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Scottsboro case demonstration in Washington, D.C. during 1933
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African American Resistance in the Rural South from the Sharecroppers Union to the New Farmers of America

February 22, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe African American History Month Series No. 6 Several years prior to the formation of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union (STFU) in 1934, a series of events in the state of Alabama would […]
Southern Tenant Farmers Union meeting in Arkansas
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African American Resistance in the Rural South from the Great Depression to World War II

February 21, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe African American History Month Series No. 5 During October 1929, the United States economic system was plunged into an unprecedented depression where tens of millions were thrown out of work and their […]
African American Farmers Alliance of the late 19th century
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African American Resistance in the Rural South

February 20, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe African American History Month Series No. 4 “The new industry had a vision not of work but of wealth, not of planned accomplishment, but of power. It became the most conscienceless, unmoral […]
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The Police Murder of Tyre Nichols: The Sad, Yet Foreseeable Result of a Policing System Based on the “Slave Patrols”

February 18, 2023 fwstaff
By National Conference of Black Lawyers The National Conference of Black Lawyers extends its deepest sympathy to the family of Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old son and father who was viciously murdered by Memphis police officers. […]
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Coeur d’Alene and a Legacy of Hate – Part Four

July 5, 2022 fwstaff
By Cassandra Devereaux Looking through the history of white nationalism and fascism in the U.S. and beyond, it’s striking that it is always married to anti-communism. While they tend to be unclear on what communism […]
The Aryan Nations compound is demolished after a jury's verdict against the group forced it to go bankrupt in September 2000.
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Coeur d’Alene and a Legacy of Hate – Part Three

July 4, 2022 fwstaff
By Cassandra Devereaux n the days before the destruction of the Aryan Nations compound, leader Richard Butler and a Michigan-based former Klan Grand Dragon, Robert E. Miles, contrived a vision of the Pacific Northwest as […]
Rock Against Communism
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Coeur d’Alene and A Legacy of Hate – Part Two

July 2, 2022 fwstaff
By Cassandra Devereaux Aryan Nations founder Richard Butler was born in 1918 in the vicinity of Denver, Colorado.  In his boyhood, he delivered Liberty Magazine, which was subtitled, “A Magazine for Everyone”. Without noting the […]
Large group of “Patriotic Front” fascists arrested when preparing to attach Pride March in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
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Coeur d’Alene and a Legacy of Hate – Part One

June 27, 2022 fwstaff
By Cassandra Devereaux Coeur d’Alene,the largest city in Northern Idaho, is set in truly breathtaking country. It’s on a lake that shares its name to the south, and another lake to the east. To the […]
Ex VP Pence at center of table during negotiations with the House Freedom Caucus, with all the white men
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Reproductive Freedom, Patriarchy, and Control

June 13, 2022 fwstaff
By Cassandra Devereaux In March of 2017, news media exploded when a photo was published showing Vice President Mike Pence at a White House health conference that featured a room full of white men, with […]
Buffalo victims of racist violence
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Massacre in Buffalo Highlights Legacy of Racist Violence

May 20, 2022 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe On May 14 a white racist gunman targeted and killed 10 African Americans in a supermarket in an African American community in Buffalo, New York. The 18-year-old shooter, Payton Gendron, has been […]