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Junious
Ricardo Stanton Bio
Junious Ricardo Stanton was
born and raised in Philadelphia Pennsylvania where he attended
the public schools and matriculated to Cheyney State College in
1965. He graduated in 1969 with a BA in Liberal Arts in English.
From there he went to the University of Pennsylvania and earned
a Master’s Degree in City Planning in 1971. He took a position
with the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas as a juvenile
probation officer and remained there thirty one years.
A long time avid fan of the
radio medium, Junious began brokering time on a local black AM
station and produced a program Positively Black beginning in
1990. To promote the show Junious began writing a weekly column
Positively Black in a popular community newspaper SCOOP USA
which he subsequently self syndicated to area community papers.
In 1996 Junious began syndicating the column on the national
level to over two hundred black newspapers with the National
Newspaper Publishers Association the trade association of black
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Junious became a pioneer in
Internet talk radio in late 1999 early 2000 when he created a
program called Black Talk on The Black World Today Website. When
TBWT ceased operations, he migrated to New Black City and began
producing a weekly live program called The Digital Underground.
Junious has produced and hosted a series of programs on numerous
stations over the years. Currently Junious produces and hosts:
The Cyberspace Sanctuary on the Blake Radio Network’s Rainbow
Soul channel, The Digital Underground on the Harambee
Radio Network and Akoben on Before It’s News.
Junious has been married to the former
Sonjia Elaine Harmon for forty one years.
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1991 to present free lance writer contributing to number
African-American publications such as: Renaissance Magazine,
About Time Magazine, weekly columnist for Scoop U.S.A.,
contributor to Philadelphia Business Review now known as the
Business Review, Former Acting Editor In Chief- Real News,
former contributing writer First World News of Allentown Pa.,
The
Philadelphia New Observer, the National Newspaper Publishers
Association, contributing columnist for The Black Suburban
Journal. Contributing writer for HYPE Information Services,
The
Black World Today, Afrikan.Net Web sites, senior writer for
The
Digital Drum, regular contributor to TheBlackList E-groups and
self-syndicate weekly column POSITIVELY BLACK to about 50
African-American
newspapers.
Professional Experience
1971 to present Juvenile Probation Officer with the
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Current position Probation
Officer II. Duties and responsibilities include supervising a
case load of 25-40 adjudicated males 15-19 years old in
residential placement at Glen Mills Schools, a privately owned
and operated facility. Upon their release I monitor and
supervise their reintegration into the community under a special
intensive After Care Program. Write summaries, pre and post
discharge treatment plans. Work with families, related social
agencies, teachers and school administrators to facilitate the
young man's re-entry and reintegration to community living.
June 2001-present Councilman Borough of Lawnside New Jersey
an all (98%) black incorporated municipality in Camden County
New Jersey, of about 3,000 residents. Serve as Chairman of
Ordinances and Culture Committees, work with six other council
persons and Mayor to exercise oversight of all municipal
operations, budgets, create and enact ordinances, serve as
council liaison to borough boards and committees.
1992-2001 member of the Lawnside Planning Board, current
position: Council liaison. Review applications for subdivisions,
new construction, formulate master plan for the borough.
1996-2002 Chairman Lawnside Planning Board Education
B.A. Liberal Arts English Cheyney State College 1969
Master's Degree in City Planning University of Pennsylvania
1971
Certification and training in toxicology, family counseling
and therapy
Organizations
Grand Chapter Life Member of Kappa Alpha Psi
Fraternity Inc.
Member Philadelphia Alumni Chapter Kappa Alpha Psi
Fraternity Inc.
Awards
1995 Pan-African Studies Community Education
Program of Temple University Roots Service Award, U.S. Congressman
Chaka Fattah Men Making A Difference Award
1994-2000 Lawnside Planning Board Service
recognition
January 31,1998 Quaker City Alumnae Chapter of
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Public Service Award for Political
Awareness and
Involvement
References
Robert Booker Publisher/Editor Black Suburban
Journal P.O. Box 277, Paoli PA 19301-0277 (610) 296-5618, (610)
296-9495 (FAX)
J. Hugo Warren III Publisher/Editor The
Philadelphia New Observer 1520 Locust Street Suite 501
Philadelphia, PA !9102 (215) 545-7500
Wayne R. Bryant New Jersey State Senator 501
Cooper Street Camden, NJ 08102 (856) 757-0552
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Malcolm X
A Life of Reinvention
By
Manning Marable
Years
in the making-the definitive biography of
the legendary black activist.
Of the great figure in twentieth-century
American history perhaps none is more
complex and controversial than Malcolm X.
Constantly rewriting his own story, he
became a criminal, a minister, a leader, and
an icon, all before being felled by
assassins' bullets at age thirty-nine.
Through his tireless work and countless
speeches he empowered hundreds of thousands
of black Americans to create better lives
and stronger communities while establishing
the template for the self-actualized,
independent African American man. In death
he became a broad symbol of both resistance
and reconciliation for millions around the
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The New Jim Crow
Mass Incarceration in the Age of
Colorblindness
By Michele Alexander
Contrary to the
rosy picture of race embodied in Barack
Obama's political success and Oprah
Winfrey's financial success, legal
scholar Alexander argues vigorously and
persuasively that [w]e have not ended
racial caste in America; we have merely
redesigned it. Jim Crow and legal racial
segregation has been replaced by mass
incarceration as a system of social
control (More African Americans are
under correctional control today... than
were enslaved in 1850). Alexander
reviews American racial history from the
colonies to the Clinton administration,
delineating its transformation into the
war on drugs. She offers an acute
analysis of the effect of this mass
incarceration upon former inmates who
will be discriminated against, legally,
for the rest of their lives, denied
employment, housing, education, and
public benefits. Most provocatively, she
reveals how both the move toward
colorblindness and affirmative action
may blur our vision of injustice: most
Americans know and don't know the truth
about mass incarceration—but her
carefully researched, deeply engaging,
and thoroughly readable book should
change that.—Publishers
Weekly |
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update 13 January 2012
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