An all out fight for control of the "Black Agenda"

This past Tuesday Tavis Smiley (aka the "Wells Fargo trojan") took to the Tom Joyner Morning Show (which I listen to on-line, because Peoria radio would never carry anything so informative) and made a special shout out to several black leaders who he feels is falling down on the job.

Tavis called for a symposium (because that's what he does best, I bet he already has the sponsors lined up) and listed several speakers who were invited, including the Rev. Al Sharpton, Harvard law professor Charles Ogletree and Valerie Jarrett. Click here to hear Tavis' spit filled rant.

Shortly thereafter Rev. Al Sharpton called in to the TJMS and took issue with Smiley making it clear that Smiley had not talked with him about the event.

AND then, because turn around is fair play, in the afternoon, Smiley called in to Sharpton’s radio talk show as he discussed the matter with Ogletree. Check it out below.

Perhaps this is this one of those conversations that should have been had in private? You know how Momma always said "don't but family business in the street".

Sharpton to Lead Quality Education March on May 16

NNPA Report - Al Sharpton will lead a march on Washington to protest inequality in education.

(May 5, 2009) - Activist Al Sharpton, leader of the National Action Network, has announced that he will lead a march at the White House Ellipse, Constitution Avenue and 15th Street on May 16.

The 10 a.m. gathering is in commemoration of the 55th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision, May 17, 1954. Sharpton describes the May 16 event as a new “call to action” in the wake of separate and unequal education that still remains. “Fifty-five years later our government still supports a broken and unequal system of public education; a system that fails to serve poor and minority children and condemns them to a lifetime of limited opportunities,” Sharpton said in a release.

Citing new federal education test results that shows a large racial achievement gap, Sharpton says he is calling upon “Americans of all races, backgrounds, ages and philosophies'' to join him for the march, which he hopes will bring attention to the inequality and formally kick off a campaign to close the gap.

NAN will assemble along with the UNCF, La Raza, and the Education Equality Project, which Rev. Sharpton helped found. According to a press statement, a diverse group of speakers will assemble, including civil rights leaders, mayors, elected officials and clergy. Also, former Speaker of The House Newt Gingrich and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is expected to attend. Sharpton says people from over 20 states and 35 cities have signed up to come to Washington on that day.

Sharpton says, “Fifty-five years ago, the King era civil rights movement began when Americans of all colors demanded that every child have equality of opportunity in education. On May 16, we will renew the urgency felt 55 years ago to save the future of our children and of our nation. We all must recognize that we have a crisis in education, and crises demand extraordinary action.