Racial intimidation thrives on high school campus
CHARLENEM SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (FinalCall.com) - Their sentiments were made plain on a pole at Valencia High School April 4: “No Niggers Aloud.” Disturbed, but not...
Study: Religious values help to keep teens straight
, Staff Writer WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)–Angela Jefferson is 15. She's been going to Sunday school and the 11 o'clock morning service all her life. Studies...
Black marriage movement continues to grow nationwide
CHARLENEM (FinalCall.com) - Over 100 organizations across the U.S. celebrated Black Marriage Day March 27 with a host of activities, seminars and lectures. In some communities,...
Urban League ‘crusades’ for economic justice
National Urban League WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - National Urban League President Marc Morial is calling his membership to embark on an economic “crusade” to try...
Denouncing the draft
NoDraftNoWay.org NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - There was a conference on military draft resistance and counter-recruiting here Apr. 16 at Public School 41 in Manhattan. On Apr....
Activists fighting return of death penalty in Puerto Rico
Court ruling encourages death row opponents (FCN, 03-22-2005) (FinalCall.com) - Activists in Puerto Rico are angry about President George Bush's attempts to bring the death...
AIDS providers get funding reprieve
D.C. AIDS providers protest de-funding (FCN, 03-17-2005) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - HIV/AIDS providers, stunned by the city's recent de-funding of their programs, received a reprieve...
37 years after Dr. Martin Luther King’s murder, Black leaders discuss the time and what Black people must do
CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - Many of the civil rights gains that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. laid his life on the line to achieve...
Zero tolerance: From the schoolhouse to the jailhouse
(FinalCall.com) - In Philadelphia, Penn., a 10-year-old girl was handcuffed and taken to a police station and held for eight hours because she...
Saving the Queen Mother Moore International House
(FinalCall.com) - For more than 20 years, the Queen Mother Moore International House has provided a range of services to the Black community...