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Uhuru Solidarity Movement National Convention gains momentum, draws national attention

The two-day convention will be held at Akwaaba Hall in St. Petersburg, Florida on April 16 and 17, 2016. Titled “The Reparations Challenge: Build White Solidarity with Black Power,” the convention has drawn interest from radio stations and newspapers across the country from Miami, Florida to Portland, Oregon.

African man Jacobia Grimes faces life in prison for stealing candy

Jacobia Grimes, an African man from New Orleans, LA, faces 20 years to life in prison for stealing $31 of candy.

Remembering the real MLK on the 48th anniversary of his assassination

Civil Rights Movement leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by the U.S. government on April 4, 1968. He was 39 years old when he was gunned down on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN. April 4, 2016 marks the 48th anniversary of MLK’s assassination.

Barack Obama attempts to reform the colonial U.S. criminal justice system by reducing sentences of 61 prisoners

Neocolonial U.S. president Barack Obama attempts to reform the criminal justice system by reducing the sentences of federal prisoners, many of whom may have been imprisoned as a result of the 1994 crime bill written by Obama's vice president Joe Biden.

Police union hires killer cop who murdered Laquan McDonald as janitor

Jason Van Dyke, the killer Chicago Police Department cop charged with murdering 17-year-old African Laquan McDonald in October of 2014, was hired by the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) to work as a janitor for the city's police union while he awaits trial.

The Reparations Challenge! White solidarity with Black Power!

ST. PETERSBURG—On April 16-17, 2016, the Uhuru Solidarity Movement (USM) calls on white people across the U.S., Europe and the world to travel to St. Petersburg, Florida for the annual USM national convention, titled “The Reparations Challenge! White Solidarity with Black Power!”

Chairman Omali: State of African nation; Obama in Cuba and Brussels attack

Chairman Omali criticizes Negro U.S. president Barack Obama and his trip to Cuba, calling Obama the "worst black man to ever walk the planet." The Chairman also addresses the Brussels, Belgium attack as an action for freedom for colonized people.

Black Power Matters in 2016

Reposted from blackagendareport.com Black Agenda Radio for Week of March 21, 2016 “Fear of fascism being ‘right around the corner’ – this time in the form...

APEDF’s Health-Fair in Oakland, CA: “Health Is Freedom”

APEDF’s main goal is to build long-term relationships with the African community and as many health services as possible.
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