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Black August
Peter “Pitt” Mukuria
This is Comrade Pitt, Peter Kamau Mukuria, over in Red Onion State Prison in the state of Virginia. This commentary is titled “Black August,” commemorating the life and work of George Jackson—long live the dragon.… Full Transcript
Of Jailhouse Lawyers
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Of Jailhouse Lawyers.” To be a jailhouse lawyer is to be, above all, a prisoner, and as such, among the most despised of men and women in the nation. “Jailhouse lawyer” was similarly a term… Full Transcript
Romaine Chip Fitzgerald Returns To His Ancestors
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Romaine Chip Fitzgerald returns to his ancestors.” The name Romaine Chip Fitzgerald is perhaps not widely known except for his supporters. In his wild youth decades ago, he was a teenage member of the LA… Full Transcript
Breonna’s Deathbed
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Breonna’s Deathbed.” Her name, Breonna Taylor, has become a call to be chanted and shouted at protests now joined by that of many other black people who were killed by distinct with perfect impunity. A… Full Transcript
“Glen Ford, black griot and journalist remembered.” For readers and listeners across America and around the world, the name Glen Ford was not a strange one, for they read and heard the voice of a… Full Transcript