AMERICAN POLICING AND STATE SANCTIONED MURDERS OF BLACK LEADERS
The murder of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark on December 9, 1969, in Chicago, is an example of outright blatant political police murder. Photo: Facebook Charismatic Chicago Panther…
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U.S. SENATE RESOULTION REPEALS EDUCATION SECRETARY DEVOS’ REWRITE OF “BORROWERS DEFENSE RULE”
Weingarten: "Today, a bit of justice was served for the hundreds of thousands of people who have fallen victim to this administration’s practice of siding with predatory colleges…
JAKES DIVINITY SCHOOL LAUNCHES NEW DOCTORAL DEGREE HONORING BLACK SPIRITUALITY AND CULTURE
Jakes Divinity School's Antipas Harris: “Jakes Divinity School’s new Doctor of Ministry is one-of-a-kind. It is designed to draw upon the reservoir of African cultural and spiritual genius…
WBAI’S BLACK STAR NEWS SHOW CELEBRATES THE 1896 BATTLE OF ADWA THIS WEDNESDAY
Africa celebrates one of its greatest military victories—the Battle of Adwa, on March 1, 1896, when a huge army led by Empress Taytu Betul and Emperor Menelik II…
SONIA SANCHEZ’S POEM PRESENT: “I SEE MY HISTORY, HEARING THE ANCIENT BLACK WOMAN, ME”
Sanchez: "And in my head, i see my history, standing like a shy child, and i chant lullabies, as i ride my past on horseback, tasting the thirst…
AUDRE LORDE’S 1981 SPEECH ON WOMEN USING ANGER IN “RESPONSE TO RACISM”
Lorde: "I cannot hide my anger to spare you guilt, nor hurt feelings... In the male construct of brute force, we were taught that our lives depended upon…
SHIRLEY CHISHOLM’S 1970 CONGRESSIONAL EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT SPEECH: “WHAT DOES SEX HAVE TO DO WITH IT?”
Shirley Chisholm: "The Constitution they wrote was designed to protect the rights of white, male citizens. As there were no Black Founding Fathers, there were no founding mothers."…
AMERICAN POLICING, FREDDIE GRAY, RODNEY KING, AND THE 1992 LOS ANGELES REBELLION
Twenty-five years after the L.A. Rebellion, on April 19, 2015, Baltimore native Freddie Gray died, after being in a coma from a severed spine he received while being…
DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE STATUE TO BE UNVEILED AT U.S. CAPITOL NEXT YEAR
Mary McLeod was the 15th child to slaves on a farm near Mayesville, South Carolina. She would become one of America’s leading advocates for education, civil, and voting…
TODAY’S WBAI’S 99.5 BLACK STAR NEWS RADIO SHOW WILL FOCUS ON WALTER RODNEY’S LEGACY
Tune in Today Tuesday Feb 11 @ 3pm Eastern Standard Time to #BlackStarNewsShow on @WBAI New York 99.5 FM & www.wbai.org. Photo: YouTube Tune in Today Tuesday, Feb…