On March 31st, 1968, hundreds of Black leaders from all over ameriKKKa came together for a historic task. They affirmed the fact that Afrikan people in ameriKKKa constitute an oppressed nation and officially issued a declaration of independence for our nation before the world. Following this, these leaders founded the Provisional Government of the Republic… Continue reading We Will Win The War: Notes on New Afrikan Nation Day 55
Introduce yourself: I’m Jasmine with Community Movement Builders and I’m the organizing director. How would you define “organizing”? Organizing is the practice of bringing people into a particular project and helping them build capacity and progress towards a particular end goal. For CMB, it’s connecting with Black people in the Pittsburgh neighborhood specifically and in… Continue reading Interview with Community Movement Builder’s Organizing Director Jasmine Burnett.
On July 14th, 1970, the Young Lords occupied Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx, New York, in response to the grave injustices occurring at the hospital that had been plaguing their community for quite some time. The Young Lords were a revolutionary organization founded in Chicago, Illinois by Jose “Cha-Cha” Jimenez and modeled after the Black… Continue reading Looking Back at the Young Lords Occupation of Lincoln Hospital 51 Years Later
Black America must continue to think about the ideological paradigm shift Malcolm ushered in during the 1960s that still holds some sway over a significant portion of those who are left-leaning organizers and social justice advocates. Enough sway that, even if not practiced by said leaders, it must be acknowledged as a touchstone of Black… Continue reading Power vs. Equality: Malcolm X Sought Not to Change America But to Change Black People
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