‘Huge’ Victory: New York Supreme Court Reinstates 10 Teachers Fired for Refusing COVID Vaccine
by Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. - The Defender Ten New York City school teachers fired for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine on religious grounds must be reinstated with back pay, benefits, seniority and attorney fees effective immediately, a New York State Supreme Court judge ruled Wednesday, September 6 afternoon, in what the plaintiffs’ attorney called a “precedent-setting” victory. This article was originally published...
Remembering Hollis Watkins Muhammad, a Nation of Islam and civil rights pioneer
The civil rights movement in the United States is filled with influential figures who fought for justice and equality. One of these figures was Hollis Watkins Muhammad, a singer, organizer, and activist who played a crucial role in the struggle for civil rights. Mr. Watkins Muhammad was a trailblazer who advocated for change and fought against inequality and the...
Wickedness in High Places and America’s Depopulation Policies
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful I spoke previously about the policy of our government to depopulate the Third World by putting sterilants in the water and in staple foods, as well as other methodologies. This “depopulation” is driven by policy which concerns the national interests of America for the raw materials of Third World nations: the...
Ugandan presidential candidate speaks in D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Ugandan politician and musician Bobi Wine came to the nation’s capital during the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference to ask politicians to stop funding the oppression of the Ugandan people. His National Geographic Documentary, “Bobi Wine: The Man, The Music and The Movement,” was screened at an event sponsored by the Institute for the Black World 21st...
Cultural festival connects Nigerians and Blacks in America
CHICAGO—Chicago-based First Eye Concept recently hosted its Annual Yoruba Cultural Exchange Festival at Malcolm X College. Yoruba, one of the three largest ethnic groups of Nigeria is concentrated in the southwestern part of that country. The Yoruba mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. The areas of these countries primarily inhabited by the Yoruba are often collectively referred to...
‘Fearless Fund’ continues legal fight to level playing field for Black women in business
ATLANTA—It has been over two months since Edward Blum, and his nonprofit, American Alliance for Equal Rights, first filed the lawsuit against Fearless Fund, an Atlanta-based venture capital fund that supports Black women. Mr. Blum is White. Mr. Blum, who was instrumental in the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to ban affirmative action in collegiate admissions, is accusing Fearless Fund of...
Shooting on college campuses part of a wider problem of gun violence, conflict
For the third year, gunfire disrupted Morgan State University’s homecoming celebration festivities. This year shots were fired after the coronation ceremony for Mr. and Ms. Morgan State. Chaos followed and campus police told students to shelter in place. Next came a SWAT team scouring a dorm for suspects. When the all-clear was given, five people, four of them students,...
Girls Like Me Project, Inc. to host 12th Annual Chicago Day of the Girl on Oct 11.
CHICAGO—Girls Like Me Project, Inc. is excited to celebrate their 12th Annual Chicago Day of the Girl on October 11th from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at the historic South Shore Cultural Center. The “I Am Destined” theme event will bring together over 250 girls to celebrate sisterhood on the International Day of the Girl. The organization’s most anticipated day...
Simone Biles becomes most decorated and dominant gymnast in the world
by Roz Edward Atlanta Daily World Olympic champion and gymnastic marvel Simone Biles has earned the title of most decorated gymnast in U.S. History with her 33rd World and Olympic medal, which also ties her for first place in the world. The famed gymnast and Team USA prevailed at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. “Before going up...
Video shows bloodied Black man surrounded by officers during Florida traffic stop
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—A traffic stop captured on video by a bystander shows a handcuffed Black man with swollen eyes and a bloody face sitting on the ground surrounded by officers outside a vehicle in northeast Florida, and the officers’ law enforcement agency says it has launched an internal review. Force was used while taking 24-year-old Le’Keian Woods into custody on Sept....