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MINNEAPOLIS - On Tuesday, November 24, an estimated 2000 protesters marched in Minneapolis demanding justice for Jamar Clark, the 24-year-old African man murdered by Minneapolis police on November 15.

OAKLAND, CA--Akwaaba Hall opens to the public, in the heart of East Oakland, after years of renovation.

WASHINGTON, D.C.- Africans and our allies came from throughout the U.S. for the Black Is Back Coalition (BIBC) for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations Annual March on Washington and Conference under the banner, "#BlackPowerMatters," on November 7-8, 2015.

ST LOUIS, MO.--At the recently held National Black Political Leadership Conference, two black presidential candidates, Dr. Willie Wilson and Ms. Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza Curry were the featured luncheon speakers at this gathering of national, state and local political, spiritual and community leaders from across the country.

On behalf of The Burning Spear newspaper, our staff and the African People's Socialist Party (APSP), I want to welcome comrades Herdosia Bentum, Gazi Kodzo and Jevon Gee to the Editorial Board of the oldest, continuously published revolutionary African newspaper in existence.

"It didn't take long for me to find out that the young African workers in Palm Spring are hungry for political education and change. We studied democratic centralism, combat liberalism, the role of African women in the revolution, panafricanism and neocolonialism versus African Internationalism."

"Our demands, as students, have gone from no raise in university fees to free university education-period."

COLUMBIA, MO--The University of Missouri-Columbia (UM-Columbia) is facing a crisis as African students have risen to take a stand against colonialism within the university system.

"It is easy to forget that there are Africans in the continent changing Africa for the better; when we are bombarded with images of Africans on fishing boats on their way to Europe escaping Africa."