UN General Assembly acknowledges horror of slave trade, stays silent on question of payment of reparations
By Saeed Shabazz -Staff Writer- UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - The 193-member UN General Assembly recently held a delegate-level commemoration honoring the victims of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. The March ceremony has been an annual event since 2007 and remembers the more than 15 million men, women and children who suffered and died during the more than 400-year slave trade, the largest forced...
Hollywood and the portrayal of UFOs
By Safiyyah Muhammad -Copy Desk Editor - Since the early 1950s, UFO fans have flocked to theaters by the millions to be entertained by Hollywood's portrayal of UFOs and alien beings, mainly green creatures with huge eyes. More and more evidence reveals that these images of alien monsters are far from the truth, but are part of a world-wide conspiracy to cover-up the...
America’s War Against Black Power
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM (FinalCall.com) - Human rights activists are calling on the government to grant amnesty and unconditional freedom to all political prisoners incarcerated because of COINTELPRO, a secret federal law enforcement program that destroyed Black and dissident organizations in the 1960s and 1970s. Men and women who sacrificed their lives so others could enjoy civil liberties and human rights in America...
Zionists increase tension again over historic Muslim holy place
By Saeed Shabazz-Staff Writer- UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - Heads of the Arab League, the Non-Aligned Movement, Organization of the Islamic Cooperation and the Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour recently complained Israeli extremists, including government officials, have increased threats and tensions over an important Muslim mosque in Jerusalem, repeatedly breaching protocols for the holy site and using troops to storm the grounds. The...
Marissa Alexander back on trial in July
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM Marissa Alexander will stand trial again July 28 for what should never have been considered a crime, much less a conviction, say her supporters. Currently under house arrest after her conviction and a 20 year sentence were overturned last November, a new conviction on charges of aggravated assault would mean a 60 year sentence. That means...
Nation of Islam Confronts Fox News Lies: Louis Farrakhan receives no government funding
By Dr. Ridgely Mu'min Muhammad and Abdul Arif Muhammad, Esq. Satan's wicked lies: The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan receives no Government Funding. A slanderous article, titled “‘Game the system'? Nonprofits, including Farrakhan-tied group, enjoy windfall from farm subsidies,” was written by Emily Boyd Walker, and published on March 9, 2014 at Foxnews.com. The Scriptures teach us that the “Devil is...
‘One City, One Aim, One Destiny’ and Only One Chokwe
ERICTOUREM -Contributing Writer- JACKSON, Miss. (FinalCall.com) - Roadways were lined for hours as people waited for conclusion of the near five-hour celebration of the life and legacy of Mayor Chokwe Lumumba here at the Jackson Convention Center Complex downtown. Elders, parents and children who could not make it the near 5,000-seat capacity filled service, patiently sat and stood along the funeral...
Seeking to fulfill his father’s work: Chokwe Antar Lumumba runs for mayor
ERICTOUREM -Contributing Writer- JACKSON, Miss. - In the wake of losing Mayor Chokwe Lumumba after only seven months of leadership, a mourning city now sees a growing field of candidates for an April 8 special election for mayor. One of the candidates is his son. In an exclusive interview with The Final Call, Chokwe Antar Lumumba, 30, announced his intention to...
Blacks in Ohio oppose ‘Kill At Will’ law
(FinalCall.com) - The 99-member Ohio House of Representatives in November 2013 passed a bill aimed at strengthening the Second Amendment rights of its 11 million residents, but Black legislators and activists say a provision that is akin to the controversial Stand Your Ground laws in 23 other states has to go. They are fighting to kill the measure before...
Love personified: Min. Farrakhan’s musical documentary moves Saviours’ Day crowd in Detroit
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM DETROIT (FinalCall.com) - The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan gifted the Nation of Islam, visitors and guests with a viewing of “Let's Change the World,” an original biographical documentary chronicling his life in music. The more than 2-hour long film showed Feb. 22 during the Nation's annual Saviours' Day Convention in Detroit. It included several additions including photos...