Today In Hip Hop History: Assata Shakur Makes FBI Most Wanted List 40 Years To The Date Of NJ Trooper Murder 8 Years Ago

In 2013, forty years to the date after the grisly execution-style murder of a New Jersey…

Black Revolutionary, New Afrikan Activist and ‘Godmother of Cuban Hip-Hop’ Nehanda Abiodun Has Reportedly Passed Away

Nehanda Abiodun, a founding member of the New Afrikan People’s Organization, noted organizer for the Malcolm…

Tupac’s Father, Mutulu Shakur, Files Lawsuit Against The U.S. Government For Illegally Holding Him In Prison

After serving three decades in a federal penitentiary, freedom fighter and father figure to the late…

10 Members of the Black Panther Party You Should Know

Black history is a level of intelligence that requires consistent daily acknowledgement. One month is not…

ICYMI: Black Students Occupy UC Santa Cruz

Recently administrators at the University of California Santa Cruz agreed to meet four of the demands…

NJ Governor Chris Christie Demands Assata Shakur Be Extradited From Cuba

For the past 18 months, talks between the United States and Cuba have gotten more amicable,…

Mutulu Shakur Has NOT Been Released From Prison

Despite reports that the revolutionary icon was released from prison after serving just half of his…

New Jersey School Cancels Common As Commencement Speaker

Kean University, which is located in Union, New Jersey, announced earlier this week that Common will…

Cuba Refuses U.S. Trade Negotiation For Assata Shakur

the Communist country just south of the Florida Keys adamantly shakes its head at the U.S.…