The C.​O.​W.​S. Dr. Colin Anthony Beckles PanAfrican Sites of Resistance Part 8 (Conclusion) #RolandAdams

The Katherine Massey Book Club @ The C.O.W.S. hosts the 8th study session on Dr. Colin Anthony Beckles' PanAfrican Sites of Resistance: Black Bookstores and The Struggle To Re-Present Black Identity. This 1995 dissertation is the first time in the illustrious 14 year history of The Katherine Massey Book Club that we will read a non-book. Dr. Beckles conducted an extraordinary amount of research and produced several reports documenting the import of black bookstores and the intense Racism targeting them around the world. Having just completed Char Adams' Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore, Gus concluded that text willfully excluded Dr. Frances Cress Welsing and Neely Fuller Jr. to stress anti-sexual behavior and to practice black misandry. Reading Dr. Beckles' - who is briefly mentioned in Adams' work, dissertation is the corrective to Black-Owned. Last week, Dr. Beckles mentioned Dr. Frances Cress for the 3rd and 4th times in the report. He emphasized that black bookstores functioned as advice centers for black people. Patrons could ask about constructive books to read, parenting tips, healthy meal recipes, or other subjects. Gus incorrectly thought Dr. Beckles was physically in England in April 1993 while investigating this report. 17-year-old Stephen Lawrence was savagely murdered and left to die in the streets of London on April 22, 1993. However, Dr. Beckles was actually in Mandela Park in Jamaica on April 4th of '93. This is still 18 days before Lawrence murder in Britain, and one before Nelson Mandela visited the UK and decried the murder of Stephen. Baroness Doreen Lawrence told us she had her son buried in Jamaica, the land of their ancestors. Some of the very British black bookstores Dr. Beckles told us about were the epicenter for counter-racist rallies - and Racist police surveillance - regarding Stephen's murder. It's hard to imagine Dr. Beckles not hearing about this case or why he decided not to include monumental case in his report. #COINTELPRO #TheCOWS17Years INVEST in The COWS – http://paypal.me/TheCOWS Cash App: https://cash.app/$TheCOWS CALL IN NUMBER: 720.716.7300 CODE 564943#