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Assata
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
“Assata,” by Kevin Rashid Johnson. 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… Full Transcript
This is Assata
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
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
Harriet Tubman
Mumia Abu-Jamal
In celebration of African Heritage Month, for Profiles in Excellence, we honor Harriet Tubman. She was many things in her life, slave, escaped slave, rebel, liberator, soldier, spy, nurse, commander. Originally named Araminta, later renamed… Full Transcript
Reflections on The Reintroduction of Common Dreams
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Long live John Africa. On first read of the materials related to the FOP [Fraternal Order of Police]/Fox News’s attack on the Oakland School District’s website, “Urban Dreams’, containing teacher created lesson plans on social justice… Full Transcript
The Gift of DuBois
Mumia Abu-Jamal
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, 1868-1963, was a Renaissance man. He made history when he became one of the first Black men in America to win a PhD from Harvard University in 1895, but this… Full Transcript
Hi y’all. We’re supposed to be here to celebrate the 73rd birthday of Kamau Sadiki, a Black political prisoner, a former member of the Black Panther Party, in New York and in other parts of… Full Transcript