Issues and Life Archives - Black Voices Network

Black Women Voices from the Black Freedom Movement in the 1960s

Revolutionary People’s Party Constitutional Convention, Philadelphia, September 1970. Photo: David Fenton Black Women’s Month Special DUE TO POPULAR WHITE NARRATIVES ABOUT THE BLACK FREEDOM MOVEMENT, WE THINK ABOUT THE MOVEMENT FROM THE 1950S TO THE 1970S AS THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND THE BLACK POWER MOVEMENT. THE MAIN PROBLEM WITH THIS FRAMING IS THAT WHITE […]

Black Women Voices from the Black Freedom Movement in the 1960s Read More »

Aïsha Dabo: Africans Want Their Leaders to Represent Their Interests

Aïsha Dabo, coordinator and co-founder of the programs at the pan-African organization Africtivistes By Rédaction Africanews and Pascale Mahé Keingna China and Russia are expanding their influence in Africa. How can this be explained? How are African governments responding, and how can civil society engage with these issues? Africanews speaks with Aïsha Dabo, coordinator and

Aïsha Dabo: Africans Want Their Leaders to Represent Their Interests Read More »

Selma 60th: A Love Letter To Alabama

Source: ELIJAH NOUVELAGE / Getty Dear Aunt Selma, It was so good seeing you and other family members this past weekend down in Alabama. My daddy would’ve been so happy. I know he smiled really big on Saturday morning. Speaking of mornings, I enjoyed breakfast with all your classmates at the Annual Foot Soldiers Breakfast held

Selma 60th: A Love Letter To Alabama Read More »

To Be Igbo or Not to Be? : Coercing Identity and Unburdening Prejudice

Emancipation from stereotypes requires a collective commitment by Africans to see each other as multifaceted, evolving individuals rather than static, preconceived notions Nigeria’s Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike Chika Esiobu Nigeria’s Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, recenlty declared in an interview that he is not Igbo but Ikwerre. This

To Be Igbo or Not to Be? : Coercing Identity and Unburdening Prejudice Read More »

Freedom Sacrifices #FreeJosh

Remembering the First Political Prisoner of the Ferguson Movement “I want you to chant Free Sundiata, I want you to chant Free Mumia, Free Leonard Peltier and so on. I want you to chant the names of every political prisoner still behind the walls.” These are the words of freedom fighter and revolutionary Assata Shakur

Freedom Sacrifices #FreeJosh Read More »

Special Exhibit of Abolitionist Harriet Tubman at National Constitution Center

Aria Springfield, museum educator at the National Constitution Center, talks about one of the exhibits honoring abolitionist Harriet Tubman. — TRIBUNE PHOTO / ABDUL SULAYMAN By Sherry Stone TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER The phenomenal courage of one Black woman who led slaves to freedom will be honored across the nation Monday on National Harriet Tubman Day.

Special Exhibit of Abolitionist Harriet Tubman at National Constitution Center Read More »

10 years after massacre, time for ‘healthy tension’ on race

BRIAN SNYDER | CNS A man pays his respects outside Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, June 21, 2015. Nine Black people were shot to death by white supremacist Dylann Roof at an evening Bible study inside the church June 17, 2015. The 2015 mass shooting at Mother Emanuel AME Church was

10 years after massacre, time for ‘healthy tension’ on race Read More »

314 Day City Market offered shopping experience filled with STL love

314 Day Mural by Taylor Marrie at the City Market at Sophies Artist Lounge on 3/14/25. Credit: Photo By Taylor Marrie by Zaria Mac | The St. Louis American How did you spend your 314 Day? Among the variety of activities was the 314 Day City Market at Sophie’s Artist Lounge. Also produced in part by Walls off

314 Day City Market offered shopping experience filled with STL love Read More »

5 Years Later: Black Health Care Workers Reflect on COVID-19

BOSTON, MA – JUNE 11: Healthcare workers at Boston Medical Center hold an an 8 minute 46 second moment of silence in memory of George Floyd and other members of the Black and brown community who have lost their lives to police violence on June 11, 2020 in Boston. (Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe

5 Years Later: Black Health Care Workers Reflect on COVID-19 Read More »

Sisters of the pen: A look at the women who broke barriers

Photo Courtesy of Afro News by Tashi McQueen AFRO Political Writer Carole Simpson Born on Dec. 7, 1940, in Chicago, Carole Simpson is known for being the first broadcast journalist to hold the title of “news anchor” for a major media company. According to Simpson’s autobiography, available on her website, she first took interest in media

Sisters of the pen: A look at the women who broke barriers Read More »

Issues and Life