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Malcolm X: The price of freedom is death
Friday, Feb. 21, 1965 marks the day a hit squad of cold-blooded assassins aired out the Audubon Ballroom stage, expiring the physical life of Black Nationalist advocate El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, aka Malcolm X, in full view of his pregnant wife, Betty, and four young daughters along with approximately 400 unsuspecting Organization of Afro-American Unity supporters.
Prosecutors contemplating reopening Malcolm X assassination case
Last Thursday, Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr.’s office revealed they’re conducting an initial inquiry to adjudicate whether the Feb. 21, 1965 assassination of human rights activist Malcolm X in Washington Heights should be reinvestigated.
MOVE 9’s Delbert Africa freed after 41 years
Three carloads of supporters of the back-to-nature MOVE Organization greeted their comrade Delbert Orr Africa, aged 73, home as he stepped through the steel gates of Pennsylvania’s SCI Dallas on Saturday morning, Jan.
Arthur Schomburg and the Harlem Renaissance
In recognition of the 146th born day anniversary of renowned researcher Arthur Alfonso Schomburg we take a look at his involvement in the reinvigorating Harlem Renaissance occurring during the “Roaring Twenties.”
Attorneys: Retrial for Imam Jamil Al-Amin possible
After being imprisoned for two decades, lawyers for political POW, Imam Jamil Al-Amin are optimistic the 76-year-old Muslim minister will receive another opportunity to prove his innocence in court.
Martin Luther King Jr.: ‘A riot is the language of the unheard’
Ever since 1986, the United States has acknowledged the legacy of Civil Rights proponent Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a national holiday, on the third Monday of each January.
Boxing champion Sweet Saoul Mamby passes
An elite list from the pugilistic community came out to Harlem’s Williams Institution CME Church this past Dec. 28 to celebrate the life of former world boxing champion, Saoul ‘Paul’ Mamby.
Brooklyn benefit for Dr. Mutulu Shakur
Comrades and relatives of political prisoner-of-war, Dr. Mutulu Shakur, conducted a benefit event at Brooklyn’s Starr Bar (214 Starr St.) in an effort to heighten awareness about, as well as raise funds for, his debilitating health issues.
School of Hard Knocks: Reflecting on Sonny Abubadika Carson’s legacy
To commemorate the 17th anniversary of when Brooklyn warrior Sonny Abubadika Carson joined the ancestral realm, some of his comrades reflect on his life.
Former political-P.O.W. Robert Seth Hayes passes
The local grassroots community was saddened upon learning that original Black Panther Party activist Robert Seth Hayes, 72, had transitioned to the ancestral realm at his Bronx home the morning of Dec. 21.
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