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This is Assata
Every little girl should know her name. From the bowels of repression and calamity, she came. Wrung poetic lyrics of love from raw pain. From a system designed to break, she remained untamed, gave herself… Full Transcript
Sekou Odinga: Soldier for Black Freedom Transitions
Sekou Odinga, soldier for Black freedom, transitions. His name was Sekou Odinga, a lifelong soldier for Black liberation. When there arose of Black freedom movement. He never hesitated to join in and add his life’s… Full Transcript
Russell Maroon Shoatz: Presente
Russell Maroon Shoatz: Presente! He was born Russell Shoatz of Philadelphia in 1943. A pivotal event occurred when he was a young child that marked the years of his life and sent him on a… Full Transcript
Russell “Maroon” Shoatz Free
“Maroon Free.” Black nationalist revolutionary leader Russell “Maroon” Shoatz. After 49 years in prison and now suffering from stage four cancer, Russell “Maroon” Shoatz is now resting with his family, trying to salvage his ebbing… Full Transcript
Afeni Shakur 1947-2016
She was born Alice Faye Williams in the dusty little town of Lumberton, North Carolina – January 10, 1947. A dimpled little Black girl, who grew into a petite young revolutionary known as Afeni Shakur,… Full Transcript
When he was born on 13th July, 1948, his parents named him William R. Johnson, by father Lloyd Johnson and mother Lois Ethel Johnson. His name would later become Bilal Sunni Ali and it would… Full Transcript