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For the Love of Yuri
Recently, a congressman announced his opposition to a computer corporations’ honoring of the late activist, Yuri Kochiyama. Kochiyama, in her long and eventful life, fought for many things, among them, this commentator’s life and freedom.… Full Transcript
The Trump Party
It’s months from the conventions, but if today is any indicator, the results are all but guaranteed. No matter the results of the election, the impact in the Republican Party is clear. After years of… Full Transcript
CCNY Center Shuttered: War Against the 60’s
We have learned recently of the closing of the Morales Shakur Student Center at CCNY. What does this mean? Why now? What we are seeing is a war against the sixties. A war against the… Full Transcript
To The Young Activists
To my dear young brothers and sisters on the MOVE. As you listen in two cities, at the Asian Art Center in Philadelphia and [unclear] College in New York. Perhaps some of you feel powerless,… Full Transcript
Why Are We: The New Afrikan Black Panther Party
Why Are We: The New Afrikan Black Panther Party Was Created. We created the Black Panther Party as a vanguard organization that will blaze and illuminate the path forward; that will put back on the… Full Transcript
Kathleen Neal Cleaver
In celebration of African Heritage Month, for profiles and excellence, we honor thousands of Black women, many known and unknown, who fought in the trenches for Black freedom not only in the Civil Rights movement,… Full Transcript

When the Black Panther Party emerged in northern California, Oct. 1966, the images that were projected from that early period were arresting. Young, attractive Black men and women, armed for self and communal defense, openly… Full Transcript