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Uhuru Movement’s Freedom Summer 2011 “Beyond the Sixties” event at USF in slides

"Beyond the Sixties" event took place at University of South Florida in St. Petersburg, FL.  Chairman Omali Yeshitela of the African People's Socialist Party...

Diop Olugbala For Mayor 2011

PHILADELPHIA—The Committee to Elect Diop Olugbala formally announces his candidacy for the City of Philadelphia’s 2011 mayoral election. Olugbala is also known as Wali...

NCOBRA Conference on Reparations highlights the need to organize and build

CHICAGO—The National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (NCOBRA) held its 22nd annual national conference in Chicago on June 24-26, 2011.   This year's main...

Summer Project kicks off in St. Petersburg, Florida

ST PETERSBURG, FL — Freedom Summer 2011, a month-long project organized to overturn the conditions of poverty, unemployment, poor education and police violence in...

Prisons: Terror for the poor – Profits for the rich

SAN DIEGO—On July 1, 2011, hundreds of inmates in the Security Housing Unit (SHU) at Pelican Bay California State Prison, located near the Oregon...

AAPDEP Milwaukee builds self-reliance in the black community

MILWAUKEE—Milwaukee’s African community has been the scene of underdevelopment for many years. The recent global focus on Wisconsin and Milwaukee due to budget cuts enacted...

Juneteenth “Proclamation” Not Yet Uhuru

HOUSTON—On Sunday, June 19, 2011, a festive crowd gathered at the All African People's Development and Empowerment Project's (AAPDEP's) 5th Ward Community Garden for...

Samah Elsayed: Comrade of the Quarter!

Samah Elsayed has been a shining example of the tenacity necessary to build local branches of organization. Since taking the role as Chair of...

Archie Bell of Archie Bell and the Drells fame to headline Juneteenth One Africa! One Nation! Marketplace! Freedom and Music Festival 2011 in Houston

HOUSTON—On June 19 2011, at the AAPDEP 5th Ward Community Garden, in Houston, Texas, the people will come together to celebrate Juneteenth. The Garden...
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