Spear staff

ST. PETERSBURG, FL - As early as 5:00 A.M. on Monday morning, the St. Petersburg Police began to set barricades around the black community on the south side, ensuring none of us could get in or out.

In September 1981, the Congress of the African People’s Socialist Party instituted February 21, the day the U.S government assassinated Malcolm X─ a giant of the African revolution─ the “Day of African Martyr."

Thanks to you and the overwhelming response from nearly 400 supporters, the Black Power Blueprint online fundraising drive successfully reached its goal for the project’s first phase, raising $25,000 in donations and reparations for the renovation of the Uhuru House at 4101 West Florissant in St. Louis.

“Why don’t you live for the people? Why don’t you struggle for the people? Why don’t you die for the people?”─An excerpt from “The Murder of Fred Hampton” (1971) that was screened in Akwaaba Hall at the Uhuru House In St. Petersburg, Florida on February 26th, 2018.

Over 70 attendees, mostly white people, from all around the country, gathered in the beautiful Akwaaba Hall in the historic Uhuru House in St. Petersburg, Florida for this annual meeting of white solidarity with black power to learn more about white people’s role under the African Revolution in this period and moving forward.

The Seventh Congress of the African People’s Socialist Party is occurring in St. Louis, Missouri from October 6-13, 2018 at a critical moment in history.

Due to having been under foreign domination for the past 600 plus years, African people around the world have lost a great sense of who we are. That is reflected in the fact that we often refer to ourselves as various foreign titles, most of them tying us to those who oppress us, such as ‘American’ or ‘French.’

ST. PETERSBURG, FL--Three members of the African People’s Socialist Party were slammed against pig cars and stuffed into the backs of them.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL--It’s that time again! Black Power 96.3 FM’s 2nd Annual February member fund drive is getting ready to take off! Themed “Raise the Black Power Tower”, we have recently been approved by the Federal Communications Commission to raise our tower, expanding our coverage area!