Fathers make a presence on the first day of school
The Million Father March (A Blackstart Project Initiative) (FinalCall.com) - When 13-year-old Alonzo Juhans started Greenbelt Middle School in August, he didn’t start alone. His dad, Larry, went to school with him every day for the first week. “He’s starting middle school and I wanted to give him a jump start. I wanted him to have a certain rhythm....
Justice For The Wrongfully Incarcerated. Gate of the Exonerated unveiled in Central Park to honor former Central Park Five Justice For The Wrongfully Incarcerated
Daleel Jabir Muhammad NEW YORK—A day to acknowledge social injustice, struggle, and pain that led to vindication, joy, celebration, and commemoration with the “Gate of the Exonerated” took place just before 2022 ended. The monument marked the plight of five young Black teens who were known in 1989 as the Central Park Five, now known as freedom fighters for justice...
Policing the police: Gathering explores national need
Black men targeted for slaughter: The murder of Sean Bell (FCN, 12-13-2006)National fight against police brutality heightens (FCN, 12-12-2006)Justice demanded in Atlanta police killing of 92-year-old woman (FCN, 12-12-2006)LA Police kill 19-month-old baby during L.A. standoff (FCN, 07-27-2005)The challenge of policing police brutality (FCN, 02-09-20004) LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - Over 100 people gathered at Bethel A.M.E. Church for the Community...
The terror of America’s weather
Extreme weather leaves path of destruction (FinalCall.com) - A powerful storm carrying with it several killer tornadoes marched from Minnesota to the Florida panhandle on March 1, leaving dozens of people dead throughout the Deep South, on what was the very first day of the official 2007 tornado season. Enterprise, Alabama Mayor Kenneth Boswell, whose area was devastated, said parts...
City Councilman John Muhammad hosts town hall in St. Petersburg, Fla.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Newly elected City Council member John Muhammad invited the community out to the District 7 Town Hall meeting in St. Petersburg, Florida, with the vision of putting “neighbor” back in the ‘hood. Councilman Muhammad, who was seleted to fill a vacated council seat, represents District 7 which is 64 percent Black with the largest population and highest...
Black men targeted for Genocide
ASKIAMSenior Correspondent Urban League report focuses on the Black male Black genocide: From the cradle to the grave (FCN, 12-22-2003)One on one with Dr. Frances Cress Welsing WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - The prospects are bleak. Genocide is no exaggeration. Incarceration, AIDS, unemployment and the school drop-out rate are all problems challenging Black people in America–Black males in particular–and according to this year's annual report...
‘WE ARE AT WAR!’ Minister Farrakhan addresses the Nation of Islam’s Youth, Pt. 2
CHICAGO—Young people from across the country eagerly waited in long lines at McCormick Place in Chicago on Friday, February 24, to participate in the “We Are at War Youth Summit.” Teenagers and adults ages 13 to 35 came by the hundreds to be inspired by a panel of their peers, then to hear a spiritually enlightening address from the...
D.C. ‘exodus’ sparks district renewal efforts for Whites
WASHINGTON, D.C. (FinalCall.com) - By the year 2020, if demographers predictions are correct, the nation’s capital will no longer be a “Chocolate City,” but more of a melting pot of cultures with no one group as the majority, according to U.S. Census Reports released last month. D.C.’s Black population is declining, while the White and Asian population is increasing. “The...
Mississippi lawmakers stop effort to take over Jackson water
JACKSON, Miss.—Mississippi lawmakers are giving up on an effort to create a state-dominated board to oversee the troubled water system in the state’s capital city. But, the Republican-controlled state Legislature is still considering proposals to appoint rather than elect some judges and to expand the territory of a state-run police department inside Jackson, which is governed by Democrats. Mayor Chokwe Antar...