Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was arguably one of the greatest leaders ever produced by the Black community. His leadership, buttressed by the efforts of thousands of activists who struggled with him, shaped the world that we live in today. For years, members of the Black Conscious and Pan-African community have complained about the lack of leadership among our people, without [...]
By Lamont Lilly – Durham, NC On Dec. 31, outgoing North Carolina governor, Beverly Perdue, pardoned The Wilmington 10 – Rev. Benjamin Chavis, Connie Tindall, Marvin Patrick, Wayne Moore, Reginald Epps, Jerry Jacobs, James McKoy, Willie Earl Vereen, William Wright, Jr. and Ann Shepard – who had sentences ranging from 15 to 34 years following [...]
If you live in America, you are currently in the midst of the Christmas season onslaught – the biggest retail season of the entire year. If you have begun to gain Knowledge of Self, you have also begun to question the soundness of the religions that you have been born into – and you are [...]
The 15th and 16th centuries have been called the Age of Empires. We are taught in public schools about how Spain and Portugal explored the world’s seas and colonized large parts of Africa and the New World. The Mughal Emperor Akbar extended the power of the Mughal Empire to cover most of the Indian sub [...]
Today, Im proud to bring you a fantastic guest post from CriticXtreme, a rising Black thinker and hopefully a permanent fixture here at United Black America. The subject of Black Wall Street is one that we have covered here in the past, but with so little information and analysis existing on the subject, we have revisited [...]
For years, I have been asked what my political affiliation was. I am not a fan of Barack Obama – despite his African heritage. Nor am I a fan of the American Conservative disposition for reasons I will address later this week here. I vote for Third Party Candidates for lack of better options in [...]
Today, October 9, 1967, marks the day that Latin-American Che Guevara was assassinated in a CIA-backed coup. Many of you have heard of Che Guevara, and if you haven’t you have at least seen his likeness on posters, t-shirts, or on television. After reading this article, you might find that Che Guevara has as much to do [...]
Of all figures in Black Consciousness, few were as controversial as the former Supreme Captain of the Nation of Islam and Chairman of the New Black Panther Party. Minister Khalid Abdul Muhammad was a towering intellect, a true warrior of Pan-Africanism, and a courageous visionary. He dared to speak truth to power in the face of [...]
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All servants imported and brought into the Country. . . who were not Christians in their native Country. . . shall be accounted and be slaves. All Negro, mulatto and Indian slaves within this dominion. . . shall be held to be real estate. If any slave resists his master. . . correcting such slave, [...]
