Will new Ice Cube, NFL venture help bolster Black businesses?
by Starla Muhammad, Brian E. Muhammad and Tariqah Muhammad The Final Call @TheFinalCall O’Shea Jackson Sr., best known to the world as Ice Cube, continues to evolve as an entertainer while also making his mark in business. The rapper, actor, producer and businessman recently entered into a new partnership via his Contract With Black America Institute with the National Football League...
Activists observe national day of protest against police brutality
Amnesty International condemns racial profiling (FCN, 09/30/2004)The challenge of policing police brutality (FCN, 02/09/2004) NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - Former New York Yankee catcher Yogi Berra once said you can hear a lot by listening. On October 22, people in 30 U.S. cities and Israel asked law enforcement officials, the media and the public to listen to what people had to say...
Attorney: ‘Rogue cop’ stole the life of Black man thought to be shoplifting
Roderick Brooks’ name has been added to the growing list of Black men killed during an encounter with law enforcement. This time a fatal shot was fired by Sgt. Garret Hardin of the Harris County, Texas Sheriff’s Office who chased Mr. Brooks for alleged shoplifting, said an attorney for his family. The chase led to a struggle and ended with...
Minister Farrakhan calls community leaders to co-convene Million Man March 10th anniversary
CHARLENEM LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - The 350 participants of the Dec. 17 Urban Issues Breakfast Forum who walked into the Furama Hotel's banquet room to hear the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan revisit the Million Man March, as its 10th anniversary approaches, strode away with renewed commitment, faith and goals to further empower their communities and constituents. “The brilliance that is among...
The revolving cycle of Black medical abuse and what must be done about it
The United States of America was in a Great Depression when residents of a small, rural Black city were targeted to be part of an experiment that would have detrimental effects on the Black community through the generations. In 1930, Macon County, Alabama, was 82 percent Black. Its county seat is Tuskegee, home to the infamous, 40-year “Tuskegee Study of...
LAPD kills Black teen; community pressures forge policy change
CHARLENEM LAPD beating victim sues city, community rallies in support (FCN, 08-03-2004) LOS ANGELES (Finalcall.com) - On Feb. 16, under boiling community pressure, and one day after approximately 1,000 members of the Black community memorialized their own fallen hero at Bethel AME Church, the Los Angeles Police Department swiftly revised its vehicle firing policy after Officer Steven Garcia pounded 10 rounds through...
Study: Religious values help to keep teens straight
, Staff Writer WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)–Angela Jefferson is 15. She's been going to Sunday school and the 11 o'clock morning service all her life. Studies show that what she's learning may be what it takes to delay her experimentation with sex and drugs. Researchers in two studies published last month found that teens with strong religious views are less likely to...
Members for missing, murdered women task force not yet assigned
CHICAGO—The wait continues with the Task Force on Missing and Murdered Chicago Women or House Bill 3988 which was approved earlier this year. Its purpose is to discover and analyze why Black women and girls go missing and often murdered at higher rates than any other race in Chicago. The task force is set to be effective January 1, 2023....
Peace, environmental activist fights for his life
WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - It was a joyous reunion at community radio station WPFW-FM that spread all over the capital area June 7, when environmental and peace activist Damu Smith returned in person to host his radio program “Spirit in Action” on the airwaves of 89.3 FM. Co-founder of Black Voices for Peace in 1999, and director of the National...