The story of Huey P. Newton is a sad one. He was a brilliant thinker who was one of the two founding members of the Black Panther Party in 1966. While he was seen as the face of the party and seemed to become a myth during the” Free Huey” campaign, he was a troubled… Continue reading A Haunted Huey P. Newton
Yeah that’s right. Some of us are witnesses. We saw the images. We read the news. Reminders of ongoing imperialism through deportations. Back to Haiti. Images of whips in the hands of gatekeepers. Going about while riding their enslaved horses. And whips in hand. But the Hatian people will continue arriving. They’ve been here centuries… Continue reading A Poem by Lamont Loyd-Sims
I have followed Malcolm X’s work for many years and he is one of my biggest inspirations. He is the physical manifestation of Black Power and Black Nationalism to me, even though it was declared by Stokely Carmichael a year after his death. Even after his death on February 19th, 1965, he continues to inspire… Continue reading The Legend of Malcolm X
The Combahee River Collective was a group of Black feminists who met and organized in Boston, Massachusetts from 1974 to 1980. Throughout their six years of meetings, the collective took on multiple roles dependent on their particular political, personal, and interconnected needs as group members, community organizers, and nuclei in the development of theories and… Continue reading The Combahee River Collective Statement as a Reflection of Black Feminism(s)
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