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Men in Society
Eddie Treadwell
Hello, this is Eddie Treadwell at Alger Correctional Facility here in Michigan. Once again, been having some thoughts about paying tribute to the men in our societies. We fail to give recognition to those who… Full Transcript
Paying Tribute to Women
Eddie Treadwell
Yeah, well, hello, this is Mr. Eddie Treadwell calling from Alger Correctional Facility here in Michigan. My prison number is 205017. And I would like to express some of my thoughts as well as inform… Full Transcript
Come Get Me
Jamil Pirant
My name is Jamil. I’m at IDC, Indiana Department of Corrections. And this is call “To My Tribe.” Over the last two weeks, I’ve been going through a range of level of anxiety, stuff I… Full Transcript
Askia Muhammad: Black Journalist
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Askia Muhammad: Black Journalist He was known as Askia Muhammad, and in his 76 years of life, he was principally known, and indeed renowned, as a Black journalist. But he was also a poet, a… Full Transcript
Archbishop Desmond Tutu 1931-2021
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 1931-2021.” Almost a century ago, a little African boy was born to a small family in a small town where gold mining was the chief industry. The town was [inaudible] in what… Full Transcript
bell hooks: feminist icon
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Feminist icon: presente! She was born Gloria Watkins 69 years ago in Hopkinsville, Kentucky on September 25th, 1952. But the world knew her by pen name, bill hooks, and readers recognize that name by its… Full Transcript
Sister Marpessa, A Griot Passes
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Sister Marpessa, A Griot Passes.” In African traditional societies, the griot was one who held in memory the history of the tribe, its kings, its wars, its great events that mark it as a community,… Full Transcript
Eyes-Passing of a Healer
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Eyes-Passing of a Healer.” The name Dr. Patricia Bath is perhaps unfamiliar with you as it was to me just a few days ago, but a colleague shared obituaries from several newspapers, and I could… Full Transcript
Howard Keylor
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Happy 93rd birthday to Howard Keylor. Dear brother, sisters, comrades, and friends of ILWU Local 10, on on the MOVE. I join you all in celebrating the remarkable life and struggle of ILWU’s longest living… Full Transcript
Aretha 1942-2018
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Aretha 1942-2018.” With one unmistakable name, a musical legend was born: Aretha. Born on March 25th, 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee, raised in Detroit, daughter of the famous gospel preacher Reverend Cecil L. Franklin, she was… Full Transcript
Goodnight Kiilu
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Goodnight Kiilu.” To people in California’s north, the name Kiilu Nyasha is familiar like an aunt or another relative. To them, she was a voice of resistance heard on public radio, mostly heard on her… Full Transcript
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela 1936-2018
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Winnie Mandela, 1936-2018.” She was born in 1936 and named Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela. But the world would come to know this South African beauty is Winnie Mandela, the wife of African National Congress leader… Full Transcript
Nichelle Nichols: Aiming for the Stars Almost nine decades ago, a few years shy of a century, in fact, a Black girl was born in Robbins, Illinois. The year: 1932. That girl was actor Nichelle… Full Transcript