsworthy matters.

Malik Zulu Shabazz graduated from Howard University and Howard University School of Law. While in Law School he founded and led Unity Nation, a Black Nationalist student organization closely affiliated with the Nation of Islam leadership. While at Howard University, Shabazz came under the influence of Minister Louis Farrakhan and Dr. Khallid Abdul Muhammad. During these period seminal scholars such as Dr. Leonard Jeffries, Dr. Yosef Ben Jochannon, Professor Ron Walters, Dr. Ashra Quesi, Dr. Tony Martin, and other African- Centered scholars of the movement would also touch and influence Shabazz.

Minister Louis Farrakhan and Dr. Khallid Muhammad had a heavy influence on the young Shabazz while an undergraduate and law student. As an activist, Malik Zulu Shabazz organized students and stirred up the campus of Howard University as never before- making the campus a beacon light of Black Consciousness and student revolution. He was called “one of the greatest student leaders of all time,” by Dr. Khallid Abdul Muhammad.

Upon graduation from law school in 1995, Shabazz immediately passed his bar exam and founded Black Lawyers for Justice (BLFJ), a legal-political advocacy organization where conscious attorneys can pool their talents and resources to advocate in and out of the courtroom in order to counter the many attacks on the human and civil rights of our peoples. Black Lawyers For Justice believes that because Black professionals and lawyers hold unique places of respect in the community, they must exert strong and effective leadership within the profession and in the political and social order. Attorney Shabazz practices in the area of civil litigation with a focus on wrongful death, personal injury and victims rights and also handles criminal matters and entertainment law. Shabazz has also been a part of some key international legal causes

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

4. thanks for the information! n/t

[smomfr]

5. Great read in May National Geographic on James Town.