Hundreds bid farewell to woman who died under suspicious circumstances in Texas jail LISLE, Ill. – Family and friends of an Illinois woman found dead in a Texas jail remembered her July 25 as a “courageous voice” for social justice and promised to keep fighting for clarity on the circumstances surrounding her death. Hundreds of…
Broken promises, bias, brutality and bail LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) – The National Bar Association’s 90th annual convention’s message of fighting police brutality mirrored the fight Black Americans face every day. The convention, with its theme “A Legacy of Service. A Promise of Justice,” centered on police brutality and highlighted problems and solutions to why Blacks…
ST. LOUIS—The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan was in St. Louis for less than 72 hours, but in that time, he energized the people with informative messages of strength and guidance which touched all portions of the area’s Black community. When he stepped up to the rostrum at New Sunny Mount Missionary Baptist Church July 17, Minister…
WASHINGTON – The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan was cheered and applauded during the annual meeting of Unity, which stands for the United National Indian Tribal Youth, a group devoted to the development of native young people. He talked about the value, deep history and longtime oppression of the indigenous people of America and the need…
St. LOUIS/FERGUSON, Mo. – October 10, 2015 is the date, Washington, D.C., is the place, and the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan is moving double time on a nationwide tour to reach Black, Brown and Red people to tell those lacking equity why they should attend and support “Justice Or Else!” the 20th anniversary gathering of…
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas – During a prayer vigil at Prairie View A & M University on July 19 for Sandra Bland, many questions were continuously raised about the suspicious circumstances surrounding the young, Black woman’s death. What police are calling a suicide by hanging in a jail cell, is being loudly disputed and refuted by…
Minister appealed to the Native American community to join “Justice Or Else!” the 20th anniversary gathering of the Million Man March to present its grievances that the U.S. government should address. by Richard B. Muhammad Editor, The Final Call Newspaper WASHINGTON—The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan was cheered and applauded during the annual meeting of UNITY,…
The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan has asked all people to study the last speeches of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and to reflect on the evolution of his message—from one of an integrationist “Dreamer” in 1963, to one of a true wide-awake revolutionary in 1968 when he was murdered. It is clear that…
by Frederick Douglass ORATION, DELIVERED IN CORINTHIAN HALL, ROCHESTER, BY FREDERICK DOUGLASS, JULY 5TH, 1852. ‘What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than. all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which lie is the constant victim. To him,…