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By Dr. Maulana Karenga — As Juneteenth, now federalized as Juneteenth National Independence Day, takes its place as the main focus among the many emancipation celebrations in this country, it…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — As Juneteenth, now federalized as Juneteenth National Independence Day, takes its place as the main focus among the many emancipation celebrations in this country, it…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — For us as a people, remembering and marking this the third anniversary of the public murder of Nana George Floyd under the color and camouflage…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — On this African Liberation Day, in this year of our people 6263 (2023), as always, we of the African American Cultural Center (Us) send greetings…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — The timeless texts and teaching of Haji Malcolm X are a vital contribution to defining and reaffirming the indispensable, urgent and ongoing need to cultivate…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — The brutal public judging and killing of Mr. Jordan Neely, a poor, homeless, mentally-ill Black man in New York City, offers again life-and-death evidence of…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — There is clearly so much to say in paying rightful homage to Nana Harry Belafonte in meaningfully marking his recent transition and ascension to sit…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Whatever other lessons we glean from the targeting, accusation, indictment, trial, trashing and conviction of Mark Ridley-Thomas and the dual response to all this by…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — The expanding discourse of concern and needful resistance that has developed in the Black scholarly and engaged community around the planned USA tour of Dr….
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Part 2. Nana Harriet Tubman possessed not only a hearing heart developed and defined by rightful attentiveness, empathetic understanding and appropriate action as requested and…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Part 1. This is in homage to Nana Harriet Tubman: African woman, Black and beautiful woman; fierce and fearless freedom fighter; womanist warrior for all…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Author’s Note: This is my standard article in celebration of Black History Month II: Women Focus. This is the month for celebrating the miracles and…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — It is the sacred teaching of our honored foremother, Nana Fannie Lou Hamer, that there are two things we all should care about “never to…