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Second member of the MOVE 9, Michael Africa Sr., released on parole after 40 years in prison
After a 40-year imprisonment for being a member of the Black liberation organization, MOVE, Michael Africa Sr. has finally been released on parole.
Remembering Our Black Radical History: The MOVE 9
On May 13, 1985, Philadelphia city leadership and the Philadelphia Police Department carried out an attack on a group of Black radical individuals and families, bombing and killing 11 people – including 5 children. The group was the MOVE organization, founded by John Africa and emphasizes family and our life’s connection to nature – the […]
New LAPD Program Allows Officers to Come Face-to-Face w/ Community Members on Racial Profiling
The LAPD has announced a new program where officers can come face-to-face with community members who accuse them of racial profiling. The Community-Employee Mediation Pilot program will allow both sides to see things from the other’s perspective. Neither party is required to agree with one another; and only conflicts that don’t involve use of force, […]
CBS Interviews Chicago Gang Members: “Killing Is The Solution”
CBS reporter Walter Jacobson sat down with a group of “gang members” from Chicago’s Southside. One young man’s response to the question, “What is the solution to the violence plaguing Chicago.” His response: “Killing is the solution.” But was this a fair interview? How do we stop the violence?
Former Black Panther, Albert Woodfox, Freed From Jail After 43 Years
A former Black Panther activist who was in solitary confinement for 43 years was freed from a United States prison after years of legal cases trying to prove his innocence. Albert Woodfox was the last one of the “Angola Three” activists to be freed from jail; their case invoked many emotions out of activist groups, […]
‘Angola Three’ prisoner released from solitary confinement after more than 42 years
Albert Woodfox has spent more than 42 years not just locked up in prison, but in isolation. But thanks to a court ruling, America’s longest-standing solitary confinement prisoner’s conviction has been overturned.
TLC performs with Lil Mama for AMAs
On the heels of critical acclaim for her portrayal of late TLC member Lisa “LeftEye” Lopes in the recent biopic CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story, hip hop artist Lil Mama joined the remaining members of the hit 90s R&B girl group for a one-time performance at this year’s American Music Awards. T-Boz, Chilli and Lil Mama performed one […]
TLC biopic premieres tonight, will you be watching?
The highly-anticipated biopic on the Grammy award-winning R & B group TLC airs tonight. The two-hour movie stars Drew Sidora, KeKe Palmer and Lil Mama as T-Boz, Chilli and Lisa “LeftEye” Lopes respectively.
In the Wake of ‘The Trayvon Generation’
by Jenn M. Jackson, PhD When I found out that George Zimmerman, the white-passing, mixed race Latinx man who killed Trayvon Martin on February 26th, 2012, was acquitted of all charges, I was sitting in a massive auditorium of Black women, all members of my sorority, Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. That night, we were in […]
The “Anti-DEI Crusade” is Hurting Black women
By Jenn M. Jackson April 24, 2024 In recent months, Black women’s educational credentials and professional qualifications have been a central topic in the news media following the public attacks on Dr. Claudine Gay, the first Black woman to be President of Harvard University, and the ongoing political debates about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) […]
Used in a relentless pursuit of the elusive middle class, side hustle culture is killing Black folx
Editor’s Note: This month at BYP, we will be exploring Black Liberation & Organizing, and we are interested in publishing works that address these topics. How do we hold politicians accountable to Black communities? Is that even possible? What should be our role in the electoral politics? What does abolition look like in practice? What […]
Faced with commercialization, the Black Punk community turns to its past for a guide to keep resisting
By Monika Estrella Negra The majority of the Black punks I have talked to were drawn to (or got lost in) the Punk scene in order to escape the rigidity and heteronormative idealism of traditional Black political organizing. This is not to infer that all Black punks identify with far leftist views, nor does it […]