BLACK MOVEMENT NEWS 1st Edition

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Increasing cases of Police Brutality against African Americans in the U.S. Calls for Immediate Action!!!!

There has been a growing problem in America that have plagued us as a people for centuries! That problem takes the form of police brutality. Every day we turn on the news or read the newspaper, there is another sad story about a Black person or people that were killed without a justifiable reason.

Police Brutality have plagued Black people ever since the days of Malcolm X. Many revolutionaries have died combating this racist system and the masses of Black people remain sleep. What will it take for us as a people to wake up? Did you know that Texas leads the United States in incarceration growth? Did you know that if Texas were a country it would have the highest incarceration rate in the world? This means that Texas locks up more people than anywhere on Earth! Even more shocking, African Americans in Texas are incarcerated SEVEN times more than Caucasians. In Houston, the justice department operates in a culture of silence. Many police officers are witnesses of these horrific events acted out by other HPD officers but they choose to remain silent. In Houston, Texas in 2014, three unarmed Black Men lost their lives to police brutality. These victims were Jordan Baker, 26, Hallis Kinsey, 26, and inmate, Kenneth Christopher Lucas, 38, who was murdered in the custody of the Harris County Jail. In the U.S., More than 304 Black men have lost their lives in 2014 by the hands of the police. Are these murders a coincidence, or do our government ultimately want Black men locked up in jail or dead? This is a serious question every Black person must ask themselves. It is time for Black men and women to speak out against police brutality and implement effective measures to eliminate police brutality once and for all! A major problem in the African American community is that we have got to stop BLACKER THE BERRY ENTERTAINMENT | 5.25.15 $2.00

letting other entities police and control OUR neighborhoods. We are a valuable people and until we truly internalize that fact, we will continue to be dehumanized by this racist system. The Black man is missing from the home and there will be no one to protect the Black family when all of the Black men are in jail or dead. We as Black people have got to unify and govern ourselves, if not, we will continue to be destroyed in massive numbers.

-Nikki Luellen, C.E.O of Blacker the Berry Entertainment www.mappingpoliceviolence.org www.november.org

___________________________________________ Book List by Paris Johnson/ Educator, Activist and Writer 1) From Babylon to Timbuktu by Rudolph Windsor 2) The Willie Lynch Letter 3) A Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass 4) Booker T. Washington’s The Atlanta Exposition 5) Soul of Black Folks by W.E.B. DuBois 6) The Miseducation Of The Negro by Carter G. Woodson All Books except one are available online in pdf format. This book list is a brief introduction to Black History and a discovery of self.

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Radical Black Revolutionary Street Theater Blacker The Berry Entertainment is a revolutionary street theater company dedicated to producing conscious black entertainment that the average Black person can relate to. Their overall goal is to wake Black people up by using Theater. This company was founded in Houston, TX on August, 2012 by Nikki Luellen. Issues she address in her plays are homelessness, poverty, black on black crime, drug abuse, suicide, teen pregnancy, rape and police brutality. No other theater company in Houston are producing conscious shows that deal with real issues Black people face every day. Recently they showcased their touring one act street play, TRAPPED at Texas Southern University. Trapped was written and directed by Nikki Luellen, starring Nkemdirim Nwankwo as Prince, Jeff Shelley as L.B./ Trae and Bianca Tonsall as Julia. This event was made possible by Dr. Nikki Taylor who currently serves as chair of the History Department at TSU. Their next show will address the ongoing problem in the Black community which is police brutality. Luellen’s play Serial Killers; The Historical Crucifixion of the Black Man in America will make its debut in Galveston, TX for a Juneteenth Celebration. Blacker The Berry’s next performance in Houston will be 6-19-15 at 8pm at 2327 San Jacinto.

- G.P Jones, C.E.O of Hip Hop Union

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* If you have a story about police brutality you would like to share with the public, lets us help you get your story out! * To place an ad in our newspaper is only $5 for a week and the fee is only $10 to run your ad for an entire month! * If you are interested in being a part of our research team, or would like to be a contributing writer, email us. You will be contacted promptly! *Casting Call for African American men and women (all ages) for upcoming stage plays for Blacker The Berry’s fall/spring season!!! To schedule your audition, call 713-305-3811 Email: Blackertheberry7@yahoo.com Or Visit us online: www.facebook.com/BlackerTheBerryEntertainment #Blackertheberryentertainment

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- Nikki Luellen, Chief Editor of B.T.B News

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DVD Plays: $10 Diary of a Bastard Child Inner City Blues Trapped All Blacker the Berry T-Shirts are $10, sizes left are XXL and up!

ESSAYS Title: “White Group Violence� Price: $10 Synopsis: White Group Violence is a very well researched and detailed nine page essay

by Nikki Luellen that documents the history of white group violence against Black people. This essay proves that police brutality have existed ever since the slaves were brought to America. This paper is very well researched and provides traceable documentation for each claim.

Chief Editor: Nikki Luellen Contributing Writers: G.P. Jones Book List: Paris Johnson

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