Perspectives
The NFL, domestic abuse and Black America’s degraded condition
By FinalCall.com News The videotaped encounter between former NFL player Ray Rice and his then-fiancée have opened floodgates of discussion about domestic violence and the respect and treatment of women. It has also shown just how far this society is off when it comes to understanding the value of women, family and civilized behavior. It has shown just how much celebrity,...
Omarosa, the ADL and Farrakhan
By Final Call News Omarosa Manigualt was going about her business during a call in to WVON-AM 1690, Chicago's Black Talk radio station. She was interviewed by morning show hosts Maze Jackson and Charles Thomas about her role in the Trump administration as the point person for outreach to Black America. In the conversation, Omarosa shared her priority issues–education, economics, crime...
Old enemies posing as false friends: Have you had enough?
“The White race has never shown true friendship to us. When they are planning to do evil against us, they offer us a false show of friendship.” —“Friendship of Allah (God),” the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Our Saviour Has Arrived. What’s worse than an old enemy posing as a false friend? One duped into believing, or willingly engaged in self-delusion to...
To: Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader From: Jackie Muhammad,Member of The Nation of Islam Research Team
Re: Your Attack on the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan Date: April 21, 2010 On April 13 you went on the Senate floor ostensibly to pay tribute to Officer Billy Evans, a policeman who gave his life protecting federal lawmakers and visitors to Capitol Hill. Instead, you used such a solemn occasion to attempt to degrade the character of one of the...
The Planned Demise of the Black Farmer by the U.S. Government
FinalCall.com News Focus: Food, Farming & Black Survival The Honorable Elijah Muhammad wrote on page 38 of Message to the Black Man: “All of this is part of the clever plan to discourage my people from wanting to own producing land for themselves and to cause a great dislike within them for having anything to do with tilling, cultivating, extracting and...
Malcolm’s on a stamp and we got licked
By Yemi Toure -Guest Columnist- A tear rolled down the face of Attallah Shabazz, Malcolm X’s oldest daughter, as she spoke in Harlem, N.Y., at the unveiling of a U.S. postage stamp with the image of her father. Also present at the Jan. 20 ceremony at the Apollo Theatre were Shabazz’s five sisters; Ossie Davis, who eulogized Malcolm in 1965; and many...
Remembering Robert Mugabe: A lion of the liberation struggle
FINALCALL.COM The Black World has lost one of the lions of liberation in the struggle to free Africa and defend global Black freedom. He must be seen through the eyes of those he served, not through the eyes of those who only wanted “success” on terms that served White interests. The death of Robert Gabriel Mugabe, the former president of Zimbabwe,...
Covid-19 worsens debt collector harassment; new federal rule leaves room for state actions
By Charlene Crowell —Guest Columnist— As the final days of the 2020 election season drew to a close, major media across the nation focused on polls and prospects for the presidential candidates. At the same time, scant news coverage reported on a development affecting 68 million consumers: debt collection regulation. On Oct. 30, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its...
Divided We Fall, United We Stand
(FinalCall.com) - We cannot allow those in the state of Missouri to divide us in the name of so-called peace when the grand jury drops its decision about Darren Wilson, the White police officer who killed Michael Brown, Jr. And we should ask this question: Do those calling for peace, really want peace? If so, why are they...
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...