By Abayomi Azikiwe There can be no doubt that the African American electorate played a decisive role in the ascendancy of the current administration led by Democratic President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. […]
By Fighting Words Staff There was a rally held outside the Hazel Park Municipal Center on Wednesday, July 21, 2021 to demand that the authorities in Hazel Park and Ferndale, two suburbs right across the […]
By Fighting Words Staff A second annual rally and march to highlight the problem of racial profiling of Black and Brown motorists, cyclists and pedestrians by police was held in Detroit along the 8 Mile […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe Demonstrations have taken place in Minneapolis since June 3 when news quickly spread throughout the city saying yet another Black man was gunned down by law-enforcement. On June 3-4 numerous businesses were […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe Since the summer of 2020 there have been consistent calls for the resignation of Detroit police chief James Craig. Craig announced on May 10 that he was retiring from the Detroit Police […]
By Detroit Fighting Words Staff There was a press conference held at the Hazel Park City Hall, a suburb right across the border from Detroit, on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, which demanded that the false […]
By Fighting Words Staff A protest against police killings and brutality against African Americans was held in Ann Arbor, MI on April 17. More than 100 protestors from Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti were joined by […]
By Detroit Fighting Words Staff In response to another wave of police attacks and killings of African American and Latin American people in the United States, activists are taking to the streets to denounce racist […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on three counts of murder in the brutal death of 47-year-old African American George Floyd. The jury impaneled in the historic case only […]
By Fighting Words Staff Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered while supporting sanitation workers in Memphis, TN, April 4, 1968. MLK Day Manitowoc, an organization that organizes events on the MLK Day in rural […]
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