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Read more about the article The Great, Bloody Black Dispersal from the Cities Glen Ford, BAR executive editor

The Great, Bloody Black Dispersal from the Cities Glen Ford, BAR executive editor

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“The grand plan is to reverse the demography of the Seventies by forcing Blacks out of the central cities and into suburbs and small towns, rendering Black people incapable of ever again launching a national movement headquartered in the urban centers.” The urban saga of the 1950s, 60s and early 70s was white flight from the cities, fueled by massive public and private investment in the invention of suburbia. In the 21st century, the racial dynamic has been purposely reversed, as the window closes on Black majority cities—and on dreams of concentrated, Black urban political power. The rapidly unfolding dispersal of Blacks from the cities, like the white invasion of the surrounding hinterlands in the previous era, is the result of…

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Read more about the article This request is time sensitive. Soledad Brother John Clutchette has been granted parole by the parole board FOUR TIMES. The last three times, California Governor Edmond “Jerry” Brown reversed the grant of parole.
Soledad Brother John Clutchette has been granted parole by the parole board FOUR TIMES. The last three times, California Governor Edmond "Jerry" Brown reversed the grant of parole.

This request is time sensitive. Soledad Brother John Clutchette has been granted parole by the parole board FOUR TIMES. The last three times, California Governor Edmond “Jerry” Brown reversed the grant of parole.

This request is time sensitive.  Soledad Brother John Clutchette has been granted parole by the parole board FOUR TIMES.  The last three times, California Governor Edmond "Jerry" Brown reversed the grant of parole.  As reasoning, he cited to Mr. Clutchette's supposed affiliation with the Black Guerilla Family and his association with the late George Jackson and the related historical episode (see attachments).  It is noteworthy that John Clutchette was found not guilty by a 1972 jury of all charges associated with the Soledad Brothers case.  I have spent over a year researching John Clutchette's story.  I feel strongly that the parole process is being abused in this instance.  Seventy-four-year-old John Clutchette's fate again rests in the hands of Governor Brown.  I am asking you to do any/all…

Continue ReadingThis request is time sensitive. Soledad Brother John Clutchette has been granted parole by the parole board FOUR TIMES. The last three times, California Governor Edmond “Jerry” Brown reversed the grant of parole.