Jeff Sessions Embodies the Old South
[Appreared January 11, 2017 on the Real News] Kamau Franklin, a longtime activist and civil rights attorney and author joins Real News to discuss day two of the [...]
Jefferson Sessions, the Soon-to-be Attorney General, Embodies the Old South
(Originally Published January 10, 2017 in Atlanta Black Star) In 10 days, a man by the name of Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III will most likely become the Attorney General [...]
Why Black Cops Are Dangerous to Black Lives
(Originally Published January 9, 2017 in Atlanta Black Star) A soon-to-be-released study set to publish next month in Public Administration Review titled “Will More Black [...]
Here Is What President Obama Should Say Directly to the Black Community In His Farewell Address
(Originally published January 7, 2017 in Atlanta Black Star) President Barack Obama is scheduled to give a farewell address to the American people on January 10 from his [...]
Conservatives’ Outcry Against Torture Incident Is Blatant Attempt to Push Narrative That Actually Endangers Black Bodies
(Originally published January 6, 2017 in Atlanta Black Star) A young Black woman in Chicago participated in and streamed an unquestionably horrible and ugly attack on [...]
NAACP Brings a Knife to a Gunfight: Sit-In Protest In Jeff Sessions’ Office Illustrates Glaring Need for New Tactics
(Originally published January 5, 2017 in Atlanta Black Star) The NAACP staged a sit-in Tuesday, Jan. 3, in the Mobile, Alabama, office of Jeff Sessions, Attorney General [...]
OUR RESISTANCE PLEDGE
Let January 20, 2017 be a day of resistance and the start of us being #Ungovernable. “Make yourself unavailable for servitude”- Toni Cade Bambara We pledge to create a [...]
ASSATA SHAKUR, EXCLUDING THE NIGHTMARE AFTER THE DREAM:
Dhoruba al-Mujahid bin Wahad is an American writer and activist, who is a former prisoner, Black Panther Party leader, and co-founder of the Black Liberation Army. Dhoruba, [...]
WHEN WE ALL WORK, WE ALL MOVE: MAKING BLACK LIBERATION REAL
Rapheal Randall delivered this speech on October 23, 2016 at the “Black Liberation Strategies Then & Now” panel hosted in Philadelphia, PA by Catalyst Project, the [...]
Final Presidential Debate Accentuates Candidates’ Divide on Abortion Rights
The candidates take neoliberal positions on most issues, but their positions on Roe v. Wade show what’s at stake for women’s rights, says attorney Kamau Franklin. [...]
