Apologies and total respect for the real "Uncle Tom" - Josiah Henson (1789–1883), an enslaved man from Maryland who escaped to Canada, became an abolitionist and author.

Fidelity Investments and Vanguard are blocking charitable donations to Southern Poverty Law Center act.colorofchange.org/sign/stop-fi...

Sherrilyn Ifill says the Supreme Court has “dropped the other shoe” on the Voting Rights Act sherrilyn.substack.com/p/scotus-dro...

This is the bizarro world the Supreme Court has created with its latest voting rights decision. Thank you Jon Stewart and & @thedailyshow.com You can watch my entire conversation with Jon here: youtu.be/SCse1FFEKLM

ICE out. Cinco de Mayo www.reuters.com/pictures/reu...

The happiness of Republicans is something missed in analyses of the death of the Voting Rights Act. Republicans want you to believe they’re not racists, they just prefer policies that coincidentally result in inequality, oppression & less opportunity for non-whites. The happiness shows they’re lying

Tennessee Republicans are moving to eliminate the state’s last Democratic district after the Supreme Court's destruction of the Voting Rights Act (read about this at the link below) www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/... Support Justin J Pearson and Tennessee District 9! www.votejustinj.com

annual May 4th reminder to read Derf's "Kent State" graphic novel and listen to both versions of "Ohio" by the Isley Brothers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC6q...

One Nation www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wto...

🌟Africa’s Urban Rise: Ethiopia Is Transforming Addis Ababa🌟 Narratives about Africa often lean toward conflict, crisis, and instability. While these challenges are real, they do not tell the whole story.nTransformation is underway. Ethiopia is part of that story.

Giovanna Photography in South-Omo Valley, Ethiopia Art is not decoration… it is identity. “Creativity lives in the body, in the marks we carry, and the stories we choose to wear.”

Every year, the Supreme Court’s nine justices fill out a form that discloses their financial connections to companies and people. ProPublica has a database that lets you to search for organizations and people that have paid them, reimbursed them for travel and given them gifts. Here it is:

Memphis xAI protest today www.actionnews5.com/video/2026/0...

Today Pope Leo appointed Black priest & outspoken Trump critic Robert Boxie III as new bishop for Washington DC. At 45, he will be the youngest bishop in the USA. He is a grad of Vanderbilt & Harvard Law. 👉🏽He has served as the Catholic chaplain at Howard University since 2020.

Professor Eddie Glaude on the Supreme Court gutting the Voting Rights Act: “Racism Still Occupies the Throne in this Country” 👉🏽 www.instagram.com/reel/DXv7KCW... Van Jones on the Supreme Court gutting the Voting Rights Act 👉🏽 www.facebook.com/share/r/19zY...

“While the U.S. House races will remain on voters’ ballots, any votes cast in those races will not be counted.” - Louisiana Secretary of State Nancy Landry

Happy International Jazz Day! UNESCO proclaimed 30 April as International Jazz Day - celebrating the power of jazz as a force for peace, dialogue and mutual understanding, www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOTe...

To celebrate jazz as a force for peace & mutual understanding, UNESCO proclaimed 30 April as International Jazz Day. This Day is an opportunity to foster greater appreciation – not only for music but for the contribution it can make to building more inclusive societies www.unesco.org/en/internati...

Mali: the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/...

Married at 17, Become a Professor, Never Lived to See her Son Become a President

Today, we honor the legacy of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, a visionary leader whose passion for liberation and Pan-Africanism inspired generations. On this day in 1972, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah died in Bucharest, Romania at the age of 62. Rest in power, Osagyefo Dr. Nkrumah.

TRUMP: I'm not a rapist. I didn't rape anybody O'DONNELL: Oh, you think he was referring to you?

There are genocides that are neglected & underreported. Sudan is often sidelined while other conflicts dominate global attention. A conversation with Christopher Tounsel, author of “Bounds of Blackness: African Americans, Sudan, and the Politics of Solidarity”. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Laib...

Elon Musk’s xAI has methane gas-burning turbines without legal permits for its Memphis data centers, polluting MORE than just the PHYSICAL environment. These data centers are the primary infrastructure for Musk's Grok-AI chatbot, which has called itself 'MechaHitler' 👉🏽. www.npr.org/2025/07/09/n...

Elon Musk Data Centers Polluting Black Neighborhoods in Memphis www.democracynow.org/2026/4/22/me...

Today in Philadelphia

Today is the 72nd birthday of Mumia Abu-Jamal. President of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists 1978–1980. Worked at NPR 1979-1981. Iimprisoned for 44 years. Below - his PhD dissertation on the work of Frantz Fanon: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU-J... www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm9x...

The Room in His Mind medium.com/change-your-...

Minerals for aid: After the United States abruptly suspended global health aid that would lead to 700,000 more deaths, mostly of children, each year, Washington began proposing bilateral health agreements that would exploit African nations. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/...

Dr. Ilyasah Shabazz was a baby when her father, Malcolm X, was assassinated. Her new book, Malcolm in the Desert: Wisdom from the Spiritual Transformation of Malcolm X, invites us to embark on a pilgrimage of our own to reach a better understanding of ourselves. www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/dr-...

M.L. King on militarism and economic disparities in the USA. "You don't know me!"

Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock - Adam's Apple

Fisherman. We're blowing up fishing boats.

Author and leading scholar of African diaspora religions, Black sacred imagination, and womanist thought, Dr. Dianne M. Stewart discusses how faith, African ancestral and heritage traditions shape African descendant identity, resilience, and liberation.... yndialorickwilmot.com/s7-ep-066-wi...

History in Jazz

Greentea Peng - Green www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3B7...

Puleng Segalo, Professor of Psychology at University of South Africa reimagines psychological inquiry, not through lab experiments - through embroidery. Her work with women exposes hidden trauma & resistance. Read about her journey from Zamdela to the world stage mauabiomagazine.com/puleng-segal...

Traders Placed over $1 Billion in Perfectly Timed Bets on the Iran War: Cashing in on War Crimes www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

An experimental, individualized therapeutic cancer vaccine that uses messenger RNA (mRNA) to treat pancreatic cancer continues to show potential. www.mskcc.org/news/can-mrn...

The birth of the Supreme Court’s shadow docket A long-time mystery….Until now The Inside Story of 5 Days That Remade the Supreme Court Secret memos obtained by The New York Times show the origins of the court’s now-routine “shadow docket” rulings on presidential power www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

Every writer is the hero of their own story. When you fail to tell your own story, you risk being cast as the villain or savage. Chinua Achebe, one of Africa’s literary icons, shed light on this reality when he reflected on the Eurocentric books that were assigned to him during his university days.