Musician slain in Black Arts Movement District, downtown Oakland
We are saddened at the news that a young musician was cut down in the proposed BAM District, downtown Oakland on 14th between Broadway and Franklin. This morning as we walked to Academy of da Corner,...
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Marvin X invited the new Yoruba King (in white) to the Black Power Babies conversation in Brooklyn, NY, organized by his daughter, Muhammida El Muhajir. Oba Olatunji's father married Amiri and Amina...
View ArticleKichange Journal for parents and children, created by Amira Jackmon
Contact KichangeLocation: 2342 Shattuck Avenue #816, Berkeley, California, United States Founded in: 2014Stage: Alpha (prototype)Number of employees: 1-5Short URL:vator.co/kichangeKichangeKichange! The...
View ArticleCAN I GET THROUGH THE DAY WITHOUT MY AK
IN HONOR OF ICE CUBESIR, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN GET THROUGH THE DAYWITHOUT MY AKMATTER OF FACTI AIN'T USING NO AKI'M CHOPPIN OFF HEADSTHROWING 'EM IN DA BAYHEY HEYRATS HAVE NO RIGHT TO LIFEBLACK LIVES...
View ArticlePOEM FOR AB AND AMINA BARAKA
I AM MUSICDRAMA TOOLOVE DRAMACAN'T HEP ITDRAMA IS MA LIFEIMAGINEIN THE HOUSE OF BARAKAFULL OF DRAMA24/7BUT AIN'T TELLIN' NOTHINGTOO MUCH LOVE FADA BARAKASCAN'T PARTY WIT NOBODY ELSEPARTY PARTY...
View ArticleNewark, NJ: National Conference on Leadership, Ideas, Action, October 8-10, 2015
The Honorable Mayor Ras Baraka, Newark, New Jersey FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT:BUZZ BRAND MARKETING1180 Avenue of the Americas | 8th Floor |New York City, NY 10036 | 212.360.0399Marisa King-Redwood,...
View ArticleNews from the Indigenous Americas: Castro on Obama; the transition of writer...
Raul Castro Goes Off on U.S. Policy Towards Cuba, Then Apologizes to Obamaby Josh FeldmanCuban President Raul Castro went off on U.S. policy towards Cuba in his Summit of the Americas speech today,...
View ArticleBandung Conference at 60 by Norman Richmond, aka Jalali
By Norman (Otis) Richmond aka JalaliIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrival in Canada is major news.Modi is being greeted like he is a musical star like Bob Marley orBruce Springsteen. India has a...
View ArticleBlack Bird Press News & Review: Video: Master Teacher Marvin X returns to...
Black Bird Press News & Review: Video: Master Teacher Marvin X returns to Academy of Da Corner in Oakland's Black Arts Movement District, 14th Street
View ArticleBlack Bird Press News & Review: Slave Catchers, Slave Resisters
Black Bird Press News & Review: Video: Slave Catchers, Slave ResistersThis video will help you understand the origin of pigs and their psychopathic behavior toward North American Africans yesterday...
View ArticleSan Francisco Film Festival presents: The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the...
Black Panther Party revolutionary Queens Ancestor Dr. Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party Director Stanley Nelson The Stanley Nelson's documentary The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the...
View ArticleOh, Marvin, you never cease to amaze me!--Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf
"Oh, Marvin, you never cease to amaze me, " Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf told Marvin X when she walked up on him at his Academy of Da Corner, 14th and Broadway, renamed Black Arts Movement...
View ArticleWill it be in the interest of the Cuban Government to give up Assata?
Mug shot of Assata Shakur, taken on May 2, 1973 Wikimedia Commons The U.S. is not letting the matter of getting Assata Shakur extradited back to the States go gently into that good night, despite...
View ArticleMessage to the Black Man in America: Under the Shadow of Death!
Under the Shadow of DeathBy The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad We, the Black lost-found of our people here in America live under the shadow of death by way of cowardly...
View ArticleBlack Bird Press News & Review: Academy of da Corner students perform Marvin...
Black Bird Press News & Review: Academy of da Corner students perform Marvin X's Mythology of Pussy and Dick
View ArticleThe Ghost of Cornel West by Michael Eric Dyson
The Ghost of Cornel WestPresident Obama betrayed him.He’s stopped publishing new work.He’s alienated his closest friendsand allies. What happened toAmerica’s most excitingblack scholar?ByMichael Eric...
View ArticleHow Liberals' Attacks on Cornel West Expose Their Political Bankruptcy
Cornel West supports the work of Black Arts Movement poet Marvin X, who says, "I appreciate the support of a revolutionary brother Cornel because he's not afraid to tell the truth about Pharaoh."The...
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