Black Liberation

Free Mumia rally at Philly DA's office
Domestic News

Press Release: Jan 31 Rally to Free Mumia

February 1, 2020 fwstaff
  Above: Free Mumia rally at Philly DA’s office: Abu-Jamal’s supporters rallied outside DA Krasner’s office on Friday, January 31, even though DA Larry Krasner asked the judge to postpone the date when Krasner has […]
Reclaim MLK march: sound truck, right side
Domestic News

Thousands March in Oakland to Reclaim King’s Radical Legacy

January 31, 2020 fwstaff
By Terri Kay Oakland, CA – Thousands participated as the Anti Police-Terror Project led it’s Sixth Annual March to Reclaim Martin Luther King Jr’s Radical Legacy, starting with a noon rally at Oscar Grant Plaza. […]
Anti Police-Terror Project
Domestic News

January 20: Anti Police-Terror Project to Lead 6th Annual March and Rally to Reclaim King’s Radical Legacy

January 22, 2020 fwstaff
By Anti Police-Terror Project On Monday, January 20, the Anti Police-Terror Project will lead a mass mobilization of people from across the Bay Area starting at Oakland’s Oscar Grant Plaza, 14th and Broadway, for the […]
Detroit Tribute to Fred Hampton and Mark Clark at the AAHM on Dec. 7, 2019.
Domestic News

Tribute to Fred Hampton and Mark Clark Held at African American History Museum

January 19, 2020 fwstaff
By FW Detroit Staff These photographs were taken on Sat. Dec. 7, 2019 at a tribute to Black Panther Party Illinois Chapter leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark. The event was held at the Dr. […]
Detroit Tribute to Dr. Carter G. Woodson at the African American Museum on Thurs. Dec. 19, 2019
Domestic News

Detroit Tribute to Dr. Carter G. Woodson Held at African American History Museum

January 19, 2020 fwstaff
By Detroit Fighting Words Staff These photographs were taken on Thurs. Dec. 19, 2019 during a public symposium on the life, times, works and ideas of Dr. Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950). The event was held […]
Martin Luther King, Jr. marches with other Civil Rights, Labor and Antiwar leaders in Chicago on March 25, 1967 against the Vietnam War
Domestic News

MLK Day 2020: Honor the Antiwar Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement

January 17, 2020 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Monday, January 20, marks the 91st birthday commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968). Since 1986, the federal government has recognized the third Monday in January as a national holiday where […]
Harriet Tubman photograph from the antebellum period in the 19th century
Domestic News

Harriet Tubman Film Highlights the Leading Role of Africans in Their Own Liberation

December 10, 2019 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Film review Title: Harriet Director: Kasi Lemmons Producers: Gregory Allen Howard, Debra Martin Chase, Daniela Taplin Lundberg Screenplay: Gregory Allen Howard, Kasi Lemmons Starring: Cynthia Erivo as Harriet Tubman along with Leslie […]
James Baldwin
Domestic News

James Baldwin Documentary Has Relevance in the United States Today

November 4, 2019 fwstaff
  By Abayomi Azikiwe Note: This article was written on February 21, 2017 Review: I Am Not Your Negro Filmmaker: Raoul Peck Narration: Samuel L. Jackson In the aftermath of World War II the African […]
omas Fernandez Robaina and Gisela Arandia with others in Detroit
International News

Cubans visit Detroit to share information on the African presence

May 10, 2019 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Detroit has been a center of interest and support of the Cuban Revolution for many decades where the majority-African-American population has engaged in various projects to enhance interactions between both geopolitical regions. […]
Pam Africa
Domestic News

Pam Africa visits Detroit to headline public meeting on Mumia Abu-Jamal and the unjustly convicted

April 30, 2019 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe An historic conference entitled “Freedom for the Unjustly Incarcerated” was held on April 20 in the Midtown District of Detroit where MOVE organizer Pam Africa and the Rev. Edward Pinkney of Benton […]