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It’s Still About Economic Development, Not Burning America Down - The New Journal and Guide

From the days of Slavery, Black Power and Passive Resistance

It’s Still About Economic Development, Not Burning America Down

By Bill Thomas

Daniel Watts, editor of the provocative Black power monthly, “The Liberator” in a 1968 interview with Bokara Lengendre and published in the Daily Press, believed America should be burned down to the ground. Ironically, Mr. Watts suggested a burning strategy but with more finesse than H.

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