By Abayomi Azikiwe African American History Month Series No. 6 Several years prior to the formation of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union (STFU) in 1934, a series of events in the state of Alabama would […]
By Fighting Words Staff In 1867, the most important figure in the anti-slavery movement in the U.S., Frederick Douglass, gave a speech in Boston about immigrant rights, specifically those people coming from China and Japan. […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe African American History Month Series No. 5 During October 1929, the United States economic system was plunged into an unprecedented depression where tens of millions were thrown out of work and their […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe African American History Month Series No. 4 “The new industry had a vision not of work but of wealth, not of planned accomplishment, but of power. It became the most conscienceless, unmoral […]
By National Conference of Black Lawyers The National Conference of Black Lawyers extends its deepest sympathy to the family of Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old son and father who was viciously murdered by Memphis police officers. […]
By Stephen Milles Whatever happens in the midterm elections, a mudslide of racist and bigoted filth is pouring down from the heights of capitalist society. Teaching Black history is under attack by labeling it Critical […]
By Gerry Scoppettuolo On a hot dusty day in September 1949, 34-year-old Moranda Smith strode bravely down the main street of Apopka, Florida. The Klan was after her and she knew it. The night before, […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe It has been over a month since the police execution of Jayland Walker, 25, in Akron, Ohio on June 27. After public outrage over the death of Walker, who was shot 46 […]
By Terri Kay On July 12, 2022 the People’s Organization for Progress, along with other activists and allies, commemorated the 55th anniversary of the Newark Rebellion on Springfield Ave at a triangle plot of […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe Protests have continued in Akron, Ohio after the June 27 police killing of Jayland Walker, 25, who had 90 bullets fired at him by officers, 60 of those rounds struck the victim. […]
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