Celebration and service
Muslims observed and celebrated the conclusion of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting, service and spiritual renewal. Eid-ul’Fitr (Id-al’Fitr) or “Festival of Renewal” or “Holiday/Festival of Breaking the Fast” celebrations and community events took place in various Muslim communities. Communities participated in communal prayers, food, games, exchanged gifts, and continued distributing food to people in need in various...
Alleged Mississippi hate crime case headed to grand jury
(FinalCall.com) - A Mississippi district attorney says he intends to pursue murder and hate crime indictments against two White suspects in the homicide death of a Black male, who was allegedly ran over earlier this summer by a pickup truck. “Our presentation before a grand jury may be in a couple months or less. We intend to prove to...
Farrakhan: Nation of Islam mourns assassination of Muammar Gadhafi
FCNNEWSSOURCE CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - In his first major national interview since the death of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan sat with prominent radio personality Cliff Kelley in studio at WVON 1690AM. Minister Farrakhan entered the studio with an extremely serious look on his face and was very focused as Mr. Kelley asked him the how he was...
Losing jobs, losing ground in 2011
CHARLENEM (FinalCall.com) - For the fourth year in a row, a recession marred by joblessness and foreclosures resulted in a very bleak economic outlook for Blacks in the year 2011, say some economists. While Blacks have always suffered unemployment disproportionately to other ethnicities, the big news was those rates broke through very devastating Depression-era numbers for Blacks. The unemployment rate among Blacks...
Students chart plans for action at UC-Berkeley conference
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM BERKLEY, Calif. (FinalCall.com) - Black students at California’s universities convened the 9th Annual Afrikan Black Association Conference at the University of California in early March, aiming to re-ignite flames of activism and strides toward freedom and liberation seen in student movements of the 1960s and 1970s era of Black struggle. The conference, with the theme “Accepting the Torch: ...
Families of US victims of drone attacks sue top officials
JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON (IPS) - Family members of three U.S. citizens killed last year in drone strikes in Yemen recently filed a lawsuit here accusing U.S. intelligence and military officials of violating the victims' rights under the U.S. constitution and international law. Prepared by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights, the lawsuit marks a major legal...
A family triumphs after the Oscar Grant tragedy
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM (FinalCall.com) - The fourth anniversary of the death of Oscar Grant, III, was marked by a level of triumph through cultural, social and political activism reaching far beyond his family, the place and time when the tragedy occurred. Wanda Johnson, Oscar Grant's mother, celebrated her birthday on New Year's Eve as she has since the day he was...
Calls for united response to death of Trayvon Martin and acquittal of George Zimmerman feed push for Florida boycott
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM Clear strategy, unity called keys to success Experts discuss punishing Sunshine State and need to strengthen Black economy Justice for Trayvon ignites a new movement, say activists (FCN, 07-23-2013_ (FinalCall.com) - Calls for a boycott in the wake of a Florida jury’s acquittal of the man who killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin have raised questions about whether Black America’s financial divestment from...
Winnie and Nelson: Forever linked to freedom struggle
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM (FinalCall.com) - As Black female leaders celebrate the life and legacy of South African leader Madiba Nelson Mandela, they say it is imperative to also lift up Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, his former wife who helped hold the anti-apartheid movement together during his unjust imprisonment for 27 years. They refuse to let mainstream media write Winnie Mandela out...
Tragedy at Fort Hood: Will violence increase as more war weary veterans return?
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM (FinalCall.com) - The mental and emotional toll of combat from America's wars in Afghanistan and Iraq on military service personnel is once again center stage after the latest shooting by an Army specialist on a U.S. military base. Army Specialist Ivan Lopez, 34, has been identified as the gunman in the April 2 shooting that left four...