Black adoption task force offers to help in Haiti
-Staff Writer- WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - The Institute of the Black World 21st Century's Black Family Summit, under the leadership of Leonard Dunston, president emeritus of the National Association of Black Social Workers, has formed a National Task Force to help address the growing crisis of orphaned children in Haiti. “On radio talk shows callers have been asking: Are there...
The Final Call Newspaper: Continuing a tradition
FCNNEWSSOURCE (FinalCall.com) - From humble beginnings in the basement of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan's south Chicago home, The Final Call newspaper has emerged as America's most widely circulated Black-owned-and-operated newspaper that also enjoys a healthy international distribution. Founded and personally financed by Min. Farrakhan in 1979, the paper was launched on the faith and power of the message of...
Nation of Islam marks 80 years in North America at Saviours’ Day 2010
Official Website for Saviours' Day 2010 CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - With America in the grips of the worst economic crisis since The Great Depression, Black youth crime and violence at high levels, and a political reality rife with contradictions, guidance from the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and the implementation of programming and solutions to serve the needs of Black people are...
Report: Detroit Imam slain by FBI agents suffered 21 gunshot wounds
(FinalCall.com) - Over three months after the controversial shooting death of Detroit-area religious leader Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah, the official autopsy results (PDF, 600K) were released by the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office on February 1. ‘The shocking details of the imam's autopsy raise a number of disturbing questions that need to be answered.’—Dawud Walid,Council on American-Islamic Relations The report...
Is Pres. Obama’s political success tied to distance from Black issues?
ASKIAM and Charlene Muhammad Final Call Correspondents State of the Union deals with Main St., but what about Martin Luther King Drive? WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)- President Barack Obama formally ended his first year in office with his first constitutionally mandated report on the State of the Union on Jan. 27, with a nationally televised address to a joint session of Congress. Even as...
Make Health Care Affordable
-Staff Writer- WASHINGTON, DC (FinalCall.com) - While the President and Congress haggle over merging health care reform bills, more than 200 grassroots organizations including Campaign for Community Change, Community Catalyst and PICO National Network, representing millions of Americans came to Capital Hill, January 13, for a National Affordability Summit to ensure that health reform legislation makes coverage truly...
Mixed review for L.A. gang tours
CHARLENEM -Western Reg. Correspondent- LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - Former gang-members have teamed up with a non-profit outreach organization to offer a look at the inner city by conducting gang tours in South Central Los Angeles. L.A. Gang Tours are designed to raise awareness about the lifestyle of inner city gangs and address the urgent public safety issue presented by gang violence, according...
Tighter control of transit cop agency after ’09 shooting?
CHARLENEM -Western Reg. Correspondent- (FinalCall.com) - A pair of bills that would create independent oversight over the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) have been cleared for consideration by the California State Assembly. The proposed legislation, which passed the Assembly Public Safety Committee on Jan. 12, stemmed from the New Year's Day 2009 shooting death of Oscar Grant, III...
Wyclef: Help needed to evacuate people from Port-Au-Prince
FCNNEWSSOURCE NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - Haitian born musician and Grammy Award-winning songwriter Wyclef Jean told a packed room of reporters during a press conference here that he was asked by the president of the devastated Caribbean nation to help with a plan to evacuate at least two million Haitians out of Port-au-Prince. “What I am calling for is not the...
Help pledged for Haitians as death count grows
FCNNEWSSOURCE by Pharoh Martin and Kendra DesrosiersNNPA National and Special Correspondent Askia Muhammad -Final Call Senior Correspondent-Brian Muhammad -Final Call Contributing Writer- WASHINGTON (NNPA) - It's been described as “the world's Katrina.” The 7.0 magnitude earthquake that completely devastated and uprooted the nation of Haiti, leaving an estimated 200,000 dead and millions more homeless, injured and in despair. Government officials...