Black Liberation

The poet’s father, Richard Wright, 1908 - 1960
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On the dedication of Black Boy | For the time that does not escape me | My words are my army | The hidden boxes syndrome in our history

June 22, 2026 fwstaff
ON THE DEDICATION OF BLACK BOY – a poem dedicated to my father, Richard Wright when you dedicated Black Boy to my mother and me writing for Ellen and Julia who live always in my […]
James Meredith shot by white racist on June 6, 1966 in Hernando, MS
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Six Decades After the March Against Fear African Americans Still Fighting for Their Political Lives

June 13, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On June 5, 1966, James Meredith, a University of Mississippi graduate, set out to conduct a “March Against Fear” from Memphis, Tennessee to Jackson, Mississippi. Meredith had been admitted to the whites-only […]
On March 29, 1968, striking sanitation workers and their supporters march on City Hall in Memphis, Tenn.
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At the River I Stand

June 8, 2026 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff In early April, the Moratorium NOW! Coalition honored the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the anniversary of his assassination by showing the documentary “At the River I Stand.” […]
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May 19th Belongs to Malcolm! Remembering Assata to the Fullest!

May 14, 2026 fwstaff
By The Malcolm X Commemoration Committee “I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand under its weight…” – […]
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Our eyes refuse to die | If I could just stay very still | I don’t want to go there | The blockbuster of the Strait of Hormuz is coming to a war theater near you

May 11, 2026 fwstaff
OUR EYES REFUSE TO DIE to Mumia, Leonard, Imran Khan, Keziah Nuissier and the thousands whose eyes have been tortuously targeted by those who need us to be blind… profilers say serial killers target the […]
President Ramaphosa honors Jesse Jackson's legacy.
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Tribute by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the homecoming celebration of Rev Jesse Jackson

March 23, 2026 fwstaff
By Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa The Family of the late Rev Jesse Jackson, Your Excellencies, Friends, The people of South Africa are with you today as you lay to rest a great man […]
Rev. Jesse Jackson and Cuban President Fidel Castro meet in Havana in June, 1984
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The Jesse Jackson Campaign: National Oppression & Class Conflict

March 23, 2026 fwstaff
Civil Rights leader, two-time presidential candidate, and founder of the Rainbow-PUSH Coalition, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, died on Feb. 17, 2026, at the age of 84. In the days following his death, the corporate media […]
Stokely Carmichael and H. Rap Brown at Hamilton Hall Columbia, 1968
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Assata Shakur and Jamil Abdullah al-Amin (H. Rap Brown) Symbolized the Transformation of the Black Struggle

March 5, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Assata Shakur (formerly known as Joann Chesimard) and Jamil Abdullah al-Amin (also known as H. Rap Brown) passed away during 2025 amid the rise of state repression and fascism in the United […]
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Rebellion and Revolution: From Haiti to the Louisiana German Coast (1791-1811)

February 20, 2026 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A rebellion among the Africans of Saint-Domingue (Haiti) in the Caribbean beginning in August 1791 would send shockwaves throughout the slaveholding classes throughout the entire Western Hemisphere. This uprising later evolved into […]
Carter G. Woodson quote
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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 […]