Fed by a message of truth at Mosque Maryam
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM CHICAGO–Mosque Maryam was filled to capacity with Muslims and guests eager to hear from the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, fresh off his trip from the Islamic Republic of Iran. The 30-degree chill surrounding the property belied the heat Min. Farrakhan generated inside as he once again called his enemies out to a showdown. He set the record...
Democratic presidential hopefuls say no to FOX News presidential debate
Video Compilation Of Fox Attacks On Black America (Colorofchange.org)Contact The Congressional Black Caucus Institute (CBCI) (CBCInstitute.org)Misreading The Congressional Black Caucus' Fox Deal? (Chicago Defender, 04-18-2007) (FinalCall.com) - Democratic presidential hopefuls, Senators Barack Obama (D-IL), Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and former Senator John Edwards (D-NC), announced Apr. 9 that they would all pull out of the presidential debate scheduled for Sept. 23...
Elite 50 Plus honors graduates with commemorative coin
CHICAGO—For the second consecutive year, graduating students at Muhammad University of Islam (MUI) received a one troy ounce silver coin as a “gift” from the Elite 50 Plus squad during the July 8 graduation ceremony at Mosque Maryam. The coin is given in honor of their achievements and commemorating the works of the late Elite 50-Plus Student Lt. Khalil...
Philly’s Black leaders call award to DeSantis a ‘slap in the face’
PHILADELPHIA—The Union League of Philadelphia—a private, celebrated conservative, and majority-White institution among those in power and influence across the “City of Brotherly Love”— recently awarded its highest honor to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. The Union League’s decision to honor the Republican governor sparked a backlash from some of its members and also the city’s Black residents. On Jan. 24, a...
NY Post cartoon: Insulting, unacceptable, dangerous
NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - The National Association for Colored People called for demonstrations against media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News television holdings in 50 cities across the United States, to protest his New York Post’s Feb. 18 cartoon that showed two police officers shooting a chimpanzee. A caption read: “They’ll have to find someone else to write the next...
C.R.O.E. Celebrates 32nd Annual Founders’ Day
‘Witnesses Of The Mastery Of The Honorable Elijah Muhammad' CHICAGO–The Coalition for the Remembrance of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad (C.R.O.E.) recently celebrated their 32nd annual Founders' Day at the group's facility on 2435 W. 71st Street. Supporters from across the nation came to enjoy this tribute to the Nation of Islam patriarch and his work in resurrecting and uplifting the...
The Black press is not without its challenges but is more vital now than ever
WASHINGTON—The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) recently hosted its annual Black Press Week. Publishers nationwide gathered to celebrate the importance of American Black-owned newspapers and media outlets. The week with NNPA President and CEO Benjamin F. Chavis Jr.’s message on the “State of the Black Press” at the National Press Club, in Washington, D.C. Dr. Chavis began by asking the...
We Must First Be Brothers! The Black Panther Party and Organization Us work toward peaceful progress in San Diego
SAN DIEGO—When the Us Organization and the San Diego Original Black Panther Party, two of the leading Black Nationalist movements in America, came together on stage at the World Beat Cultural Center in Balboa Park, it was more than symbolic. It gave way for reconciliation and a forward movement toward empowerment. It is a legacy for future generations, documenting how...
‘We’re the ones that live here’ – HBCUs grapple with student concerns amid rising issues, challenges
When a freshman psychology major at Howard University filled out a maintenance request to deal with mold in her air conditioner, instead of dealing with the actual mold, she said maintenance wiped down, cleaned and sanitized the room. “My vent has the exact same amount of mold that it had two days ago. They have been saying that they were...
Gang intervention program earns expansion funds
CHARLENEM LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - Because of their efforts to bring peace in their Venice Beach neighborhood for more than a decade, Venice 2000 (V2K) has won the ability to expand their gang intervention and prevention services into key gang-riddled South Los Angeles neighborhoods by way of two funding grants awarded by the City's new Gang Reduction and Youth Development (GRYD)...