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A Black Liberation soldier needs help

By FinalCall.com News During the 1960s and 1970s one of the strongest voices for Black liberation and a new just world order was H. Rap Brown of the Black Panther Party and Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. While jailed in 1971, he accepted Islam and became a stalwart Muslim leader and community leader committed to having a healthy and whole community in...

Will the real Black man please stand up?

By FinalCall.com News Black children need Black men. While the enemy and some of us who are misinformed may not recognize or see the value of Black men in the lives of children, our community has seen a downward spiral over the last 30 years as Black men have been taken out of the community and incarcerated. Since Black men have been incarcerated...

More lessons from the White Man

By FinalCall.com News Those who wrongly call the patriarch of the Nation of Islam a hater of Caucasian people might find it strange that he would advise his followers to observe the ways of White folk and learn lessons for business. Elijah Muhammad was no racist. He is a divine man who knew and understood the whys and the ways of...

The blind and the seeing are not alike

By FinalCall.com News Word that 14-year-old Endia Martin was dead from a gunshot, a shot allegedly fired by another 14-year-old girl, was very painful. She was laid to rest on May 5 in a service that attracted grieving mourners, adults and children and even Chicago Bulls basketball star Derrick Rose, a product of the Windy City. The girl's funeral was held...

Armed, angry, dangerous’and White

By FinalCall.com News America's angry White men are claiming a victory in Nevada after punking the federal government in a dispute over land, fees and grazing rights. Rancher Cliven Bundy, backed by gun-toting supporters, political leaders and the right wing media, forced federal officials to high tail it off federal land and fall back on efforts to collect $1 million the...

Don’t mention Louis Farrakhan’s name in concert with murderers or accused murderers

By Richard B. Muhammad The news cycle April 14 was filled with reports of the murders of three people in Overland Park, Kan., that we condemn and all self-respecting and civilized people would repudiate. That these killings occurred during a time of religious observation, the Jewish celebration of Passover, and the killer may have targeted victims for their religious faith...

Sports, statements and racial reality

By Final Call Editor-In-ChiefRichard B. Muhammad The Black Twitterverse exploded and off-line discussions erupted when quotes from an interview with basketball great Kobe Bryant in The New Yorker magazine came out. The NBA All-Star was involved in an exchange with writer Ben McGrath that included Kobe's wonder at his success and his path from Italy, where his father played professional...

Dangerous, Black and under 11-years-old

By FinalCall.com News Boys will be boys and girls will be girls–except when it comes to Black children in America and research once again verifies that sad fact. New scientific evidence verifies the well-known reality that age doesn't matter when it comes to the treatment of Black children by law enforcement and authorities. “Black boys as young as 10 may not be...

The Final Call: The First 35 Years

By Final Call Editor-In-ChiefRichard B. Muhammad Anniversaries mean something and can denote purpose, staying power, commitment, relevance or unrelenting determination to stay alive. This year will mark the 35th anniversary of the founding of The Final Call newspaper and our mission to resurrect the Black man and woman of America and the world. We have survived the first three decades...

Lessons from Black History

By FinalCall.com News February is designated Black History Month and should be a time when we make a special effort, not the only effort, to focus on lessons from history and apply those lessons to our ongoing struggle. It is not only a chance to celebrate, but a time to reflect and a time to honor those who forged a...