A series of essays by Mumia celebrating the life of people who’s lives served the struggle.
Thousands of Black Women
C.L.R. James
In celebration of African Heritage Month, for Profiles in Excellence, we honor C.L.R. James, 1901 to 1989. James was many things over a long distinguished career—revolutionary organizer, historian, professor, journalist, are just some of them.… Full Transcript
Tupac Amaru Shakur
In celebration of African Heritage Month, for Profiles in Excellence, we honor Tupac Amaru Shakur. June 16th, 1971, died September 13, 1996. Was born almost literally in the midst of the Black Revolution. That’s because… Full Transcript
Billie Holiday
In celebration of African Heritage Month, for Profiles in Excellence we honor: Billie Holiday was a consummate jazz singer whose work continues to inspire and influence even after the passing of fifty years. What made… Full Transcript
Moses Fleetwood Walker
Albizu Campos
Chinua Achebe
Osborne P. Anderson
In celebration of African Heritage Month, for Profiles in Excellence, we honor Osborne P. Anderson, of which a great deal isn’t known, except his participation in the 1859 raid on the U.S. armory at Harper’s… Full Transcript
Harriet Tubman
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
Shirley Chisholm
In celebration of African heritage month for profiles in excellence, we honor Shirley Chisholm 1924 to 2005, broke a number of barriers on the battlefield of politics. She was the first Black woman elected to… Full Transcript
Huey Newton
In celebration of African Heritage Month, for Profiles in Excellence we honor: Dr Huey P. Newton was born in 1942 and died in 1989. He co-founded the Black Panther Party in October, 1966, when he… Full Transcript
Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán: Profiles in Excellence
In celebration of African Heritage Month, for profiles and excellence, we honor Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán, born 1918, died 1995. Beltrán was a groundbreaking Mexican historian and anthropologist who uncovered a hidden black history in the… Full Transcript
William Parker
In celebration of African Heritage Month, for Profiles in Excellence, we honor: William Parker was the central figure in the Christiana rebellion of September 11th, 1851 in Pennsylvania. Together with other members of the local… 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
In celebration of African Heritage Month, for profiles in 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