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BART Officer Tony Pirone caught on video punching Oscar Grant
Moments before he was killed, Oscar Grant was punched in the face - but not by the BART officer who shot him. A cellphone video released by KTVU Jan. 23 shows another BART officer,...
Black Iraqis make Obama a model
"Now we, the dark-skinned people, feel even closer to the American people now because Obama is one of us," says the leader of the Movement of Free Iraqis, the Basra-based organization of Iraqis of...
‘I Am Sean Bell: Black Boys Speak’
I AM SEAN BELL, black boys speak from Stacey Muhammad on Vimeo.
On Nov. 25, 2006, undercover NYPD officers fired at least 50 rounds of bullets into a car carrying three UNARMED men of African...
Oakland residents react to the police execution of Oscar Grant
In this video by Channing Kennedy for ColorLines, Oakland residents express their anger both at the failure of authorities to charge or even reprimand the officer who killed Oscar Grant and at the media's...
BART police execute Oscar Grant
This is the clearest view we've seen of the BART police execution of 22-year-old unarmed father and peacemaker Oscar Grant at the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland at 2 a.m. New Year's Day. Community...
Poor News Network TV: Justice for Oscar Grant
For six hours on Thursday, Jan. 8, an apologetic BART board of directors listened to people voice their fury over a BART police officer's execution of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old father, and authorities' silence...
Min. Christopher Muhammad addressing media on BART police execution of Oscar Grant
Minister Christopher Muhammad speaks at a press conference after District Attorney Tom Orloff refused to meet with him and other Black clergy on Wednesday, Jan. 7, the day of the funeral of Oscar Grant,...
The imperial Congo crisis
The corporate press, and the U.S. State Department, are awash in propaganda about the Congo War, also known as the Congo crisis, or, the African holocaust, in which 6 million Congolese have died since...
Minister Farrakhan vs. Mike Wallace
When Minister Louis Farrakhan was interviewed by Mike Wallace on CBS News' 60 Minutes on Sept. 29, 2005, this exchange ensued:
Mike Wallace: "You go to Nigeria, which is, if not the most corrupt nation...
Welcome to the Congo
Rwanda and Uganda invaded the Congo twice, first in 1996 and again in 1998. These invasions unleashed the mass deaths and suffering that we see in the Congo today. It is estimated that nearly...
‘The Price of Silence’: Fulfill the promise of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Introduced by Lawrence Fishburne, this music video brings together 16 of the world's top musicians — some of whom have fled oppressive regimes — in a rousing musical plea to guarantee human rights for...
Fred Hampton
Meet Fred Hampton, deputy chairman of the Black Panther Party's Illinois Chapter, who taught Chicago to shout, "I am a revolutionary!" One of the main men J. Edgar Hoover, then FBI director, had in...
Assassination of Chairman Fred Hampton
This brief video offers some insight into why the great Fred Hampton, 21-year-old chairman of Chicago's chapter of the Black Panther Party, was assassinated by the FBI 39 years ago, on Dec. 4, 1969.
Resist Africom!
To an African hip hop beat, learn about the struggle by Africans and Americans to stop the U.S. military from occupying Africa - on the excuse of providing "humanitarian assistance" (that'll be the day!)...
KPFK breaks the silence on Congo
On Nov. 11, KPFK radio host Dedon Kamathi interviewed Kambale Musavuli from the Congo, who is the coordinator of the global student movement Breaking the Silence Congo Week. Maurice Carney of Friends of...
Odetta joins the ancestors
"Odetta, Voice of Civil Rights Movement, Dies at 77" headlines the New York Times story that describes Odetta as "the singer whose deep voice wove together the strongest songs of American folk music and...
Mining for bling
Vanguard journalist and Current TV producer Christof Putzel traces gold to its origins in one of Africa's biggest gold mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Originally posted Aug. 6, 2006, this report remains...
Chauncey Bailey on ethnic media
In this 2001 TV interview with New California Media (now New America Media) host Emil Guillermo, Chauncey Bailey says the Black press "can't be objective. It was born out of a role of activism....
In loving memory of Mama Africa, Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba, who rallied the world to end apartheid in South Africa, singing traditional songs in many African languages and American jazz as well, has died at the age of 76. Her great legacy...
N’Kosi Sikeleli Africa – with Miriam Makeba
This profoundly moving rendition of "N'Kose Sikelei Africa" ("God Bless Africa"), the South African National Anthem, featuring Miriam Makeba, who made her transition Nov. 10, and Ladysmith Black Mombazo, is a clip from Paul...