People think we don’t like the song pledge of allegiance, and that is true! It doesn’t match up with most Black people’s lives in America, where Black children and adults young or elderly are shot down by police who act as judge and jury on behalf of the system of racism and the thin blue line.
This discussion will be on opportunity to learn about the vibrant history of Black resistance in the United States as well an opportunity to meet the Black radicals of today. Mainstream celebrations of Black history month tend to declaw and sanitize the radicalism of Black freedom movements; we want to counter that narrative.
Walking into the courtroom on this morning, Monday, December 9th, 2019, for the trial for my mother’s case brought no other feeling but dismay. The make-up of the courtroom was mostly Black, and if they were not Black then the rest of the majority were people of color. This was not surprising, to say the…
I listened intently as Mikisa Thompson, an organizer and activist, told me her story and it soon became clear that the news reports I’d read had left much unexplored about her experiences in Garner, North Carolina.
Say her name: Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer. Born October 6, 1917, and died March 14, 1977. Say her name: Mrs. Recy Taylor. Born Dec. 31, 1919, and died Dec. 28, 2017. Say her name: Erica Garner. Born May 29, 1990, and died Dec. 30, 2017. The Black women listed above experienced the plight of being…
On Monday December 9, 2019 a sham trial will be held at the Raleigh, NC Justice Center. Mikisa Thompson is asking for your support at court or via donations. All details are on the attached flyer. As well as this link
Comrade Fred Hampton was assassinated by the fyi and police on this day December 4, 1969. He was murdered because he was incredibly effective at uniting poor whites in Chicago with the Black Panther Party to fight #racism and #capitalism. No to negro imperialism ✊🏾 no to #imperialism Comrade Fred Hampton was assassinated by the…
Life of a revolutionary leader Fred Hampton.