Ed Reed agrees to become Bethune-Cookman’s football coach
CORAL GABLES, Fla.—Pro Football Hall of Famer Ed Reed has agreed to become the football coach at Bethune-Cookman and is leaving his job with the Miami Hurricanes, the schools announced Dec. 27. Mr. Reed played at Miami and spent the last three years in an administrative role with the Hurricanes, first as chief of staff under former coach Manny...
Belafonte salutes ex-offenders
No second chances? Legal barriers frustrate ex-offenders (FCN, 02-11-2004) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Singer-actor and human rights activist Harry Belafonte, D.C. government officials, entertainers, sports personalities, and radio and television celebrities all came together to help “increase the peace” and salute dozens of rehabilitated ex-offenders Nov. 3. The “prison-industrial-complex” was designed for Black men in particular, Mr. Belafonte told the Third...
Families question why two Black men died at the hands of police in Memphis, LA
Two Black men died after police traffic stops, prompting the firing and arrest of five Black officers and a federal civil rights investigation in Memphis, Tennessee, and a $50 million damages claim against the City of Los Angeles. The painful start of this New Year for the family of Tyre Nichols, 29, began after Memphis police officers severely beat him...
Dr. King and Minister Farrakhan: Two Prophetic Voices for Peace
(FinalCall.com) - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan are prophetic voices for peace who sought to stop wars, started by U.S. Presidents, which were based upon lies and deceit of the American people. Their prophetic warnings to the Government were ignored and as a result thousands of innocent lives were lost and the...
Saviours’ Day 2023 Arming the Believers in Allah (God)!
“Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.” —Ephesians 6:11 The above verse is the theme for the Nation of Islam’s 2023 Saviours’ Day convention taking place in Chicago, February 24-26. “Every presentation is to arm the believer with the impenetrable armor of God, that we can make it through...
Global climate report bears witness to prophetic warning
ASKIAMStaff Writer WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Drought. Famine. Pestilence. Apocalypse. The extinction of millions of entire species; one-third of known life forms. The unthinkable: Three billion people without adequate water supplies, while melted glaciers and ice sheets will leave other major global regions ravaged by floods, violent storms and storm surges. Not a futuristic science-fiction fantasy. Rather, it is a plague right...
Mother Khadijah Farrakhan’s Children’s Village a huge hit!
Saviours’ Day, the annual convention and gathering of the Nation of Islam, draws thousands of people from around the U.S. and abroad and is symbolically and affectionately dubbed the “Crowning Event of Black History Month.” This year the weekend convention was held in person in Chicago, Feb. 24-26. One of the highlights of Saviours’ Day is always Mother Khadijah...
Amnesty for who?
Proposed immigration bill leaves many skeptical of its intentions LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - Democrats and Republicans recently agreed on a comprehensive proposal bill which would grant conditional legal status to undocumented immigrants and tighten border security. Some immigrants’ rights groups state that while the bipartisan agreement represents progress, it bears greater cause for concern. Overall, the proposed bill,...
The Month of Ramadan: Fasting is a Shield
“The month of Ramadan is that in which the Qur’an was revealed, a guidance to men and clear proofs of the guidance and the Criterion. So whoever of you is present in the month, he shall fast therein. …” ~ Holy Quran, Chapter 2, the Cow, Verse 185 Muslims around the world welcome the annual Fast as a time of...
National center to impeach Bush and Cheney launched
Poll: Nearly 54% of Americans support impeachment of Bush and Cheney (IPA, 07-10-2007)Growing tide of voices raises the call for impeachment (FCN, 05-15-2007)Web Video: Farrakhan calls for impeachment of entire Bush Administration (FCN, 04-25-2007)Web Video: Billy Moyers Journal - Impeachment Panel Excerpt (07-2007)Calls for president’s impeachment grow louder (FCN, 03-22-2007)Is lying about the reason for a war an impeachable...