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. […]
Spirit of Mandela – Press Release A distinguished panel of nine international jurists has released its detailed final verdict finding the United States guilty of genocide against Black, Brown, and Indigenous Peoples on five counts, […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe A press conference held by numerous community organizations in Detroit on May 19 demanded that the administration of President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice conduct an investigation into allegations of brutality and […]
By Esther Paul, Public Square Amplified Originally published on March 1, 2022, Esther Paul/ POP Million People’s March for Voting Rights NEWARK, NJ—“We who believe in freedom cannot rest,” go the lyrics of “Ella’s Song.” […]
By People’s Organization for Progress PO BOX 22505 NEWARK, NJ 07101 FEBRUARY 25, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PEOPLE’S ORGANIZATION FOR PROGRESS CALLS ON BRIDGEWATER COMMONS TO “UN-BAN” BOYS INVOLVED IN MALL FIGHT The People’s […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe Note: These remarks were prepared for and delivered in part at the African American History Month webinar entitled “Critical Race Theory Forum, Let’s Talk: What is Critical Race Theory and What It […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe During the period of the enslavement of African people by Britain and the United States, violence was a key instrument in the maintenance of the exploitative and oppressive system. African people between […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe Nikole Hannah-Jones, a New York Times journalist and Howard University journalism professor, is the architect of the revised and expanded book version of “A New Origin Story: The 1619 Project, published in […]
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