Month: January 2020
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The Revolution On Your Momma’s Coffee Table: Lerone Bennett Jr., Black Power, Pan-Africanism and the Schizophrenia of Ebony Magazine, 1966-1976
It’s September 1966, and the regular reader of Ebony gets the sinking feeling that its jali, Lerone Bennett Jr., is a little…
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BREAKING (NON-) NEWS: Attention, Mumia! No Reading (About the Young Lords Party) Allowed!
Why could Mumia Abu-Jamal receive books on Death Row in the 1980s, 1990s and 00s but is severely restricted in his ability…
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WORDS MEAN THINGS: RECLAIMING MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. FROM THE GRIPS OF IMPERIALISM
by Devyn Springer KING’S SPIRIT IS THAT OF A TRUE REVOLUTIONARY WHICH CAN NEVER BE DISTORTED TO THE POINT OF NO RETURN,…
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Why Isn’t Donald Trump Headed to Jail?
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson On January 3, 2020 Donald Trump had Qasem Soleimni, an Iranian major general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard…
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Hip-Hop and Counter-Intelligence
Is there a relationship between the FBI’s Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO) and hip-hop? This topic is explored during this hour on the…