African American History

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Rebellion and Revolution: From Haiti to the Louisiana German Coast (1791-1811)

February 20, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A rebellion among the Africans of Saint-Domingue (Haiti) in the Caribbean beginning in August 1791 would send shockwaves throughout the slaveholding classes throughout the entire Western Hemisphere. This uprising later evolved into […]
Black Seminole delegation in NYC with Abraham
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Early Forms of African Flight and Rebellion in the Southeast Region of North America

February 17, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Chattel slavery in North America in the popular mind has its origins within the English colonies of Virginia and neighboring territories. In 1619, twenty Africans from the area now known as Angola, […]
Carter G. Woodson quote
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A Centenary of African American Historical Recognition

February 7, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On this 100th anniversary of the founding of “Negro History Week” in February 1926, the field of African American historical studies continues to be denigrated and marginalized by the administration of United […]
Ellie Dahmer holds her husband's photo Vernon Dahmer, Sr.
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MLK Day 2026: Lessons from the Past for the Struggles of Today

February 3, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe January 15 represents the 97th ancestral birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who was martyred on April 4, 1968, while working in solidarity with the African American sanitation workers strike […]
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Second edition of the Richard Wright News Bulletin 2025

February 3, 2026 fwstaff
By Julia Wright “I asked my mother why we did not fight back and the fear that was in her slapped me into silence.” “Black Boy”, chapter two. Dear Richard Wright readers and aficionados, On […]
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Imam Jamil Abdullah al-Amin (1943-2025) Leaves a Decades-long Legacy of Revolutionary Struggle

November 30, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On Sunday November 23, 2025, Imam Jamil Abdullah al-Amin passed away in a prison hospital after serving a quarter century of incarceration for a crime he did not commit. Born Hubert Geroid […]
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Broadside Lotus Press Commemorates 60th Anniversary

September 29, 2025 fwstaff
  By Abayomi Azikiwe On Sunday September 21, 2025, a capacity audience gathered at Trinosophes Hall on Gratiot Avenue near Detroit’s Eastern Market to honor six decades of publishing by an independent African American institution […]
Malcolm X commemoration committee
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Anthology film archives Malcolm X series continues

September 29, 2025 fwstaff
By The Malcolm X Commemoration Committee “I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand under its weight…” – […]
Black Boy by Richard Wright
International News

Grave-lorn – a poem for Richard Wright’s 117 birthday | The capacity for joy – a Gaza poem | Gaza’s arks | Who are the blind ones?

September 21, 2025 fwstaff
GRAVE-LORN – A POEM FOR RICHARD WRIGHT’S 117 BIRTHDAY Greetings Folks, September 4th was the 117th birthday of my father. I wrote the poem below for him. This year is also the 80th year of […]
Nat Turner Park amphitheater, Newark, NJ
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Rights Group Criticizes Trump’s Efforts to Erase History

August 28, 2025 fwstaff
By People’s Organization for Progress The 16th annual commemoration of the Nat Turner Slave Rebellion will be held today, Thursday, August 21, 2025, 5:00 pm at Nat Turner Park, 171 Muhammad Ali Avenue in Newark, […]