Major Robert Lawrence was trained by the Air Force in an elite Cold War-era program. This is why you’ve never heard of him. Mark R. WhittingtonPhoto courtesy NASA On December 8, 1967, a specially modified F-104 Starfighter rolled down the runway at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The weather was cool and crisp, around 50 […]readmore
Natasha LennardMarch 28 2021Sundiata Acoli is 84 years old and has been in prison for nearly half a century. When the state of New Jersey locked him up in 1974, Acoli was not sentenced to die behind bars; he has been eligible for parole for almost three decades. The much-loved father and grandfather has an […]readmore
By Angela WeusiLast Saturday the Putnam Triangle was renamed Jitu Weusi Plaza.It was such an honor “For My Sweet” to have community, friends, and family come together to honor the work that he did over the course of the last 60 years. The occasion joyfully filled with cautious hugs and heartfelt greetings. It was more […]readmore
Occasion: Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave, was asked to give an address regarding the Fourth of July, at a meeting sponsored by the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society, Rochester Hall, Rochester, N.Y. Mr. President, Friends and Fellow Citizens: He who could address this audience without a quailing sensation, has stronger nerves than I have. I do […]readmore
Op-EdBy Abigail McGrathThis week President Biden made Juneteenth an official national holiday. That means you get the day off from work, the post offices are closed and so are the schools.It means that it is a day for celebration, joy, festivities all over the United States.This should be good news. The only occasion/event that I […]readmore
By Basir MchawiMinister Clemson Brown was born in the backwoods of South Carolina during one of the worst periods of Jim Crow and racial segregation. Many would ask, ‘How is it possible to evolve from a cotton-picking sharecropper to an award-winning documentarian with over 20,000 hours of audio and video, detailing some of the most […]readmore
Stephen Millies,www.struggle-la-lucha.org The New York State Assembly voted 107-43 on June 9 to establish the “New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies.”The legislation sets up a commission that will decide how much is to be paid for over 400 years of slavery, torture and death. An important feature of Assembly Bill A2619A is that […]readmore
By Thomas Brading,Army News Service April 28, 2021WASHINGTON — A pair of World War II veterans have recently been approved by the acting Army secretary to receive Purple Hearts over 76 years after being wounded during the Battle of Normandy.Because of racial inequalities, both Johnnie Jones, a 101-year-old former warrant officer, and Ozzie Fletcher, a […]readmore
