Deadly silence covers passing of federal gang bill
Federal gangbusters bill legitimizes sinister measures Releated links: Federal gang bill is ‘open warfare,' says activist (FCN, 09-10-2004)Justice Dept. reports alarming incarceration rates for Blacks and Latinos (FCN, 09-03-2003) The CIA & Drugs in America WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Even as the Republican-controlled Senate scrambles to change its rules in order to pack the Federal Courts with “radical right-wing” judges nominated by President George Bush,...
Midwest on the move as Millions More Movement hits East St. Louis
FCNNEWSSOURCE Official site of the Millions More MovementTM (FinalCall.com) - Embracing Minister Louis Farrakhan's call for a human force of epic and unprecedented dimensions that will rock America like a tsunami, Attorney Malik Zulu Shabazz, national co-convener of the Millions More MovementTM and national chairman of the New Black Panther Party, took the city by storm with a powerful message...
CBC panel hears Tulsa ‘massacre’ victims’ appeal
Tulsa race riots survivors hold briefing with CBC (FCN, 03-27-2005) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Just five days after a handful of survivors of Tulsa, Oklahoma's bloody 1921 race riot testified before a Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) hearing, the U.S. Supreme Court refused without comment on May 16, to revive their lawsuit seeking reparations. The lawsuit against the state of Oklahoma and...
Connecting, inspiring and teaching youth
(FinalCall.com) - Chris Carter, CEO of the TUBA Group, was named Young Entrepreneur of the Year by the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship. This was the second year in a row that a Cleveland City Entrepreneur has received the award. The NFTE award included a trip to New York City to receive the award and a cash grant...
Black man survives 120 shots from sheriffs
CHARLENEM Activists decry its open season again on the Black community LAPD kills Black teen; community pressures forge policy change (FCN, 0303-2005) COMPTON (FinalCall.com) - “I thought it was a war going on. It sounded like Iraq was here,” is Ruby Evans' description of the 120 shots that 10 Sheriff deputies fired at Black motorist Winston Hayes at around 4 a.m. on...
‘Person of interest’ police label disrupting many lives
Rights groups probe charges of FBI spying in ‘terror war' (FCN, 12-30-2004) NEW YORK (IPS/GIN) - U.S. law enforcement agencies and prosecutors are using a term that has no standing in law, but nonetheless can turn lives upside down, ruin careers, and place people in a long-term legal limbo somewhere between innocence, “suspect” and “target.” The term is “person of...
Residents fight to contain brewing youth racial tensions
CHARLENEM Residents reach boiling point over racial attacks (FCN, 03-22-2005)Interview with Nation of Islam Latino Representative: The Basis Of Black-Latino Unity Is Not Political (BlackElectorate.com, 07-24-2001) CORONA, Calif. (FinalCall.com) - The fatal stabbing of a Black teen by three Latino youth May 11 marks the first reported death in brewing violence between the groups in Los Angeles and surrounding counties. Family and...
Tulsa race riots survivors hold briefing with CBC
FCNNEWSSOURCE Tulsa riot victims petition Supreme Court (FCN, 03-22-2005)Landmark suit seeks reparations for deadly 1921 Okla. riot (FCN, 03-13-2003)Oklahoma mulls reparations for 'Black Wall St. Massacre' (FCN, 03-13-2001) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riots gave a first-hand account of their stories to members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) during a recent briefing on Capitol Hill. The...
Millions More Movement moves the crowd
Official Site of The Millions More Movement (MillionsMoreMovement.com) NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - Calling some of the movers and shakers in the hip hop industry here on May 9, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan convened a provocative and enlightening meeting to explain the Millions More Movement and how it has evolved from his 1995 call and vision for the Million Man...
Bush to continue producing ‘packaged new stories’
NEW YORK (IPS/GIN) - Despite a rising chorus of condemnation from journalists and media critics, the George Bush administration shows no signs of abandoning its distribution of taxpayer-funded “news” to U.S. newspapers, radio and television stations. Free press advocates are up in arms about what they say is the covert dissemination of propaganda by government agencies. In one case, the...