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 […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe Monday, January 20, marks the 91st birthday commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968). Since 1986, the federal government has recognized the third Monday in January as a national holiday where […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe For many years the white mob attacks against the African American community in Tulsa, Oklahoma during late May and early June of 1921 have been cited to illustrate the oppressive and violent […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe Film review Title: Harriet Director: Kasi Lemmons Producers: Gregory Allen Howard, Debra Martin Chase, Daniela Taplin Lundberg Screenplay: Gregory Allen Howard, Kasi Lemmons Starring: Cynthia Erivo as Harriet Tubman along with Leslie […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe Note: This article was written on February 21, 2017 Review: I Am Not Your Negro Filmmaker: Raoul Peck Narration: Samuel L. Jackson In the aftermath of World War II the African […]
By Abayomi Azikywe An historical exhibit designed to examine various aspects of the life and people of the Monticello plantation in Virginia during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, which was owned by Thomas […]
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