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01.10.2023 One Mo’pinion: Being Intentional—Black American political focus

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Updated January 10, 2023 As we begin 2023, TheLENS wants you, the readers, to know we shall continue to be

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Tim Black (TBTV) — Obama Admits He Failed Us (youtube.com)

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Social and political critic Tim Black comments on the former president’s new Spotify program and initial interview with rocker Bruce

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01.18.2021 Opinion: “Pharaoh Said That”: Has The #ADOS Movement Lost Direction And Focus?

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Yesterday evening, the YouTube channel, Pharaoh Said That, hosted by a Chicago music producer and promoter, presented an intriguing critique

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01.17.2021 Politics In Black: “MLK Day Conversations (Slavery after Freedom and the Civil Rights Movement)” (YouTube.com)

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In their debut episode for Season 2, the hosts of Politics In Black, Friday Jones and Chad Brown spoke to

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12.09.2020 One Mo’pinion: ADOS-focused news and information: being intentional (Editorial)

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As we journey to 2021 after a hellscape of a mismanaged pandemic with a wannabe-authoritarian, TheLENS reaches out to you,

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9.3.2020 – BTP discussion with ADOS Houston. The political landscape of Houston, TX (youtube.com)

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The BE THE POWER #BTP team discussed the political landscape of Houston, TX with the Houston #ADOS advocates. This episode

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9.1.2020 – BTP – The history of Native Black American citizenship & the misunderstanding of the 3/5ths compromise (youtube.com)

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The #BTP BE THE POWER examined the actual citizenship history of the people called “Black” in America. Did we become

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J.A.M. Aiwuyor, Tryna “Jam” the #ADOS Movement (Michael R Hicks)

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Jam is good. Defamation is not.

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08.18.2020 One Mo’pinion: THE IMPERATIVE OF EDITING HR 40, A CALL TO STUDY REPARATIONS FOR BLACK AMERICANS (Editorial)

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Let’s get to the point: specificity matters. HR 40, as currently crafted, has critical shortcomings that demands fixes. Dr. William

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08.16.2020 One Mo’pinion: Harris and Flattened Blackness: Downballot Voting and The Audacity of Nope

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Michael R Hicks, Lead Editor, TheLENS

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Conversation with Dr. Terence Lester, June 21st, West Louisville Forum

Conversation with Dr. Terence Lester, June 21st, West Louisville Forum

Christianity and Critical Race Theory: Footnotes with Jemar Tisby

Christianity and Critical Race Theory: Footnotes with Jemar Tisby

O.P.E.N. to SCKY 2023

O.P.E.N. to SCKY 2023

Happy Juneteenth!

Happy Juneteenth!

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