Black business "Chamber of commerce" goes to Alaska

Dear friends,

In the recent past on this blog, we have taken a look at the African American population in Alaska, as well as one of that state's Black elected officials. Below, is a link to a story about African American businessmen from outside of Alaska who are seeking to do business there. What do they want? As well, does it have to do anything with that which will benefit African Americans generally?

G. Djata Bumpus
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Blacks in Alaska

Dear friends,

Considerng the deliberate practice of what I call "falsification by omission" that has excluded the experiences of African American people from being trecognized for our significant role in this country's history, I thought that the information on the link below will be a good start for folks to take a brief look (a few paragraphs) at part of that state's history which is unfamiliar to so many...

African Americans are everywhere in this country, and have been, long before people of Irish, Italian, or Polish descent (the largest body of so many of those who, mean-spiritedly, make the phony claim of being "white", thus forming an artificial "majority" group).

G. Djata Bumpus
http://www.akhistorycourse.org/articles/article.php?artID=233
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Fairbanks, Alaska's first Black mayor was in 1993

Dear friends,

Considering the info on the link below, it seems that winning a political office in Alaska may have more to do with no one else wanting the job than it does with having even a modicum of political savvy. Consequently, at least to me, it seems to trivialize Sarah Palin's assertion that she has genuine executive experience.

One Love,
G. Djata Bumpus
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