A military approch to terroism is not the answer

Let’s see, we were told that Osama Bin Ladin, and the majority of the terrorist responsible for 9/11, were from Saudi Arabia, land gushing oil and lots of Sunni Muslims. We were told that Bin Ladin was a Sunni who was born and raised in Saudi Arabia. We were told that it was the Saudis who financed Bin Ladin’s 9/11 attack on America. We were told that the first order of business would be to go after Bin Laden. After all, he and his buddies were responsible for killing 3,000 Americans. All over America, there was a call to arms. Americans everywhere readied themselves for war, adorning their cars with American flags, and bumper stickers that read “these colors don’t run. America would serve Bin Ladin with a merciless indictment, and unleash the greatest military in the world, in an effort to bring him and other terrorist to justice. President Bush promised that justice would be swift and certain. Though justice was anything but swift and certain, Bin Ladin is now dead, no longer a threat, but Al Qaeda has metastasized into ISIS.

One would have thought that America would have immediately gone after Bin Ladin, who was in the mountains of Afghanistan, and the Sunni leaders of Saudi Arabia for their role in financing him. It didn’t happen. America’s thirst for oil caused it to turn its head. Instead, America went after the Sunnis in Iraq, overthrew their leader Saddam Hussein, disbanded their military, and turned a rudderless country over to the Iran backed Shiites. It didn’t seem to matter that Iran is one of America’s biggest enemies. Meanwhile the generals and officers of Hussein’s Sunni army, angry over Americas intervention in their sovereign nation, and the public hanging of their leader, went on to form an invisible nation called ISIS or ISEL. It appears as if America is breeding its own enemy. The more we kill, the more we seem to create. One year it’s Islamic Jihad, the next year it’s Al Quaeda and now it’s ISIS.

Lately, ISIS has been beheading people at an alarming rate. These beheadings should make it obvious to any sane person, that America’s approach to eliminating terrorism has been a complete failure. The American people has given the greatest military force in the world, an unbridled mandate to eradicate terrorism. Yet, after a 14 year mission to “kill the terrorists”, after 4493 Americans have been killed in Iraq, after 2,356 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan, terrorism is still alive and well. It should be abundantly clear by now, that a military approach to this problem is not the answer. However, if the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results, then I at least understand the real problem. We have a lot of Americans who are crazy as hell.

I will be in D.C. all this week promoting "Triumphant Warrior" and will definitely be available to sign and discuss my memoir on this momentous occasion.
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE -

The much acclaimed feature-length film, Pardons of Innocen...ce: The Wilmington Ten, will have its national debut during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference this Friday, Sept. 26 at the Renaissance Hotel on Ninth Street NW in downtown Washington, D.C.
Produced by the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and CashWorks HD Productions, the 119-minute documentary recounts the turbulent history surrounding the troubled desegregation of New Hanover County Public School System in North Carolina during the late 1960s through 1971, and the violent incidents, reminiscent of what we saw in Ferguson, Mo. this summer, that led up to the false prosecution of eight black male students, a white female community organizer, and fiery civil rights activist, Rev. Benjamin Chavis, for protesting racial injustice.
The case of the Wilmington Ten made national and international headlines, resulting in the federal government, and specifically the Congressional Black Caucus, speaking out for justice.
Produced, written and directed by Wilmington Journal staff writer Cash Michaels, the film also traces how the Black Press, led initially by Wilmington Journal publisher Thomas C. Jervay, Sr., and subsequently over 40 years later by his daughter, publisher-editor Mary Alice Jervay Thatch, through the NNPA, ultimately pushed for, and achieved the official and dramatic exoneration of the Wilmington Ten in 2012 by North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue.
Featured exclusive interviews in the film include Governor Beverly Perdue, who tells how powerful people across the state of North Carolina tried to stop her from granting pardons of innocence to the Wilmington Ten; Joseph McNeil, Wilmington, NC native and member of the legendary Greensboro Four, who tells why black students had to stand up for freedom and against racism during the 1960’s and 70’s; Dr. Benjamin Chavis, NNPA interim president and leader of the Wilmington Ten, who relives the events that led up to that racially violent week in Wilmington in February 1971; Rev. Jeremiah Wright, pastor emeritus of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, recalling how he and other clergy from the United Church of Christ came to Raleigh in 1977 and met with then Gov. James Hunt to implore him to pardon the Wilmington Ten, only to be rejected.
The film, to be screened as part of the NNPA’s 2014 Leadership Conference in Washington this week, will be shown Friday, Sept. 26th, 4 pm. at the Renaissance Hotel, 999 Ninth Street NW, across from the Washington Convention Center.
The film will be followed immediately by a panel discussion on issues impacting the African-American community, tentatively featuring members of the Congressional Black Caucus. Admission is free and open to the public.

So if you’re in Washington, D.C. on Friday, please drop by the Renaissance Hotel on Ninth Street, right across from the Washington Convention Center around 4 p.m.. we’d love to have you. And if you want to see the trailer for the film, then please go to - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhfAQy5kx- See More

PARDONS OF INNOCENCE: THE WILMINGTON TEN TRAILER 2:58

(c)2014 NNPA/CashWorks HD Productions. All rights reserved. Trailer for the documentary about the infamous Wilmington Ten case, the false prosecution of the ...

