El Hajj Malik El Shabazz was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. He is seriously underrated as an influential figure in African-American history. Shabazz worked tirelessly and was uncompromisingly committed to
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Nelson Mandela became South Africa's first legitimate, democratically-elected President on May 10, 1994, after more than three centuries of White minority misrule.   Born Nkosi Rolihlala Dalibhunga Mandela on July 18, 1
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By MURPHY BROWNE   “Millions of African Americans, whose lives have improved enormously due to the social and economic changes of the last several years, nonetheless are at disproportionate risk of police abuse. They
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By MURPHY BROWNE (Abena Agbetu) In the 1975 movie, Cornbread, Earl and Me, the young basketball player was slain by police who proceeded to ensure an extensive cover-up of their crime. The story is about a young African-America
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By MURPHY BROWNE (Abena Agbetu) Under the heading, “Harper Government Boosts Tourism by Investing in War of 1812 Commemorations in Ontario”, dated March 19, 2012, the Canadian government sent out a press re
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By MURPHY BROWNE (Abena Agbetu) “Black America still wears chains. The finest Negro is at the mercy of the meanest White man. Even winners of our highest honours face the class colour bar. With their right ha
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MURPHY BROWNE (Abena Agbetu) “Now I have seen that some of you fear to go forward to fight for our king. If it were in the brave days, the days of Osei Tutu, Okomfo Anokye and Opoku Ware, chiefs would not sit down to see thei
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By MURPHY BROWNE (Abena Agbetu) “Not only does the success of Barack Obama not signify the death of White racism as a personal or institutional phenomenon, if anything, it may well signal the emergence of an
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By MURPHY BROWNE (Abena Agbetu)     The saying “Time flies when you’re having fun” had special meaning for me during the recent March 12-16 March Break. It was a time that I needed to brin
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By MURPHY BROWNE (Abena Agbetu) Since 1966 the United Nations has designated March 21 the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The date was chosen to commemorate the Sharpeville Massa
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