Ottobah Cugoano: The Pioneer of the Black Radical Tradition
Ottobah Cugoano was a pioneer of the Black radical tradition, becoming a prominent leader in the British abolitionist movement in 1787 with the publication of
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Billy Strachan: A World War 2 RAF Hero
Billy Strachan was a World War 2 RAF hero and civil rights pioneer. A campaigner against colonialism, he was a member of the Communist Party
Knowledge is Power
“The wickedness of the soul is ignorance; the virtue of the soul is knowledge.” ~Ancient Egyptian proverb Picture credit: Artist unknown
An Afrikan Story of Self-Love and Integrity
This “Afrikan” story is taken from the novel, Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter by Nozipo Maraire. My father once took me aside as a
The War on Men Through the Degradation of Woman by Jada Pinkett-Smith
“How is man to recognize his full self, his full power through the eyes of an incomplete woman? The woman who has been stripped of
THE URBAN SHAMAN: AN INTERVIEW WITH ELLIOTT RIVERA
“Afrikans are in bondage today because they approach spirituality through religion provided by foreign invaders and conquerors.” ~Haile Selassie I Elliot Rivera, known as the
The Inward Sea
There is in every person an inward sea, And in that sea there is an island And on that island there is an altar And
Mary Annette Anderson: The first African American woman elected to Phi Beta Kappa
“The sunshine of her life she gives, To everything around her, Though brief the season that she lives Nor lost is her endeavor. She is
There It Is by Jayne Cortez
My friendthey don’t careif you’re an individualista leftist a rightista shithead or a snakeThey will try to exploit youabsorb you confine youdisconnect you isolate youor
July 9, 1841: Four Black Men executed for a bank robbery
On July 9, 1841, four Black rivermen—Madison Henderson, Alfred Amos Warrick, James W. Seward, and Charles Brown—were executed on Duncan’s Island, just south of St.