Letter from South Africa

Brother Wayne
Greetings from South Africa, the cradle of human kind.
I have just finished reading Triumphant Warrior and I would like to commend you for exposing the ugliness of humanity that we sometimes tend to forget. I was filled with rage as I read every page but was also filled with admiration for the courage that you and your nine fellow warriors exemplify.
The lowest point for me was i...n the epilogue when Gwen passed away. I cried. I feel so protective of you that I felt your loss was my loss. But soon my spirits were lifted by how you were given a second chance in life in the form of a successful career and beautiful children who have become upright citizens.



I am passing my book to a close friend and my message to him is that every black person like us who was once oppressed and is now free must read this book just to be soberly reminded of the sacrifices our forebears had to go through in order for us to gain our freedom.
Thank you for the memoir. I have already told my wife and two sons (11 and 15) to read your book (see the family on the attached picture). We would be most honoured to be counted among your friends.

Take care.
Emmanuel Tlou

Book Signing at the National Book Club Conference in Atlanta

Testimonials For Triumphant Warrior

Testimonials: “I finally got around to reading it and I read it from cover to cover in about two days. It is brilliant! I love the way you wrote it as memoir. It made me laugh and cry. I am going to recommend it to all my friends and my book club.” Beverly Tetterton, noted historian, archivist, and special collections librarian at the New Hanover County Public Library.  “ A wonderful and rich story of injustice and vindication, of suffering and redemption.” Dr. Phillip L. Clay—Dr. Clay grew up in Wilmington and teaches at the Massachusetts  Institute of Technology Triumphant Warrior “is well written an easy to read. I couldn’t put it down” Linda Pearce “ Former member of the University of North Carolina –Wilmington Board of Trustees “Wayne Moore’s vivid, firsthand account of the long yet triumphant struggle of the Wilmington Ten is inspirational for all who cry out for freedom. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis-- President and CEO of the National News Paper Association --author of Psalms from Prison. "...The following is an excerpt from the book TRIUMPHANT WARRIOR; "Jail is one of the few places in America where Blacks are guaranteed to be in the majority”….   “I knew that but it sure hit me to see it on print!!! Excellent Book!!! Vincent Butler MBA A&T State University, Ashland University Triumphant Warrior is a very vivid account of a long awaited justice and vindication! It is totally what I expected! Couldn't put it down! Karen Beatty MSW East Carolina University- retired licensed social worker.  Everyone in America should read this book!The Wilmington Ten story has long needed to be told and Wayne Moore does a beautiful job telling it. His account of how he rose with character, grace and dignity above the evil and injustices that were perpetrated against him is remarkable and inspiring. This book wonderfully elucidates the tremendous damage racism causes, not just to individuals, but to our society as a whole. This book is a must read! Donna Templeton Psychiatric Advanced Practice Nurse at Saint Clare's Hospital and Acupuncturist at Lake View Acupuncture “Triumphant Indeed!!! The fact that an individual could suffer so many injustices over such an extended period of time in 20th, 21st century America is incredulous. To continue, however, not only to persevere to ensure that an injustice is made right but take the time to document the events preceding and subsequent to events that span more than a thirty-year time frame is a triumph in itself. As my friend's Mother often said, if its not written down it never happened. Well this happened, Mr. Moore made it through and yes, after all those years he was triumphant. Thank you Wayne for making the world aware of the strength of your late Mother and yourself”. C.E. Mayo This book tells the story of The Wilmington Ten, the city of Wilmington, N.C., and a group of young people caught in Southern justice. The author is an excellent writer who tells his story well. I highly recommend it. Georgia Champion

Other publications : Atlanta Daily World http://atlantadailyworld.com/2013/02/12/wilmington-10-member-summoning-strength-through-struggle/

Political Pimps

        Last night on a radio program I was asked to share my thoughts about today’s black leaders. I responded that in the past we had authentic black leaders who were freedom fighters; people who would lay down their lives for the cause. Today we have a lot of political pimps posing as freedom fighters, whose deepest desire has little to with the liberation of the masses , and more to with economic and  celebrity status. This may be fine for personal upward mobility, but it does nothing to liberate the masses.

I remember many years ago, wearing overalls and marching behind a mule,  alongside SCLC leaders like Golden Frinks and Hosea Williams.  Many of today’s leaders wear designer suits while only  pretending  to lead the masses from limousines and expensive hotel ballrooms. Most of these people were tried and tested in the early day s of the struggle, but seem to have become blinded by the bright lights of their own personal success.

Triumphant Warrior Book Tour Continues

Triumphant Warrior, the memoir written by Wilmington Ten survivor Wayne Moore, is in Week 3 of its Official Release to the world. This evening, Mr. Wayne Moore will be at the lovely Pomegranate Books in Wilmington, North Carolina for a book discussion and signing. Come prepared with your questions and feedback. For the latest news on the Triumphant Warrior Book Tour, Click on the Book Tour Tab.