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When people ask, "what is the biggest mistake made in the Black Panther Party?" I tell them very clearly that what we did wrong was to take God out of the movement. -Afeni Shakur (Former Black Panther and Mother of slain rapper,Tupac Shakur)

Archive for January 3rd, 2008


Black youth unafraid to speak truth

03.01.2008 by Heber Brown, III Category Black people, activist, baltimore, black baltimore, maryland

Stephanie Hurt, 14, a ninth grader at P.S. 431, the Maritime Industries Academy, holds a sign protesting what parents and students say was the forced resignation of their principal, Dr. Marco Clark. (Sun photo by Kim Hairston / January 2, 2008)

Stephanie Hurt, 14, a ninth grader at P.S. 431, the Maritime Industries Academy, holds a sign protesting what parents and students say was the forced resignation of their principal, Dr. Marco Clark. (Sun photo by Kim Hairston / January 2, 2008)

Students, parents protest principal’s resignation
By Sara Neufeld | Sun reporter
January 3, 2008

This was supposed to be an exciting week at Maritime Industries Academy, with students preparing for a Jan. 9 visit from the secretary of the Navy.

Instead, the little Baltimore high school - in a strip mall in the 700 block of W. North Ave. - is in turmoil, railing over the sudden departure of the principal and the assistant principal.

Dozens of parents and students marched about 10 blocks to school system headquarters yesterday morning in support of Principal Marco T. Clark, who has resigned, and Assistant Principal Kevin Brooks, who was placed on paid administrative leave.

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