By Abayomi Azikiwe This year represents the 98th anniversary of the launching of “Negro History Week” in 1926, later named Black History Month in 1976, after the federal government issued a proclamation in recognition of […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe January 15, 2024 marks the 95th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), a federally recognized holiday in the United States since 1986. Dr. King was the most well-known and respected […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe A series of politically motivated legal efforts by the Republican-dominated state legislature in Alabama are designed to maintain limited electoral power for African Americans. State authorities have been ordered to redraw a […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe In a 6-3 decision, the United States Supreme Court eradicated any legal basis for the targeted admission of African Americans and other national minorities in higher educational institutions. The ruling, which is […]
By Fighting Words Staff On Saturday, June 24, 2023, the local NAACP chapter in Detroit sponsored a march down Woodward Avenue to mark the 60th anniversary of the historic civil rights action. That demonstration, which […]
By Fighting Words staff On Saturday, April 8, 2023, there was a concert performance by Tayo Aluko at the Carr Center in Midtown. Aluko has studied and performed music sung by the legendary Paul Leroy […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe Tennessee State Representatives Justin Jones and Justin J. Pearson were expelled by the Republican supermajority in Nashville on April 6. Another state house member, Gloria Johnson, who is white, survived the expulsion […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe African American History Month Series No. 10 “In spite of the long and untiring work in education and organization of the pioneers of Civil Rights; in spite of the painstaking effort made […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe African American History Month Series No. 9 In the years between 1910 and 2000, African American farmers and agricultural workers lost over 14 million acres of land. One of the major demands […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe African American History Month Series No. 7 On Christmas night 1951 in Mims, Florida, sticks of planted dynamite exploded underneath the home of veteran organizers for the NAACP and the Progressive Voters […]
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