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Uhuru Furniture & Collectibles stores are closing, but APEDF is moving forward!

After 30 and 34 years respectively, Uhuru Furniture stores in both Philadelphia, PA and Oakland, CA are closing. Since 1989, these economic development projects...

St. Louis government silent as tornado strikes the black community. Black Power Blueprint is our relief!

On July 1 at 3:20 p.m., as the One Africa! One Nation! (OAON) Farmers Market was packing up, a tornado hit the Northside. The...

St. Louis’ “One Africa! One Nation! Farmers Market” enters its third and best season yet!

St. Louis—Saturday, May 6 will be the opening day of the One Africa! One Nation! (OAON) Farmers Market 2023 season. This USDA-funded, black community-led market...

U.S. imposes economic sanctions on black community projects

In March 2023, Regions Bank notified the black nonprofit African People’s Education and Defense Fund (APEDF) that the bank was “exiting” their 20-year relationship,...

Uhuru Foods & Pies passes food safety audit, prepared to sell pies through major grocery chain

For well over a year, Uhuru Foods & Pies in Oakland has endured an extensive onboarding process with Whole Foods to get Uhuru Pies...

From the Black Star Lines to Black Star Industries – Deputy Chair Ona Zené paves the way!

On October 9, 1960, Ona Zené Yeshitela, formerly Cynthia Diane Clark, was born in St. Petersburg, Florida, in the city’s southside African community. Her...

Halloween Festival wraps up the Farmers Market season

On Saturday, October 30, the One Africa! One Nation! Farmers Market in North St. Louis held its final market of the season, a Halloween...

Long live Octavius Dionte Clark, son of Deputy Chair Ona Zené Yeshitela

To Comrades Deputy Chair Ona Zené Yeshitela and Chairman Omali Yeshitela: It is with great shock and sadness that we learned of the sudden...

NZO—African styles at home and abroad

Under the powerful, hands-on leadership of the African People’s Education and Defense Fund (APEDF) Board President Ona Zené Yeshitela, Uhuru Furniture developed NZO—African Styles at Home...
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