(From The Burning Spear Newspaper) ST. LOUIS—At one time, the city of St. Louis had a population of almost a million people. White people fled the city by the hundreds of thousands when the hint of African people fighting for power was in the air. An emerging Black Power movement was the impetus for
Considered to be one of the deadliest mass casualty riots in the u.s. penal system in the past 25 years, the riots at the Lee County prison took place in different housing units on April 15th, 2018. Lee County prison is a state maximum level 3 facility, in which 21 inmates were injured and 7
On June 28, 2018, InPDUM & Party members as well as friends and supporters of the movement gathered in various places around the country to watch the 3DBG webinar entitled: “A Stone for Dominique”, to honor and commemorate the life of Dominique Battle, daughter of Kunde Mwamvita, who was murdered in March of 2016 along
On March 31st, 2016, three African teenage girls, Laniya Miller (15), Ashaunti Butler (15), and Dominique Battle (16), were drowned and murdered by Pinellas County Sheriff’s Deputies in St. Petersburg, Florida. They were illegally chased by Deputy Howard Skaggs and pursued down a winding path that led to a pond. The car of the
The Uhuru Movement, on behalf of the African community, has called for the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division to investigate the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office for the murder of black teenagers, cover-up of evidence that would indict the deputies, and a pattern of illegal stops, police chases, searches, and arrests which violate the 4th
The following is the political overview that will be presented to the April 18-19 Black is Back Coalition National Conference on Black Community Control of Police. It was written by Coalition Chairman Omali Yeshitela and approved for publication by the Coalition Steering Committee. The International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement is a member organization of the
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