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Norman Richmond
Black August, George Jackson and Marcus Garvey
01 Aug 2017
August is a politically charged month in the Black world: the month Marcus Garvey was born and when Black Panther George Jackson and his younger brother, Jonathan, were killed. George Jackson and…
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Justin Trudeau is Not a Friend of all God’s Children
04 Jul 2017
by Norman (Otis) Richmond aka Jalali The youthful leader of Canada claims to be many things, including a feminist and friend of all the country’s various ethnicities. However, Canada has a poor…
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Malcolm X in the 21st Century
16 May 2017
by Norman (Otis) Richmond aka Jalali Had he not been assassinated, Malcolm X might still be among us, speaking Truth to Power and marking his 92nd birthday. If you want to emulate Malcolm, you might…
Norman Richmond
The Untold Story of the Black Radical Tradition in Canada
11 Jan 2017
by Norman (Otis) Richmond aka Jalali The author is a veteran of the Black political struggle on both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border, having emigrated to Canada in the Sixties. He points out the…
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2016 Open letter to President Obama: “What About We People Who Are Darker Than Blue?”
04 May 2016
by Norman (Otis) Richmond (aka Jalali) In 2009, President Obama changed the name – and the meaning – of Black Music Month to African American Music Appreciation Month. The author maintains the change…
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Remembering Mama Africa Miriam Makeba
09 Mar 2016
Remembering Mama Africa Miriam Makeba Last week marked the 86th birthday of the late South African singer and Miriam Makeba, known to millions worldwide as “Mama Africa.” She “used her voice as a…
Norman Richmond
The Sports of Empire
24 Nov 2015
by Norman (Otis) Richmond Sports has traveled the world on the fortunes of empire – and the misfortunes of the conquered. “’Thanks’ to imperialism, Africans in the Western Hemisphere were involved…
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Al Prentice “Bunchy" Carter” Would Have Rode with Nat Turner
07 Oct 2015
by Norman (Otis) Richmond aka Jalali October 12 is the birthday of one of the most talented and promising young men martyred in the massive State repression against the Black Panther Party for Self…
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Venus and Serena’s Father’s Tale of Southern Injustice: Black and White - The Way I See It
27 Aug 2014
/*-->*/ a review by Norman (Otis) Richmond The father who raised two of the greatest tennis players in history was himself the product of southern fried violence and hyper-racism. Richard Williams…
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Celebrating 35 years of Black Music Month
03 Jun 2014
by Norman (Otis) Richmond aka Jalali The Black Music Association was formed in 1979, but not all chapters supported the boycott of racist South Africa in the Seventies and Eighties. The Toronto and…