Tag Archives | Black Liberation

Black liberation organizers across the U.S. reflect on the passing of Dr. Mutulu Shakur

Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on July 10, 2023 by Natalia Marques (more by Peoples Dispatch) | (Posted Jul 12, 2023)

Shakur was a prisoner-of-war of a decades-long Black liberation struggle for 37 years. He was only released when he was months away from death.
Interview with Akinyele Umoja

Originally published: Black Agenda Report on June 8, 2022 by Roberto Sirvent (more by Black Agenda Report) | (Posted Jun 09, 2022)

Kuwasi Balagoon is one of the most heroic and remarkable figures of the historic Black Liberation struggle. He was born Donald Weems in 1946 in the predominately Black community of Lakeland in Eastern Shore, Maryland and was inspired by the powerful Gloria Richardson and the Cambridge (MD) movement in his youth.
The Revolutionary Meaning of the George Floyd Uprising

Shemon Salam and Arturo Castillon and Atticus Bagby-Williams

At least 28 people died in the wave of social unrest that rocked the United States from late May until late July in 2020. In this 10-week period, there were 574 riots; 624 arsons; 2,382 incidents of looting; 97 police vehicles set on fire; and 16,241 people arrested for protest-related activities.