This attitude that you describe is part of the new way of looking at history. I would sum it up like this: "White Man, bad. Any Other Man, good." D.F. Mills Yorktown, VA ----- Original Message ----- From: "qvarizona" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 10:32 AM Subject: Re: Fw: Official Opposition Events against Jamestown 2007, America's 400 Year Anniversary Celebration! > Just curious. How is it possible that of those protesting the celebration > of Jamestown can completely ignore what went on in this area before the > Europeans arrived? Are they unaware of Wahunsonacock and his conquests? > Have they not read of the raids conducted by the Monacans and Mannahoacs > on their enemies, the Powhatans? Do they know about the Chesapeakes who > lived at the entrance to the bay later named for them and were wiped > out --man, woman, child-- when they tried to resist being absorbed into > the Tsenacommach? > > > Joanne Kartak > > > > > > > Debra Jackson/Harold Forsythe <[log in to unmask]> wrote: I post this > item here, from H-Afro-Am, without any endorsement from me. I > just thought H-VA-Hist. should be aware of the opposition to the Jamestown > 400th anniversary celebration. > > Harold S. Forsythe > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alkalimat, Abdul" > To: > Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 8:48 AM > Subject: Re: Official Opposition Events against Jamestown 2007, America's > 400 Year Anniversary Celebration! > > > From: Pan-African Roots [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > > Official Opposition Events against Jamestown 2007, America's 400 Year > Anniversary Celebration > > "Shame on Jamestown's 400th" > > May 11, 2007: Norfolk/VA Beach Town Hall Meeting and Pre Demonstration > Rally > > May 12, 2007: Jamestown Settlement Demonstration Features National > Indigenous /Indian and Black/African Leaders > > For more information, or to confirm speakers/interviews, contact: > > Black Lawyers for Justice, call: (202) 397-4577 or email: > [log in to unmask] > > New Black Panther Party, call: (202) 726-0029 or email: > [log in to unmask] > > Pan-African Roots, email: > [log in to unmask] > > OFFICIAL OPPOSITION EVENTS > > Friday May 11th 5:00 PM-10:30 PM > > Event #1: Town Hall Meeting and Pre Demonstration Rally > > Location: African American Special Event Center > > 544 Newtown Road Suite 116 (at Newport Shopping Center/On the border of > Norfolk VA ) > > Virginia Beach, Virginia > > Theme: "Shame on Jamestown: Advocates for the Victims expose the true > history, and the Community Speaks Out!" > > > Saturday May 12th 2:00 pm > > > Event #2: Opposition Rally and Demonstration > > Location: In front of the Jamestown Settlement Museum at the Jamestown > Settlement Visitors Center! > > Theme: "Shame on Jamestown: The Indigenous/Indian and Black/African > African Holocaust on Public Display" > > Compelling evidence of the crimes of Jamestown will be on public display > during this powerful rally and demonstration. > > Why we are opposing Jamestown 2007 > > On May 11th -13th 2007 the uglier side of the founding of Jamestown, > Virginia by English settlers will be debated and exposed. On this > weekend, millions of Americans, including Supreme Court Justice Sandra > Day O'Conner and the leading Presidential Candidates are expected in > Jamestown, Virginia to celebrate Americas Founding 400 years ago. > > President George W. Bush will also speak on this weekend. > > On May 11th-12th Black Lawyers For Justice (BLFJ), The American Indian > Movement (AIM Grand Governing Council), The New Black Panther Party For > Self Defense (NBPP), Pan-African Roots, and the All African People > Revolutionary Party (AAPRP-GC) are co-sponsoring the Official > Opposition Events to Jamestown 2007, America's 400 Year Anniversary. > > To White America, Jamestown's 400th Year Anniversary will be a great > celebration of achievement and pride. However, to the Indigenous Red > peoples or Indians, May 11-13th, 2007 in Jamestown commemorates the > beginning of the European/ American Holocaust and tragic genocide > perpetrated against many millions of indigenous/ Indian Nations and > peoples. > > To White America it will be a time of great joy and remembrance, but for > Blacks/Africans in America, this day is contradicted by the shameful > reality that Jamestown marks the commemoration of The European > Transatlantic Slave Trade which imposed upon many millions of innocent > Africans the tragedy of inhuman chattel slavery and the beginning of the > Maafa (Great Suffering), in the United States of America. > > Organizers of the Jamestown 2007 project have whitewashed the project > and have attempted to rewrite history in a blatant attempt to sanitize > the crimes committed at Jamestown which resulted in America being > originated on the corrupt foundation of racism, population removal, mass > murder, slavery and a litany of crimes against divine law and humanity. > > > Make no mistake about it, our Friday May 11th Rally in Norfolk/VA Beach > and Saturday May 12th Demonstration in front of the Jamestown Visitors > Center is designed to crash this illegitimate party and pursue the > overdue case for Reparations and Justice for the victims of slavery, > mass murder and genocide. Furthermore the ill affects of what happened > at Jamestown still fester in the Community today. These Opposition > Events are designed to give the contemporary Indigenous and > "African-American" public an opportunity to have input on the > alternative view of the Jamestown 2007 Celebration. > > A noted lineup of lawyers, scholars, activists, political figures and > artists will give First Amendment privileges new meaning as they fully > exercise their right to debate the significance of the May 11th-13th > Events at the doorstep of the Jamestown Visitors Center (Saturday May > 12th) during the height of the Celebration. Organizers are determined > to affirm their well earned right to Free Assembly at this specific > location and are legally accepting nothing less. > > > > Speakers at Both Events Include: > > Wabun-inini Nindiz-nikaz (Vernon Bellecourt): Principal Spokesman for > the American Indian Movement (A.I.M) Grand Governing Counci, and a > leader in actions ranging from the 1972 occupation of the Bureau of > Indian Affairs in Washington to the 1992 Redskin Super bowl > demonstrations. He is Co-founder and first Executive Director of the > Denver AIM Chapter. His involvement at Wounded Knee in 1973 led to a > Federal indictment. He is a special representative of the International > Indian Treaty Council and helped organize the first Treaty Conference in > 1974. He was jailed for throwing his blood on the Guatemalan Embassy to > protest the killing of 100,000 Indians. He was elected to a 4-year term > in his White Earth tribal government and developed a model program for > the spiritual education of Indian prisoners. Vernon is President of the > National Coalition on Racism in Sports & Media and recipient of the City > of Phoenix, Martin Luther King Human Rights Award. > > Attorney Malik Shabazz, Esq.: Event host, President of Black Lawyers > For Justice (BLFJ), which he founded in 1996 and National Chairman of > the New Black Panther Party. Shabazz is a seasoned veteran of the Black > movement since his days as a popular student activist at Howard > University and Howard University School of law. Shabazz is one of the > most consistent organizers, dynamic lecturers and debators in the > Nation. On the legal front, Attorney Shabazz has had extensive civil > litigation experience as a victim's rights lawyer and has been > successful in a number of high profile cases, including the historic > 1998-1999 legal victories over the Guiliani Administration who tried to > prevent the Million Youth March from taking place in Harlem New York. > From the Million Man March, leadership over the New Black Panther Party, > co-convening Minister Louis Farrakhan's Millions More Movement and > fighting police brutality nationwide Attorney Malik Shabazz is clearly a > rising force on the legal and political scene. For more information, or > to confirm speakers/interviews, contact Black Lawyers for Justice at > (202) 397-4577 or [log in to unmask] and/or contact New Black > Panther Party at (202) 726-0029 or [log in to unmask] > > Bob Brown: Co-Director of Pan-African Roots and Organizer for the All > African Peoples Revolutionary Party (GC). Bob is a veteran organizer > and his political contributions and achievements are known world wide. > He was the Director of the Midwest Office of the Student Non-Violent > Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and co-founded the Illinois Chapter of the > Black Panther Party. Bob is an organizer in the Black Power and > Pan-African Movements. He worked with Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael) > for 31 years, from 1967 to 1998, and was the national coordinator for > logistics and operations and national field director for the 1995 > Million Man March and Stay-at-Home Campaign. Bob is currently > co-plaintiff, with