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ESSAY: Negro Revolutionary Hero: Toussaint L'Ouverture, Cyril Briggs, 1929
20 Jul 2022
In 1929, Black radical Cyril Briggs penned an essay on Toussaint L’Ouverture and the Haitian Revolution. For Briggs, both provided inspiration for the fight against the U.S. occupation of Haiti. We…
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SPEECH: The Black Revolution is Part of World-wide Struggle, Malcolm X, 1964
06 Jul 2022
Malcolm X reminds us of the deceit of liberals, the power of international thinking, and the coming of Black revolution.
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SPEECH: Revolution: It’s Not Easy, Quick, or Pretty, Pat Parker, 1980
29 Jun 2022
A 1980 speech by Black lesbian poet and activist Pat Parker provides a feminist, anti-imperialist blueprint for the present.
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INTERVIEW: Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer by Jack O’Dell, 1965
22 Jun 2022
A 1965 Freedomways interview with Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer provides an unvarnished and unsentimental portrait of Mississippi – and of the tasks of the Freedom Movement.
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EXCERPT: On the Pan-American Congress, José Martí, 1889
15 Jun 2022
José Martí’s account of the 1889 Pan-American Congress offers lessons for last week’s failed Summit of the Americas.
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African Liberation Day: Imamu Amiri Baraka, 1972
25 May 2022
On this African Liberation Day, we revisit Amiri Baraka’s 1972 communiqué calling for Black people to struggle for Pan-African unity while also registering our anger at the “pathology and traitor…
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REFLECTION: Choosing Ourselves: Black Women and Abortion, Beverly Smith, 1989
18 May 2022
A 1989 talk by Black feminist Beverly Smith reminds us that for Black women, the right to abortion can be a woman’s right to life.
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ESSAY: Black Soldiers of Imperialism, George Padmore, 1931
11 May 2022
In 1931, George Padmore explained how African soldiers were mobilized for European wars.
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Essay: Record of Revolts in Negro Workers’ Past: Mary Adams, May 1, 1928
04 May 2022
A May Day 1928 essay by Black communist Williana “Liana” Jones Burroughs – aka Mary Adams – recounts the history of African revolt in the Americas.
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SPEECH: “The architects of this murder are many:” Kwame Nkrumah on the killing of Patrice Lumumba, 1961
27 Apr 2022
Kwame Nkrumah’s 1961 speech on the assassination of Patrice Lumumba exposes the the international white supremacist cabal responsible for his death, and for the crisis of the Congo.