General Defense Committee

Day 24 of the 28 Days of Black Liberation 2023 series The story of the Mau Mau Rebellion is one of anti-colonial struggle and resistance. At the start of the twentieth century, the East African country of Kenya…

Day 23 of the 28 Days of Black Liberation 2023 series Dr Mutulu Shakur is a world renowned Doctor of acupuncture who dedicated his life to improving healthcare in the Black community. He has been part of the New…

Day 22 of the 28 Days of Black Liberation 2023 series The New Joint Endeavor for Welfare, Education, and Liberation, or New JEWEL Movement (NJM), was a Marxist-Leninst movement that successfully overthrew the neocolonial government in the Caribbean…

Day 21 of the 28 Days of Black Liberation 2023 series Claudia Cumberbatch (Claudia Jones) was born on February 21, 1915 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. Claudia’s family migrated to the United States in 1924 and resided in Harlem, New…

Day 12 of the 28 Days of Black Liberation 2023 series Assata, In her own words:  “My name is Assata (“she who struggles”) Olugbala ( “for the people” ) Shakur (“the thankful one”), and I am a 20th…

Day 11 of the 28 Days of Black Liberation 2023 series Mumia Abu Jamal is an award-winning journalist and author of two best-selling books, Live From Death Row and Death Blossoms, which address prison life from a critical…

Day 4 of the 28 Days of Black Liberation 2023 series Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was a poet, lecturer, and author. She wrote on her racism, feminism She was an abolitionist, suffragist, and reformer. She co-founded the National…