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Man dies just three days after being freed
A Louisiana man released just three days from prison after serving 41 years in solitary confinement has died. Herman Wallace was released Tuesday after a judge ruled that he be freed because women were excluded from his grand jury. Wallace suffered from terminal liver cancer.
Man freed after spending 41 years in solitary confinement
71-year-old Herman Wallace is now a free man after spending 41 years in solitary confinement. U.S. District Chief Judge Brian Jackson denied Louisiana’s motion seeking to block his earlier order overturning Wallace’s 1974 murder conviction in the death of guard Brent Miller.
Bayard Rustin to be Posthumously Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
Civil rights leader Bayard Rustin will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
If Our Freedom is Criminal, We Must Change the Laws
BYP100’s Kai M. Green pens a short essay emphasizing the urgency of Black and People of Color Freedom Struggles NOW! The title sums it up: “If our Freedom is Criminal, We Must Change the Laws.”
Kanye West and Rhymefest Team Up for Free Music Writing Program for Chicago Youth
Chicago’s own Rhymefest and Kanye West are using their skills and resources to bring a free music writing program to youth on the South Side of Chicago.
Watch the Trailer for Nelson Mandela Biopic “Long Walk to Freedom”
A trailer has been released for the upcoming Nelson Mandela biopic “Long Walk to Freedom,” starring Idris Elba.
If We the New Slaves, When Are We Gonna Get Free?
First of all, I love when an artist spits conscious lyrics, which Kanye certainly does on his new song, “New Slaves”. I especially like when he references CCA and how they’re really making new slaves: “Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), now the nation’s largest private prison company, was founded just over 30 years ago in Nashville. Since […]
Free Kindle Book: “UNASHAMED: The Process of Reconstruction””
UNASHAMED: The Process of Reconstruction by Richard L. Taylor Jr. Is available free on Amazon.com Until Thursday 12am PST, to Kindle & Kindle App Users!
Watch FREE ANGELA DAVIS & ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS at UChicago TONIGHT at 6PM
Don’t miss a free screening of the highly anticipated documentary Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners at the University of Chicago tonight at 6pm!
Another Killer Cop Goes Free
NYPD Detective Hassan Hamdy, who shot and killed unarmed National Guardsman Noel Palonco (Photo by Victor Alcom) Remember last week when the world was riveted by the exploits of ex-LAPD officer Christopher Dorner? Many felt that the support of Dorner’s quest to expose the corruption and racism in the LAPD was unwarranted because he killed innocent people. One author […]
As Debates Roar, There Are Children Singing of Freedom
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF5rZlE1IOg They. Sing. With voices strained. They. Dream. With eyes crusted on both sides. And of debates where solutions. To problems don’t get fumbled. By headlines of those who dropped. Or picked up. The right and wrong vernacular tones. Or Concepts. That only legitimize. Failing systems that ignored. My Grandmother. Me. And hopefully not […]
Mitt Romney in Leaked Video: Obama Supporters Are ‘Freeloaders Who Pay No Taxes’
In a video secretly recorded earlier this year and sent to Mother Jones recently, Romney is heard describing Obama supporters as “freeloaders who pay no taxes, who don’t assume responsibility for their lives, and who think government should take care of them.”