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mightypen in blackhistory

RIP, Harold Cruse

Mar 30, 2005 13:31

It feels like we are losing a lot of great writers, great thinkers, great leaders lately.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/30/national/30cruse.html?

Harold Cruse, Social Critic and Fervent Black Nationalist, Dies at 89
By CHRISTOPHER LEHMANN-HAUPTPublished: ( Read more... )

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recumbentgoat March 30 2005, 12:20:49 UTC

People die in threes...weird. But thanks for posting this--

mightypen March 30 2005, 12:24:21 UTC

I know! I think I actually said that in my own journal and in the blackfolk post that "who's next" since it definitely seems to come in threes. Or maybe he is the "third" if you consider Ossie Davis, Johnnie Cochran and now Harold Cruse. Anyway, all this loss lately really is making me feel like our generation needs to "step up" now more than ever.

recumbentgoat March 30 2005, 12:28:11 UTC

Yes--I was just thinking back to the State of the Union conference....and who seemed like leadership material...wish I'd tuned in earlier...