Dr. Maulana Karenga

The histories and holidays of the oppressed, colonized and enslaved are, of necessity, different from the history and holidays of the oppressor, the colonizer and the enslaver.

There is no written or reliable record on the day of her birth, but we do know the date of her transition, November 26, 1883…

In the Sixties and even for a short time afterward, Blackness was conceived and engaged as a very serious and sacred thing.

Throughout the global African community, we gather together this month to celebrate the centennial of the founding of the Universal Negro Improvement Association…

In her eulogy to the beloved and distinguished actor, playwright and activist Ossie Davis…

In her eulogy to the beloved and distinguished actor, playwright and activist Ossie Davis, Maya Angelou tells us that “when great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder”…

Each year since 1966, we of the organization Us have publicly celebrated the birth and commemorated the martyrdom of Min. Malcolm X, El Hajj Malik El Shabazz.

Those who seek and are satisfied with simply the minimum get just that and often less. These are those who “negotiate” or rather petition from positions without power and often depend in undignified ways…

It was once how we understood and asserted ourselves as a people, even when we thought it was a matter of communal modesty and morality not to claim it in a self-righteous, arrogant and unseemingly way.

In this month of his martyrdom when we and the world turn to talk about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929—April 4, 1968) in honorific and praiseworthy ways, we, as a people, have a special responsibility to be in the forefront of…