Black Business Conference unites Black businesses and professionals under one agenda
ATLANTA—When traveling down the lobby escalators of the Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Black people from all over the country and the world were presented with a visual display of African art and culture. The display was a welcoming introduction to the 123rd National Black Business Conference that took place in Atlanta on August 24-26. The National Business League, the National Black...
‘A cathartic release for Black folks’ Intellectuals analyze, activists mobilize and others wonder what’s next after Montgomery Riverboat brawl?
It was the video seen around the world. It’s been called the Riverboat Rumble, the Montgomery Melee, the Alabama Sweet Tea Party with more fans than Ali vs Frasier I, II and III, Tyson vs. Buster Douglas or Leonard vs. Duran. Unless you live on Mars, much of America witnessed how this fight captivated Blacks and others through social media...
A reign of terror in Mississippi White officers plead guilty to federal and state charges after torturing two Black men
Six White former officers await sentencing after pleading guilty to torturing two Black men in Rankin County, Mississippi. On Aug. 3, the former officers—Christian Dedmon, Hunter Elward, Brett McAlpin, Jeffrey Middleton and Daniel Opdyke, deputies with the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department, and Joshua Hartfield, a Richland, Miss., police officer—who called themselves the “Goon Squad,”— pleaded guilty to 14 federal criminal...
A Soldier, Scholar, and Friend laid to rest
A final salute was made to Brother Minister Jabril Muhammad in a sentimental and beautiful interment ceremony on August 2 at the Phoenix Memorial Park and Mortuary in Phoenix, Arizona. The “exemplar in the classroom of God” and longtime companion, aide and supreme witness to the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad and the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan departed this life on...
An Angel Among Men
Download Special 8-Page Spread: Minister Jabril Muhammad “O soul that art at rest, Return to thy Lord, well-pleased, well-pleasing, So enter among My servants, And enter My Garden!”—Holy Qur’an, Surah 89 Verses 27-30 CHICAGO—Mosque Maryam at The National Center of the Nation of Islam was full to capacity as family members, friends, and Believers from around the world gathered to pay...
‘This is the worst summer in recent memory’ Deadly and extreme heat leading to dangerous conditions
The summer of 2023 began with never seen before extreme heat across the United States and Europe. In America, close to 110 million people are still under extreme heat warnings, according to the National Weather Service. “El Niño conditions are present and are expected to gradually strengthen into the Northern Hemisphere winter 2023-24,” the National Weather Service reported. Heatwaves are...
We are indebted to Brother Jabril Muhammad’
See Letter from Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan It is with great sadness that I announced that we lost Brother Student Minister Jabril Muhammad, formally Brother Bernard Cushmeer, May Allah Be Pleased. We’re not here forever but that brother lived his life in total dedication to the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. He has left us a treasure trove of knowledge, all bearing...
Critics say fallout in France after Black teen’s death shines spotlight on hidden generations of systemic racism in Europe
Protesters in Paris, France, have crossed the proverbial Rubicon line of no return in anger triggered by the police killing of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk, a French teen of Algerian descent, during a traffic stop that turned deadly. However, with a history of anti-immigrant sentiment, observers say perhaps it was France that crossed its point of no return because of...
Master W. Fard Muhammad and Uncovering The Mystery God of Satan
“Mr. Yakub taught his people to contend with us over the reality of God by asking us of the whereabouts of that first (God); one who created the heavens and the earth, and that, Yakub said, we cannot do.”—Most Hon. Elijah Muhammad, June 21, 1958 There are many people, both religious and non-religious, who have, over the years, seen fit...
Finding ways to unite the Original Family
“O mankind, surely We have created you from a male and a female, and made you tribes and families that you may know each other...”—Holy Qur’an 49:13 The state of Black and Asian relations was thrust into the spotlight of national discourse when 14-years-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton, a Black middle schooler in Columbia, South Carolina, was shot in his back and...