The Gist of Freedom   Preserving American History through Black Literature . . .

Prince Tribute, Freddie Gray Song Baltimore, w/ Ida B Wells (Ruby Dee)


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Prince Tribute, Freddie Gray Song , with intro, Ida B Wells (Ruby Dee) Lynching Crusader
Purple Reigns The World in honor to Prince
Prince released a song dedicated to and titled "Baltimore," Does anybody hear us pray for Michael Brown or Freddie Gray?"
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Ida B. Wells, “a talented and resolute young lady of colour”, was on a pilgrimage around the British Isles to  campaign on the subject of Negro lynching; they also published these Sadistic Statistics, "in 1893, excluding Sundays, a Coloured man was lynched every day from January to December."
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.[Prince] was a converted Jehovah's Witness, so he was not allowed to speak publicly about any of his good acts.
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 Watch http://bit.ly/Prince_Humanitarian
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 I guarantee you, anybody struggling, anywhere in the world, he was sending checks, he was making phone calls.
When Jones resigned or was terminated from his prestigious position as Special Advisor in the White House, it was Prince who called him up to check on him.
Jones was invited to Prince’s home where they sat to discuss Jones’ depression about losing his job.
Prince instructed his friend to go to Jerusalem for two weeks to pray and then return with a list of things he had intended to accomplish while in the White House. Jones took his friend’s advice.
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