Afrocentric Movement News Today

It wasn't long after Netflix released its "Queen Cleopatra" documentary on May 10 that Egyptians were outraged as the movie depicts Queen Cleopatra, who has Greek origins, as African - backing Afrocentric claims about the “black” identity of ancient Egypt.

By Bashir Akinyele In the past two weeks, community activists and peace workers have been conducting  aggressive anti-violence maneuvers  in the streets of Newark, NJ. Outrage with the uptick in senseless community violence in the city in recent weeks, community activists and the city’s peace workers hosted Massive Stop The Violence March and Rally in […]

The world according to Walter Palmer The educator, organizer, and alumnus discusses his six decades of activism, growing up in the Black Bottom, studying and teaching at Penn, his work at CHOP, the student strike of 1967, the Vietnam War, Frank Rizzo, Donald Trump, school choice, gun violence, the Chauvin trial, and why he thinks racism should be declared a national public health crisis. Image: Eric Sucar Two weeks before he was a...