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Craig Harris’ “Brown Butterfly” Liner Notes

Craig Harris, "Brown Butterfly"

Brown Butterfly “Moving clockwise, continuing that famed shuffle of his, Clay–with his hands down…looks like a dancer up there, the way he bobs and weaves, for a man of 212 pounds.” Announcer Les Keiter at the start of the Ali- Cleveland Williams fight. The music in this two-CD collection is a tribute to the genius […]

Tagged With: Africa, African American, Black, Brown Butterfly, Craig Harris, FESTAC, Floyd Patterson, Muhammad Ali, Nigeria, Sim Ra Arkestra, Sonny Liston

Emergency Zoom Webinar on “The Role of the CBC in U.S. Foreign Policy Against Africa.”

Emergency forum: towards a independent Africa

Thursday, June 16th, 2022 at 7 pm we invite you to join us for an emergency national Zoom webinar on “The Role of the CBC in U.S. Foreign Policy Against Africa.” The webinar will examine and expose the U.S.’s foreign/economic interests in Africa and the role which the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), in general, and […]

Tagged With: Africa, Congressional Black Caucus, Countering Malign Russian Activities in Africa Act, Gregory Meeks, House of Representatives, Russia, U.S. Foreign Policy, Ukraine

Viola Plummer, Last of Original December 12th Movement Co-Founders, Rests; Struggle Continues

Viola Plummer

Article last updated January 17, 2024. By Nayaba Arinde, Editor-at-Large. Gratefully reprinted from Our Time Press (original article).   On the day after the January 15th death of Viola Plummer, friends and family gathered at her Sista’s Place jazz and community venue in Bed-Stuy, to commune, reminisce, and share food prepared by Attorney Esmeralda Simmons […]

Tagged With: A.T. Mitchell, Africa, Brenda Brunson-Bey, Charles Barron, Colette Pean, Cordell Cleare, Divine Allah, Herbert Daughtry, Inez Barron, National Black United Front, Nayaba Arinde, New York 8, Omowale Clay, Roger Wareham, Sistas' Place, The December 12th Movement, Viola Plummer, Zimbabwe

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