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Message From Watts: Liberation is Coming From A Black Thing
August 16, 2018
The year 1965 began on an ominous and unsettling note—the assassination and martyrdom of Malcolm X, the Fire Prophet. Even in the white and winter cold of February, it was a sign of the coming fire. Indeed, it pointed toward the fiery fulfillment of prophecy which Malcolm, himself, had predicted. It was there, too, in the title of James Baldwin’s classic, The Fire Next Time. And it was the topic of countless conversations around the country. Baldwin had taken his title from a line in a Black gospel song which says: “God gave Noah the rainbow sign, no more water, the fire next time.” And this, for us, was the fundamental time of turning when the fire would be this time. ...
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Brotherhood Crusade Celebrates 50th Anniversary
June 21, 2018
The Brotherhood Crusade, a community organization founded in 1968 by civil rights activist Walter Bremond. For 35 years businessman, publisher and civil rights activist Danny J. Bakewell, Sr. led the Institution and today, Brotherhood Crusade President and CEO Charisse Bremond Weaver hosted a 50th Anniversary Community Thank You Event on Friday, June 15, 2018 at the California Science Center in Exposition Park. ...
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Dawnn Lewis Hosts ‘Focused N Fit’ Event for Youth
May 31, 2018
The years-long dream of A New Day Foundation’s founder, award-winning actress, musician, producer and social activist, Dawnn Lewis, finally came true with the organization’s inaugural conference on May 26 at the University of Southern California. ...
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