The second volume on the life and works of Hubert Harrison, the Harlem-based activist, organizer and journalist, is about to be released. Biographer Jeff Perry has spent almost four decades researching Harrison, who he described as âa socialist who worked closely with Marcus Garvey and was the first to write about the âNew Negroâ in the first quarter of the 20th century.â Harrison deserves to be in the pantheon of formative Black political thinkers and doers, but his principled politics, unsparing journalistic critiques, and refusal to be bought earned him few boosters.
Historian Johanna FernĂĄndez makes the case for the Young Lords as profound thinkers as well as highly capable street activists.
The lockdown included bans on any sales of alcohol and cigarettes and even barred exercises outside the home.
The IMF refused a COVIDâ19 emergency loan to Venezuela unless it agreed to overthrow President Maduro and installs the Washington-backed Juan GuaidĂł.
Elders and already sick folks are at risk down South, the Blackest region of the nation with the worst health care.
COVID-19 May Trigger a âCrisis of Legitimacyâ
