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Source: Laylah Barrayn / Assata Shakur Archives Project Today would have been Assata Shakur’s 79th birthday. Although the legendary freedom fighter joined the ancestors on Sept. 25, 2025, her memory, legacy, and impact are still here to remind us that the work is not done and that we have so much more to accomplish.  If you had been in the room at the Riverside Church in New York on May […]

✕ Sybil Wilkes is back with another edition of “What We Need to Know,” the daily roundup that keeps our community informed and ready to move. From a mother’s fight for answers to a champion’s promise to lift up the next generation, here’s what mattered most this week. READ MORE STORIES Sybil Wilkes Covers Today’s What We Need to Know: Justice, History, and Triumph Take Center StageSybil Wilkes Covers Today’s […]

Source: Newsday LLC / Getty Today would have been Assata Shakur’s 79th birthday. Although the legendary freedom fighter joined the ancestors on Sept. 25, 2025, her memory, legacy, and impact are still here to remind us that the work is not done and that we have so much more to accomplish.  If you had been in the room at the Riverside Church in New York on May 30 as we […]

Source: UCG / Getty In 1963, Medgar Evers made history as the first Black Mississippian to make a speech on local television when he spoke out. This should be a storied piece of Black History that’s displayed in museums, right? Well, unfortunately, that’s not the case, as it’s been six decades since the speech, and no one knows whether any recordings of it exist.  WLBT, the station where Evers made […]

imageBROKER/Pawel Opaska Murder is without a doubt one of the worst crimes anyone can commit, and it’s even more of a heinous act when it occurs between flesh and blood. Illinois has been reeling over the recent news of five family members in East St. Louis who were killed following a murder plot between two teenagers, the youngest of the pair being a relative to the deceased. RELATED: No Man […]