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On November 18, a New York judge overturned the convictions of Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam, 55 years after the two men were tried in February 1965

Black August: A tribute to freedom fighters By Lamont Lilly posted on July 23, 2021 The following slightly edited article was first published in August 2013. Lilly ran as Workers World Party’s candidate for vice president in 2016.  George Jackson The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on Aug. 28, 1963, galvanized hundreds of thousands in the streets of Washington, D.C. A. Philip Randolph helped to establish the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in Harlem, N.Y., on Aug. 25, 1925. The Haitian Revolution first broke the chains of French colonialism in August 1791. August marks the N...

Sculptor Karon Davis. Photo: Aleen Jaghalian. Sandbags were a last-minute addition to sculptor Karon Davis’s newest installation—or at least, replicas of them. The Black Panthers once piled up real ones around the perimeter of their various headquarters as makeshift fortifications against police raids. “No bullet was gonna penetrate three-foot walls,” Los Angeles Black Panther Party leader Geronimo Pratt once explained.  Davis had seen a picture of them, stacked one atop another like long, flat pillows, and was so taken aback by the lengths the Panthers had gone to protect themselves...

LARA LARA Team, This month, we’ve been introduced to eleven LARA team members who all come from different places and who all fulfill different roles here in our department. But one thing they all have in common is their pride in their Black heritage. We heard stories of triumph and overcoming obstacles. We met men and women who were the first in their family to graduate. We read about several of our colleagues who gratefully acknowledge that those who came before us paved the way for us – and are committed to doing the same for those that follow in our footsteps. 

Longtime political prisoner Geronimo Pratt (aka Geronimo Ji Jaga) The 29th Pan African Film Festival has moved online, taking place Feb. 28–March 14. This year’s PAFF is screening at least three Black Panther Party-related films: The documentary Truth to Power: Barbara Lee Speaks for Me and Judas and the Black Messiah, probably Hollywood’s best political feature in years. The third is a reprise of the 2009 documentary 41st & Central: The Untold Story of the L.A. Black Panthers, which was originally screened at PAFF in 2010 and again in 2017. I am repurposing parts of my 2017 review h...