Another May 13th goes by and not a peep about the what Philadelphia did to Black people in 1985. I waited til about noon central standard tie to google the news on the “Move Philly Bombing” and I found six articles. Most black media publications only had old stories or old video recycled but nothing […]
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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
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Unless you’ve been under a rock for the last few months, you have heard the former president, Barack Hussein Obama, speaking on everything. He has a new book and he is doing his run of the mill interviews, but the interesting point is what he’s talking about. It’s like dude’s a whole nother person right
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
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