By Abayomi Azikiwe “Up in French Indochina, those little peasants, rice-growers, took on the might of the French army and ran all the Frenchmen, you remember Dien Bien Phu! The same thing happened in Algeria, […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe When the Red Army seized control of Berlin in early May 1945 hoisting the Soviet flag on the Reichstag building within the besieged city, jubilations erupted across Europe and around the world. […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe In the aftermath of the First Imperialist War [World War I], African Americans and people of African descent around the world escalated their movements to end colonial domination, legalized segregation and the […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe Beginning in 1876, the monarchy in Belgium initiated a massive campaign to fully conquer the Congo where tremendous wealth existed in natural resources and labor power. King Leopold I pursued the riches […]
By Gerry Scoppettuolo In the revolution I found the liberation that I needed and that meant so much to me – a Nicaraguan lesbian commenting on the significance of the Sandinista revolution in 1984 interview. […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe “The unfriendly whites first drove the native American from his much-loved home. Then they stole our fathers from their peaceful and quiet dwellings, and brought them hither, and made bondmen and bondwomen […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe After the United States Congress outlawed participation in the Atlantic Slave Trade in 1808, the kidnapping and importation of Africans into North America continued. From the geographical regions on the continent where […]
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 […]
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