Atonement, Reconciliation and Responsibility
2010 Holy Day of Atonement (HDoA.NOI.org) 15th Year Anniversary of the Million Man March CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - Inspired and led by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, more than two-million Black men gathered in Washington, D.C. to declare their right to justice to atone for their failure as men and to accept responsibility as the family head. On that day, Monday, October...
Holy Day of Atonement comes to Tampa!
15th anniversary of Million Man March to be celebrated in mid-October Day of Atonement Media/Press Credentialing @ http://www.finalcall.com/press/ CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - On Oct. 16 the Nation of Islam will celebrate the 15th anniversary of the historic Million Man March. The commemoration, which also serves as the Holy Day of Atonement, will be held this year in Tampa, Fla. The keynote address is...
Family, activists demand federal police brutality probe
PITTSBURGH (FinalCall.com) - Over eight months later no officer has been held accountable for the attack on Jordan Trent Miles, who is still suffering from the physical and psychological pain allegedly caused by three White officers smashing his face into an unrecognizable state, according to supporters, family and the reported victim. “Initially I thought I was being robbed because...
Black voters unseat ‘post-racial’ mayor
- WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Tired of seeing what they saw as their needs ignored for the sake of pleasing Whites who have been re-populating the District of Columbia for a decade, Black voters overwhelmingly turned against incumbent Mayor Adrian Fenty in the all-but-decisive Democratic primary Sept. 14, choosing D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray to be the party standard bearer...
Blacks in America: The True Children of Israel
Farrakhan's electrifying message reveals Black destiny and wicked opposition to rise of the Original People CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - The enemies of righteousness have made many forms of evil fair-seeming, while sowing seeds of confusion among God's people through racism, materialism, sexism and ideological differences, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan told a capacity crowd at Mosque Maryam, the international headquarters of...
FBI chastised for spying on activists
, IPS/GIN NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation improperly spied on U.S. activists involved in First Amendment-protected activities and mischaracterized nonviolent civil disobedience as terrorism, which placed innocent activists on terror watch lists, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) charged in response to a new report by the Justice Department's Inspector General. Inspector General Glenn A. Fine...
Spreading word about what health reform means now
-Staff Writer- WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Several health care benefits took effect September 23, including a patients' bill of rights that prohibits insurance companies from discriminating against children with pre-existing conditions and allows young people to stay on their parents' plans until age 26 if necessary. “This issue is really personal for me,” said Toby Serrano from Immaculate Heart of Mary...
After 20 years in jail, Burge accuser walks free
CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - On September 21, 2010, Victor Safforld (a.k.a. Cortez Brown) walked out from behind the barbed wire gates of Cook County Jail after being imprisoned for 20 years for crimes he said he did not commit. According to Victor, he was coerced into confessing to two murders after being tortured by members of the Chicago Police Department under...
Church struggles to move on after tragedy
ROCKFORD, Ill. (FinalCall.com) - In an exclusive interview with The Final Call, Apostle Melvin Brown described the trauma he, his family and the church family, have suffered since the fatal shooting of a young Black man in the church basement August 24, 2009. Since the shooting incident, Kingdom Authority International Ministries has struggled to remain afloat, and the pastor...
Sins of the Fathers: A Three Part Series Examining Black Victims of Sexual Abuse by Catholic Priests
At the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010, The Final Call published a series of articles by Assistant Editor, Ashahed Muhammad focusing on Black victims of sexual abuse by Catholic Priests titled "Sins of the Fathers." The response was overwhelming, not only in the United States, but also in the United Kingdom, parts of Africa and...