African American History

Plaque commemorating General Sherman’s Field Order 15 for reparations in 1865
Domestic News

On Juneteenth activist group demands passage of reparations legislation

July 1, 2025 fwstaff
By People’s Organization for Progress (POP) PEOPLE’S ORGANIZATION FOR PROGRESS (POP) PO BOX 22505 NEWARK, NJ 07101 973 801-0001 www.njpop.org CONTACT: LAWRENCE HAMM FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE Today, on the Juneteenth holiday to celebrate the […]
RIP Dr. Jerry Ward
International News

ON THE MAP OF OUR HEARTS | JERRY WARD | THE MADLEEN- THE TIP OF AN ICEBERG OF FLOTILLAS | GAZA’S SEASONS | AN ABSENCE OF DEER

June 30, 2025 fwstaff
“It is the 80th anniversary of the publication of “Black Boy”. To honor its author whose ashes were interred in 1960 in the French cemetery of Pere Lachaise, Paris, a Wright aficionado who is also […]
Rene Lichtman memorial photo with Ismail Noor
International News

Rene Lichtman (1937-2025), Artist, Film Director and Human Rights Activist, Memorialized in Detroit

June 18, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Dr. Rene Lichtman, 87, took his last breath on January 28, 2025, yet his legacy remains very much alive in Detroit and across the United States. Born in Paris, France in 1937, […]
African American soldiers in 1865
Domestic News

Activist Group Will Honor Black Civil War Soldiers

June 1, 2025 fwstaff
By People’s Organization for Progress FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE ACTIVIST GROUP WILL HONOR BLACK CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS AT AFRICAN CEMETERY IN PENNINGTON Members of the People’s Organization For Progress will journey to Mercer County to […]
Oberlin and Wellington freedom fighters
Domestic News

“The message for ICE is to get out of our city!”

May 15, 2025 fwstaff
By Chris Fry May 8, Worcester, MA – Ferreria de Oliveira, a migrant from Brazil, screamed for help. Her two daughters, one of whom was carrying her own newborn baby, tried to reach their mother. […]
AFOC Forum Yvonne Chairing
Domestic News

Why We Must Fight the Fascist Threat Facing Us Today

April 20, 2025 fwstaff
  Note: These remarks were made at the “Detroit Fights Back! Community Forum which took place on Saturday April 12, 2025. The gathering was hosted by the Anti-Fascist Organizing Coalition (AFOC). This forum was chaired […]
Arturo Schomburg quote
Domestic News

Attacks on African American History Continues

April 10, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe All recognitions and acknowledgements of African people in the United States and world history have come under vicious attack by the White House under President Donald Trump. Both Trump and the MAGA-dominated […]
Viola Fletcher is the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Massacre
Domestic News

Justice Department Abandons Investigation of Tulsa Race Massacre

March 10, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe One of the major failures of the previous administration of Joe Biden was not following through on policy mandates aimed at ameliorating the historical phenomenon of institutionalized racist violence in the United […]
Malcolm X assassination sixty years ago
Domestic News

Lawsuit Filed Against Intelligence Agencies Involved in Assassination of Malcolm X

March 2, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On Sunday afternoon February 21, 1965, Malcolm X (El Hajj Malik El Shabazz) was gunned down as he stood at the podium of the Audubon Ballroom to address hundreds of people attending […]
Malcolm X and African American expatriates in Ghana during May 1964
Domestic News

Malcolm X, Pan-Africanism and the Cold War (Part II)

February 28, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On June 4, 1964, Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) gave an interview with Philadelphia talk show host Joe Rainey over W-DAS where he discussed various aspects of his evolving worldview influenced by […]