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A Centenary of African American Historical Recognition

February 7, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On this 100th anniversary of the founding of “Negro History Week” in February 1926, the field of African American historical studies continues to be denigrated and marginalized by the administration of United […]
Arrest photo of Civil Rights icon, John Lewis, from 1961
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Good Trouble civil rights protest in the spirit of Congressman John Lewis

July 21, 2025 fwstaff
By People’s Organization for Progress The Good Trouble Lives On March and Rally to protest the disastrous policies of the Trump administration and to commemorate civil rights icon John Lewis will take place Thursday, July […]
National Guard troops occupied Newark, NJ in the summer of 1967 to put down a mass rebellion against racism and poverty
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1967 Newark rebellion commemoration set for July 12th: can it happen again?

July 15, 2025 fwstaff
By People’s Organization for  Progress (POP) The People’s Organization For Progress (POP) will have a 1967 Newark Rebellion Commemoration March And Rally on the 58th anniversary of the uprising, Saturday, July 12, 2025, 12:00 noon […]
MLK against Vietnam in 1967
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MLK’s Legacy Still Relevant Today

January 25, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe January 15, 2025 represents the 96th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Civil Rights and Anti-war leader who was martyred in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968. Dr. King was […]
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22nd Annual Detroit MLK Day Rally and March

December 1, 2024 fwstaff
By Detroit MLK Committee For Immediate Release Event: 22nd Annual Detroit MLK Day Rally & March Location: St. Matthew’s-St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church, 8850 Woodard Avenue at Holbrook Date & Time: Mon. Jan. 20, 2025, 12 […]
October 27, 1951 - Speakers at the Cincinnati founding convention of the National Negro Labor Council. Paul Robeson second from left
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Labor Insurgencies: Past, Present and Future

November 18, 2024 fwstaff
By Gerry Scoppettuolo The AFL-CIO’s top labor bureaucracy has often opposed rank and file labor insurgencies, especially where imperialist foreign policy or racism is brought up. In the 1980’s AFL-CIO head Lane Kirkland’s support of […]
From Juneteenth to Freedom Summer & Beyond
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From Juneteenth to Freedom Summer

July 11, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On June 18 in Detroit at the St. Matthew’s-St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church, five veteran women organizers from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Northern Student Movement, spoke on the significance […]
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Debbie Johnson, ¡Presente!

June 17, 2024 fwstaff
UPDATE – LOCATION and TIME change: The celebration of the life of Debbie Johnson will take place on Saturday, July 6, 2024 at 10am at the North Rosedale Park Community House, 18445 Scarsdale St., Detroit, […]
Black Panther Party members for Pentagon pilots
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African American Liberation and the Vietnamese Revolution: African American History Month Series #8

March 4, 2024 fwstaff
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, […]
Anti-nazi rally in Madison WI on Feb. 10, 2024
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Madison, Feb. 10, 2024: ‘Stop the Hate: Build People’s Unity’ Rally and March

March 1, 2024 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Wisconsin labor and community organizations hosted “Stop the Hate: Build People’s Unity” rally on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024 at 1 P.M. at Library Mall at UW Madison, which was followed by […]