Black folks are not candidates for redemption when our inalienable rights, endowed to us by our just and loving Creator, cannot be asserted without rigorous rejoinder.
Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou is a Freeman Fellow with the Fellowship of Reconciliation. A St Louis, MO, native, the Rev attended high school there and has strong family ties to the area.
"Black rage is founded on draining and draining, threatening your freedom to stop your complaining,
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By Rev. Otis Moss, III As America began to gear up for its incredibly wasteful (more than $40 trillion since 1972) and utterly futile “War on Drugs,” there were three critical federal actions that contributed to our current vastly over-militarized police forces. In 1981, the Military Cooperation with Law Enforcement Act was passed. This law authorized military...
Rev. Michael McBride, pastor of The Way Christian Center in Berkeley, California. National Director of the #LIVEFREE Campaign, part of People Improving Communities through Organizing
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says clashes between police and protesters in Missouri shows that “apartheid is flourishing” in the US, similar to South Africa during the apartheid era. Navi Pillay condemned on Tuesday the excessive use of force by police against demonstrators protesting last week’s fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by...