African American History

Catherine Coleman Flowers Detroit MLK Day keynote speaker, Jan. 17, 2022
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The Continuing Struggle for Voting Rights

January 18, 2022 fwstaff
  By Abayomi Azikiwe Note: These remarks were prepared and delivered in part to the 19th Annual MLK Day virtual webinar held in the city of Detroit. The event has been held online for the […]
Nikole Hannah-Jones and the 1619 Project
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Implications of the Expanded 1619 Project

January 16, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe African American woman journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has released a nearly 600-page hardcover book entitled “A New Origin Story: The 1619 Project” as a continuation of the work which began with the release […]
James Forman and Lucius Walker issue the Black Manifesto in May 1969
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Localizing Reparations During an Era of Intensified Repression

October 14, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A New York Times Sunday edition article on September 26 devoted an entire page, excluding an ad for luxurious furniture, to an examination of various efforts in the United States to initiate […]
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Wisconsin Activists Announce MLK Freedom School

September 4, 2021 fwstaff
MLK Day Manitowoc Press Release Members and supporters of the MLK Day Manitowoc are officially announcing the Fall 2021 Freedom School at an August 28 press conference. A rainbow of labor and community participants will […]
Jonathan Jackson and his comrades on Aug. 7, 1970 in Marin County, California
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Black August and the Legacy of Liberation Struggles

August 9, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Since 1979 when prisoners at the San Quentin Correctional Facility in California declared the month of August as a period of commemoration honoring political detainees along with those who have sacrificed their […]
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Racist Thought Police Attack “Critical Race Theory”

June 28, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe An exchange between the United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, and several Republican Congressmen in Washington, D.C. on June 23, illustrates the level of hysteria prevalent […]
Tulsa Massacre survivor Viola Fletcher is 107 years old
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Tulsa Commemorates Centenary of 1921 Racist Massacre

June 11, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe May 31-June 1 represents the 100th anniversary of the attack by white mobs against an entire African American community in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This somber centenary is being marked with numerous press reports […]
Elizabeth Jennings Graham
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Black Women and the Fight for Access to Public Transportation

March 15, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Many people in the United States are aware of the struggle for Civil Rights led by African Americans during the post-World War II period from the late 1940s right through the early […]
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Marvin Gaye and “What’s Going On” Five Decades Later

March 7, 2021 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe 1970-71 were years of unrest and upheaval in the United States when racial turmoil, an unpopular imperialist war in southeast Asia and a declining environment were major concerns of socially conscious people. […]
Malcolm X greeted by Atty. Milton Henry during his final trip to Detroit on Feb. 14, 1965
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Three Speeches in Detroit (1963-1965): Malcolm X from the Grassroots to the African Revolution

March 4, 2021 fwstaff
African American History Month Series No. 4 Note: These remarks were delivered at an African American History Month virtual webinar hosted by the Moratorium NOW! Coalition on Monday February 22, 2021. The event was held […]