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Africans everywhere are excited for the Black is Back Coalition National conference this Saturday!

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The Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations’ Annual National Conference takes place at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Harlem, NY on Saturday April 9, 2016––only a few days away!

Alabama prisoners organize demonstration in response to horrible living conditions

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African prisoners started a demonstration at the prison camp known as the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Alabama on March 12, 2016. The demonstration was recorded on cellphone video.

Uhuru Solidarity Movement National Convention gains momentum, draws national attention

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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

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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

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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

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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.

Castro on U.S. president Barack Obama’s visit to Cuba

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The kings of Spain brought us the conquistadores and masters, whose footprints remained in the circular land grants assigned to those searching for gold in the sands of rivers, an abusive and shameful form of exploitation, traces of which can be noted from the air in many places around the country.

Police union hires killer cop who murdered Laquan McDonald as janitor

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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!

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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!”
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