A handmade democracy placard at the ‘Mobilization for Democracy rally,’ Jan. 6, 2022
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People’s March” for Voting Rights, Equality, and Democracy

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.” […]
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Un-ban boys involved in mall fight

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 […]
Malcolm X speaking to the press
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Malcolm X’s Legacy and the Debate Surrounding Critical Race Theory

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 […]
New Orleans Battle of Liberty Place, 1874
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Disarming the Black Masses Secured the Failure of Reconstruction

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 […]
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Self-defense, Punishment and the Legacy of Ida B. Wells-Barnett

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 […]
Recent POP demonstration
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Remembering All of Martin Luther King’s Social Justice Agenda

By Larry Hamm, Chairman of People’s Organization for Progress Reprinted On January 15th — the actual birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — the People’s Organization For Progress held its annual march in his […]
Catherine Coleman Flowers Detroit MLK Day keynote speaker, Jan. 17, 2022
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Nikole Hannah-Jones and the 1619 Project
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Implications of the Expanded 1619 Project

By Abayomi Azikiwe African American woman journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has released a nearly 600-page hardcover book entitled “A New Origin Story: The 1619 Project” as a continuation of the work which began with the release […]
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Paul Robeson delivers “We Charge Genocide” document to the U.N. in 1951.
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Tribunal on U.S. Human Rights Abuses – October 22-25, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, October 6, 2021 https://www.tribunal2021.com/ @TribunalJurists21 In the spirit and legacy of the Russell Courts on Vietnam (1966-67) and Latin America (1973- 76), and the Permanent People’s Tribunals which followed (1979-present), a newly […]