Note: The following is the text of a speech delivered on June 19, 2010 on the 145th anniversary of Juneteenth. This address is being republished in honor of the 155th commemoration of Juneteenth in light […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe Since the videotaped violent murder of African American George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, there has been an upsurge in antiracist and anti-police brutality demonstrations and rebellions spanning across the United […]
By Langston Hughes Lenin Lenin walks around the world. Frontiers cannot bar him. Neither barracks nor barricades impede. Nor does barbed wire scar him. Lenin walks around the world. Black, brown, and white receive him. […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe There was a lively celebration of International Women’s Day in Detroit on Saturday, March 7, 2020. The feature film “Harriet” was shown on the life, times and monumental contributions of anti-slavery organizer, […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe 1969 had been a critical year for the Black Panther Party (BPP) with hundreds of its members indicted and incarcerated on trumped-up charges while numerous activists had been killed as a direct […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe February 21, 2020 marks the 55th anniversary of the martyrdom of Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik Shabazz) who was 39 years old at the time of his untimely death in New York City. […]
By Fighting Words Detroit Staff These photographs were taken at the Annual Moratorium NOW! Coalition “Night Out at the Theater.” The event was held at the Detroit Repertory Theater located on the west side of […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe On February 1, 1960, four African American students from North Carolina Agricultural & Technical University sat down at a racially segregated lunch counter in the F.W. Woolworth dDepartment store in downtown Greensboro […]
By FW Detroit Staff These photographs were taken on Sat. Dec. 7, 2019 at a tribute to Black Panther Party Illinois Chapter leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark. The event was held at the Dr. […]
By Detroit Fighting Words Staff These photographs were taken on Thurs. Dec. 19, 2019 during a public symposium on the life, times, works and ideas of Dr. Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950). The event was held […]
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