white supremacy

Some of the books banned in Florida
Domestic News

NAACP Travel Advisory for the State of Florida

May 29, 2023 fwstaff
Contact:  Chyna Fields cfields@naacpnet.org WASHINGTON – Today, the NAACP Board of Directors issued a formal travel advisory for the state of Florida. The travel advisory comes in direct response to Governor Ron DeSantis’ aggressive attempts […]
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Tucker Carlson and the U.S. war on China

May 3, 2023 fwstaff
By Gary Wilson Why was Tucker Carlson fired from Fox News? Not for any of his known offensives, even though that’s a very long list. Carlson is the millionaire (net worth $420 million) son of […]
Tennessee Lawmakers Justin Pearson (r) and Justin Jones
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African American Tennessee Lawmakers Reinstated to State House

April 15, 2023 fwstaff
  By Abayomi Azikiwe Two African American state representatives to the Tennessee House of Representatives have been returned to the Capitol in Nashville by the local councils in Nashville and Memphis. The expulsions by the […]
Tennessee Democratic state reps. attacked by Republican majority
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Two African American State Representatives Expelled by Tennessee Republican Majority

April 12, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Tennessee State Representatives Justin Jones and Justin J. Pearson were expelled by the Republican supermajority in Nashville on April 6. Another state house member, Gloria Johnson, who is white, survived the expulsion […]
Black book banning in Florida
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Electoral Politics and African American Studies

March 3, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe African American History Month Series No. 10 “In spite of the long and untiring work in education and organization of the pioneers of Civil Rights; in spite of the painstaking effort made […]
African students continue experiencing racism after fleeing Ukraine war
International News

Statement on the situation of African Students who were studying in Ukraine

February 28, 2023 fwstaff
By Africans in Ukraine As the thousands of African students who fled Ukraine following the Russian invasion in February 2022, we are writing to you in a time of great need. We are calling on […]
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. […]