New Movement Takes a Stand to Defend Brown
On Monday, December 4, 2006, the power and independence of the new mass, militant, integrated civil rights movement was demonstrated in Washington D.C. at the U.S. Supreme Court. The picket, march and rally were a profound inspiration to all present - the kind of success that people remember their whole lives.
The 7,000 civil rights fighters that gathered at the court to picket and protest the attack on Brown v Board of Education chanting: "Roberts, Alito, Scalia and Thomas - try to segregate us and we'll take what we've been promised." Marching from the court to the Lincoln Memorial, the marchers asserted our collective determination not to be pushed backward toward segregation. This civil rights demonstration - initiated and led by BAMN - is a sign of things to come. A new generation of militant civil rights leaders of all races is stepping forward, utterly determined to move our society toward the long deferred promise of integration, equality and justice. No one should underestimate our resolve. Our new movement will grow and develop irrespective of what this conservative court rules in the Seattle and Louisville cases.
BAMN is poised to grow by leaps and bounds - simply because we are saying what so many people think, feel and know: The so-called races are equal, "Separate but equal" is a lie, there is no progress without struggle, most importantly - that if we fight we can win. The older civil rights leaders did not prioritize the defense of Brown, school desegregation and affirmative action at stake in these historic cases. BAMN will not make the same mistake - we will match the segregationists' money and media sponsorship with our willingness to organize and struggle.
The national media has paid BAMN a profound compliment. The
civil rights rally and march received wide, favorable
coverage, and in the spirit of Orwellian censorship all
mention of BAMN appears to have been surgically removed. A
centralized decision to censor out BAMN's name from news
coverage of December 4 is the news media's dishonest,
hypocritical way of saying they are very aware of just how
strong BAMN is.
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January 15, 2007:
All Out to the Univ. of Michigan Ann Arbor on Martin Luther King Day
No drop in underrepresented minority student enrollment in higher education in Michigan!
Undo Proposal 2! -
Mid-March 2007:
National Conference of the New Civil Rights Movement
Los Angeles, California
More details to be announced - check the BAMN website for updated info. - Become a BAMN contact person at your school and in your area. Contact us.
