NAACP becomes a political organization
PHILADELPHIA (FinalCall.com) - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) celebrated its 95th anniversary less than a mile from where one of its founding fathers, W.E.B. DuBois, conducted his historic social study on Black life, published as “The Philadelphia Negro.” The theme of this year's July 10-15 convention, held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, “The Race...
An erosion of rights, but not for America’s cops
In a decision overturning nearly six decades of legal ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court said that police officers who fail to give Miranda warnings before an interrogation can no longer be sued for violating an individual’s constitutional rights. “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law....
Georgia mother seeks to unravel son’s suspicious death being suicide
GRANTVILLE, Ga. (FinalCall.com) - What happened to Bernard Burden? The answer depends on whether you're Black or White. In this small southern town in Coweta County, about an hour from Atlanta, a Black body hanging from a tree is seen with two different lenses. The local coroner immediately ruled the death a suicide, but asked for a further investigation...
Congressional hearings provide clear evidence of a changing of worlds
NEWS ANALYSIS The eighth hearing investigating the January 6th insurrection has come and gone, but recent data reflecting partisan differences between liberals and conservatives show that new information is unlikely to change many hearts and minds as November’s mid-term elections approach, increasing the likelihood of more violence and civil unrest over the next two years. While Democrats and the White liberal...
Afro-Latinos: Discovering identity, organizing
Mundo AfroLatinoAfroCubaWebThe Black Mexico Homepage WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - In the minds of most people, Latin America is the exotic land of travel brochures, south of the equator, where racial issues don't exist. The reality is distinctly different. “The truth is, we wish you heard more about race as a central element in the inequality in Latin America,” Jacqueline Mazza, an expert...
Family of teen, CAIR Chicago files lawsuit after footage captures police beating
CHICAGO—Hadi Abuatelah, 17, had to stand with a walker to see a judge at the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center on August 2 after being hospitalized for four days. The Palestinian American teen’s family and the Council on American-Islamic Relations Chicago filed a lawsuit August 1 against police and the Village of Oak Lawn. The lawsuit alleges that Hadi was...
D.C. AIDS providers protest de-funding
FCN Editorial - Black women v. AIDS (12-19-2004)Genocide of Blacks continues in America (FCN, 12-22-2003)HIV/AIDS continues to challenge Black America (FCN, 12-14-2003) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Debra Holmes* has enough to worry about. She found out recently that she is HIV-positive. How she contracted it is the number one question, and she doesn't have an answer. What she doesn't need...
A History Maker in Islam. The impact of the Southern Regional Presence of Minister Dr. Ava Muhammad
by Nisa Islam Muhammad and Charlene Muhammad ATLANTA—The impact of Minister Dr. Ava Muhammad serving as the Nation of Islam’s Southern Regional Minister as well as the Minister of Muhammad Mosque No. 15 in Atlanta, Georgia, from 1998 until 2000 still reverberates throughout the world as “pivotal.” Pivotal, because she was the first Muslim woman in modern history to occupy...
Will Blacks still be able to live in Harlem?
NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - Activists and Harlem residents heeded the call from Nellie Bailey, executive director of the Harlem Tenants Council, and packed room 8A, on the eighth floor of the Harlem State Office Building, on Apr. 22, to join in the roundtable discussion, “Harlem from Black Mecca to Private Market: Will Blacks still be able to live in...
Scientists Say It’s Time to Throw Masks Away
by NOI Research Group and Charlene Muhammad, National Correspondent At least 150 studies have now confirmed the ineffectiveness of mask mandates in stopping the spread of sickness known as “COVID-19.” Comparisons between places with strict lockdown and mask mandates and those without those measures show that masking has had absolutely no effect on the health outcomes. A study of the...