the City of Chicago, in a historic and > precedent-setting $10 billion slavery era disclosure and false claims > lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Cook County. This lawsuit will rock the > foundations of the political-economy of Chicago, the united snakes, and > the world, and force the disclosure of records documenting more than 500 > years of Crimes against Humanity that were committed by European Nations > and Royal Families, including the British Royal Family, against > Indigenous Peoples of the Western Hemisphere, and Peoples of African > descent in every corner of Africa and the African Diaspora. For more > information, or to confirm speakers/interviews, contact Pan-African > Roots at [log in to unmask] > > Dr. Leonard Jeffries: Professor, African Studies City University New > York (CUNY). Professor Jeffries is the leading living historian on > African and African American history. He is a founding director of the > Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations (ASCAC) and > is a former president of the African Heritage Association (AHSA). His > scholastic exploits have taken him to the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Brazil, > Switzerland and throughout the Caribbean. Dr. Jeffries lectures around > the nation and the world and can provide factual historical ammunition > to any debate. > > Honorable Charles Barron: City Council (D) Brooklyn, New York. > Councilman Charles Barron is the leading elected advocate for Blacks and > oppressed peoples in New York and is gaining nationwide respect for his > progressive stance on the issues of police brutality, poverty, education > and reparations. The outspoken and active leader is a former member of > the New York Chapter of the Black Panther Party and was overwhelmingly > re elected to his council seat in the last election. Eying a run at > Brooklyn Borough president in 2009, Barron is sure to be an > uncompromising and consistent advocate for Blacks and the poor in the > centers of power as well as in the streets. > > Attorney Chowke Lumumba: Chairman, New African Peoples Organization > Attorney Lumumba has had a long and distinguished career as an > accomplished defense attorney and a powerful political activist. Chokwe > served as acting President Provisional Government of the Republic of New > Africa. He has established a stellar legal career as a legal advocate > for the poor and powerless in the courtroom and established himself as > an uncompromising and formidable force for social justice in the > streets. Attorney Lumumba has been instrumental in the formation and > maintenance of a number of organizations dedicated to the liberation of > New Afrikan people. In 1978-79, he was a co-founder of the National > Black Human Rights Coalition and the Detroit Black Human Rights > Coalition. He actively participated in the effort to build a National > Human Rights Campaign. On November 5, 1979, Lumumba and two other > national leaders presented a statement charging the U.S. with human > rights violations to the president of the U.N. General Assembly, Salim > Ahmed Salim. > > Other speakers include: Minister Hashim Nzinga, National Chief Of Staff > New Black Panther Party. Minister Nzinga has a national voice and > experience and also a leading anti police brutality activist in the > Atlanta Area. Minister Bryan Muhammad, Millions More Movement-Nation Of > Islam. Minister Muhammad is a true disciple of the Millions More > Movement and recently gained national attention for his efforts that > freed 14 year old Shaquanda Cotton from an unjust 7 year Paris, Texas > juvenile prison sentence. Minister Yusef Muhammad, National > Spokesman-New Black Panther Party. Yusef Shabazz is currently a city > council candidate in Savannah Georgia. Ashaeed Muhammad, Activist- > Author. Muhammad is the founder of Truth Establishment Institute (TEI) > and the author of the revealing book "Synagogue of Satan". Imam Akbar > Abdul Karim Bilal , Minister of Justice for the New Black Panther Party > and Minister Najee Muhammad, > > ENTERTAINMENT BY: UNO THE PROPHET AND NY OIL. These two hot, hot > revolutionary rappers/poets are guaranteed to light Jamestown on fire > with cultural artistic presentations. Other rappers and poets are > expected to be added to the in the coming days. > > > > THESE ARE HISTORIC EVENTS THAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS! > > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who > knows. > Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. >