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JAN/FEB 6246 (2006) issue: Friends of Ile Omode kickoff, Dr. Carter G. Woodson ("Father of Black History"), Penpal program, Book Review...[READ IT]

NOV/DEC 6245 (2005) issue: Gumbo Night, Celebrating Kwanzaa...[READ IT]

SPRING 6245 (2005) issue: ...[READ IT]

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JAN/FEB 6246 (2006) issue: The main problem with your children? They're just like you. [READ IT]

NOV/DEC 6245 (2005) issue: Rosa Parks was exceptional, but not the catalyst for the Montgomery Bus Boycott [READ IT]

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I've never called a man Baba: "How must he have felt to know that a ten year old fatherless boy was essentially telling him that he would rather have no father at all, then to accept him?" [READ IT]

International Basketball - the decline of black hoop dominance, or are brothers just lazy?: "There must be a gazillion brothers playing basketball in America everyday, and we can't field a team to beat Argentina?" [READ IT]

A trip back South is a reminder of the changes this country has undergone : "We played in parks, and swam in pools that absolutely barred blacks just one generation ago" [READ IT]

Bill Cosy is pissed!: "As a contributing elder Cosby has earned the right to raise his voice, and challenge us" [READ IT]

Articles
Malcolm X as a Baba: "After one trip he returned to an empty house - she [Betty Shabazz] had taken the children and left" [READ IT]
 
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MALCOLM X AS A BABA: Possibly the most celebrated leader of the 20th century - but what type of father was he? [READ IT]
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JOANNE ROBINSON: Have we forgotten the woman who organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott? Although deserving of every accolade she has received, it wasn't Rosa Parks.[READ IT]
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HAVE BROTHERS JUST GOTTEN LAZY: A sign of things to come? [READ IT]
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AFRICANS TO THE AMERICAS: A publication from Ile Omode Press [LESSON 1] [LESSON 4 ]