On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court delivered a unanimous ruling on the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, ending racial segregation in public facilities. This week marks the 59th anniversary of the ruling. First integrated classroom In July 1955, six black children completed their first week at Griffin Elementary, a […]
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source url: http://sfbayview.com/2013/remembering-young-malcolm-with-love/ May 11, 2013 by Mary Ratcliff This is the book Malcolm Shabazz had been working on with Minister of Information JR. In his eulogy to Malcolm X delivered Feb. 27, 1965, in Harlem, Ossie Davis asked: “Did you ever talk to Brother Malcolm? Did you ever touch him, or have him smile […]
Seemingly out of nowhere the FBI announced that fugitive Black activist Assata Shakur was now declared a “terrorist” on their Most Wanted list. In addition, a bounty for her capture was raised from $1 million to $2 million. There are several questions that immediately arise but the most important is perhaps this: why now? […]
Special Report: Lawyers and human rights groups say it is just a matter of time before the detainees start to die http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/inside-guantnamo-an-unprecedented-rebellion-leaves-a-notorious-detention-centre-in-crisis-8604532.html# Terri Judd Sunday, 5 May 2013 Emaciated and frail, more than 100 men lie on concrete floors of freezing, solitary cells in Guantánamo, silently starving themselves to death. Stripped of all possessions, even […]
Coffee, Donuts And Death was considered by some, a Hip Hop representation of The Black Panther Party’s military wing, “The Black Liberation Army
“I am a Black revolutionary woman, and because of this i have been charged with and accused of every alleged crime in which a woman was believed to have participated. The alleged crimes in which only men were supposedly involved, i have been accused of planning. They have plastered pictures alleged to be me in post […]
PEACE FAMILY, ON MONDAY, MAY 6TH @ 7PM; THE PEOPLE’S SURVIVAL PROGRAM (PSP) WILL BE HOSTING A VERY IMPORTANT POLITICAL EDUCATION CLASS IN THE ASSATA SHAKUR /GUILLERMO MORALES CENTER @ CITY COLLEGE (CUNY), (212) 650-5008, LOCATED ON W.137TH STREET & AMSTERDAM AVE IN HARLEM – ROOM 3-201 NAC BUILDING. THE TOPIC WILL BE THE RECENT TARGETING OF OUR SISTER ASSATA SHAKUR BY THE […]
If you’re not familiar with Mumia’s case, he is a political activist and journalist who was framed for killing a police officer in 1981. Learn more: http://www.FreeMumia.com Ta
RALLY TO SUPPORT COMPASSIONATE RELEASE FOR LYNNE THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013—7 – 10 pm 80 St. Marks Theatre- St. Marks Pl. btw 1st&2nd Av., NYC Featured Performers: S.O.T., Higher Soul Power, Sun Gad Thunder, Lorcan Otway, Vinnie Burrows, ( & many more) STATEMENT FROM LYNNE STEWART & RALPH POYNTER RE: HER COMPASSIONATE RELEASE 4/28/13: 5:55pm: CARSWELL FEDERAL MEDICAL […]
How much can a brother take, as I’m sitting in this holding tank. On my way from New Folsom State, it’s pitiful to think how low we’ve sank. I look out of the 2×4 cage, at the merciless faces of these devils CDC’s finest are paid, to reduce men to a sub-human level. The information […]
