Afro-Latinos: Discovering identity, organizing
Mundo AfroLatinoAfroCubaWebThe Black Mexico Homepage WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - In the minds of most people, Latin America is the exotic land of travel brochures, south...
Advocates say NYC child agency forcing AIDS drug experiments on children
NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - Outraged community activists, reacting to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) documentary “Guinea Pig Kids,” demonstrated Dec. 30 in front of...
NYC Black and Latino cops file discrimination complaint
Black U.S. Capitol Police threaten second lawsuit (FCN, 08-15-2003) NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - Nine Black and Latino police officers claimed, in a complaint filed on Dec....
Gun injuries cost $802 million a year
FCNNEWSSOURCE According to a new study, gunshot injuries account for $802 million in annual hospital charges nationally and about one-third of shooting victims don't...
A demand for unfettered probe of New York police dept. shootings
, Staff Writer NEW YORK (FinalCall.com)–Rev. Al Sharpton has joined activists and family members of men shot by New York City police on Jan. 1...
Ford/Firestone trial begins for former NAACP director
, Staff Writer (FinalCall.com) - Nearly two years after former NAACP Acting Executive Director and CEO Earl T. Shinhoster died from injuries suffered in...
Newark struggles to curb rising street violence
New hip hop movement aims to bring peace to streets in Newark (FCN, 01-04-2005) NEWARK (FinalCall.com) - Blood stained the streets of this city Dec....
Minister Farrakhan calls community leaders to co-convene Million Man March 10th anniversary
CHARLENEM LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - The 350 participants of the Dec. 17 Urban Issues Breakfast Forum who walked into the Furama Hotel's banquet room to...
Protests, town hall meetings address police shooting
, Staff Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky.(FinalCall.com)–Protesters were back in front of the Louisville Police Dept. on Christmas Day, despite being arrested two days earlier for similar...
Congressional Black Caucus picks new chairman
WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - The Congressional Black Caucus has chosen a new leader to cope with the increasingly conservative Republican leadership that has taken...