Monday, August 20, 2012
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Free All Political Prisoners & Prisoners Of War
Acoli, Sundiata (Squire) #39794-066FCI Cumberland, P.O. Box 1000, Cumberland, MD 21501 Birthday: January 14, 1937
Sundiata Acoli is a Black/New Afrikan Political Prisoner of War. A tireless worker for Black Liberation, Sundiata was a prominent member of the New York State Chapter of the Black Panther Party. After aquittal from the NY Panther 21 Conspiracy Trial Frameup and being continally targeted by the FBI’s illegal COINTELPRO operation, Sundiata continued the struggle underground with the Black Liberation Army. In 1973 he, Zayd and Assata Shakur were ambushed by New Jersey state troopers. Zayd Shakur was killed, while Assata was seriously wounded and taken into custody. One state trooper was killed in the attack and another injured. In a political charged and biased trial Sundiata was sentenced to life plus 30 years. In 2010 Sundiata was denied parole, but the fight for his freedom continues.
Bell, Herman #79C0262 Great Meadow Correctional Facility 11739 State Route 22, P.O. Box 51, Comstock, NY 12821-0051 Birthday: January 14, 1948
Herman Bell is a former member of the Black Panther Party framed for the murder of a police officer in New York and is serving 25 years to life in prison. Herman Bell was born in Mississippi and moved to Brooklyn, New York as a boy. He was a talented High School football player and won a football scholarship to the University of California in Oakland. While in Oakland, Herman joined the Black Panther Party and became active around human rights issues in the Black community. In 1971, he went underground because of relentless FBI attacks on the Black Panther Party. While underground, Herman joined the Black Liberation Army, and in September of 1973 he was captured and extradited to New York on charges of having killed 2 New York City police officers– a case for which Jalil Muntaquim and Nuh Washington were already serving time. No witnesses were able to put Herman at the scene of the crime. The first trial ended in a hung jury and he was convicted at his second trial and given 25 years to life.
López Rivera, Oscar #87651-024FCI Terre Haute, P.O. Box 33, Terre Haute, IN 47808Birthday: January 6, 1943
Oscar Lopez Rivera is a Puerto Rican Independista and political prisoner serving 70 years for seditious conspiracy. He is the only remaining Independista remaining behind bars, the other eleven were granted clemency by President Clinton. He was a well-respected community activist and an independence leader for many years prior to his arrest. Oscar was born in San Sebastián, Puerto Rico on January 6, 1943. His family moved to the U.S. when he was nine years old. At the age of 14, he moved to Chicago to live with a sister. At age 18 he was drafted into the army and served in Viet Nam and awarded the Bronze Star. When he returned to Illinois from the war in 1967, he found that drugs, unemployment, housing, health care and education in the Puerto Rican community had reached dire levels and set to work in community organizations to improve the quality of life for his people. The National Boricua Human Rights Network is actively working for his release at his upcoming parole hearing in January 2011.
Sundiata Acoli is a Black/New Afrikan Political Prisoner of War. A tireless worker for Black Liberation, Sundiata was a prominent member of the New York State Chapter of the Black Panther Party. After aquittal from the NY Panther 21 Conspiracy Trial Frameup and being continally targeted by the FBI’s illegal COINTELPRO operation, Sundiata continued the struggle underground with the Black Liberation Army. In 1973 he, Zayd and Assata Shakur were ambushed by New Jersey state troopers. Zayd Shakur was killed, while Assata was seriously wounded and taken into custody. One state trooper was killed in the attack and another injured. In a political charged and biased trial Sundiata was sentenced to life plus 30 years. In 2010 Sundiata was denied parole, but the fight for his freedom continues.
Bell, Herman #79C0262 Great Meadow Correctional Facility 11739 State Route 22, P.O. Box 51, Comstock, NY 12821-0051 Birthday: January 14, 1948
Herman Bell is a former member of the Black Panther Party framed for the murder of a police officer in New York and is serving 25 years to life in prison. Herman Bell was born in Mississippi and moved to Brooklyn, New York as a boy. He was a talented High School football player and won a football scholarship to the University of California in Oakland. While in Oakland, Herman joined the Black Panther Party and became active around human rights issues in the Black community. In 1971, he went underground because of relentless FBI attacks on the Black Panther Party. While underground, Herman joined the Black Liberation Army, and in September of 1973 he was captured and extradited to New York on charges of having killed 2 New York City police officers– a case for which Jalil Muntaquim and Nuh Washington were already serving time. No witnesses were able to put Herman at the scene of the crime. The first trial ended in a hung jury and he was convicted at his second trial and given 25 years to life.
López Rivera, Oscar #87651-024FCI Terre Haute, P.O. Box 33, Terre Haute, IN 47808Birthday: January 6, 1943
Oscar Lopez Rivera is a Puerto Rican Independista and political prisoner serving 70 years for seditious conspiracy. He is the only remaining Independista remaining behind bars, the other eleven were granted clemency by President Clinton. He was a well-respected community activist and an independence leader for many years prior to his arrest. Oscar was born in San Sebastián, Puerto Rico on January 6, 1943. His family moved to the U.S. when he was nine years old. At the age of 14, he moved to Chicago to live with a sister. At age 18 he was drafted into the army and served in Viet Nam and awarded the Bronze Star. When he returned to Illinois from the war in 1967, he found that drugs, unemployment, housing, health care and education in the Puerto Rican community had reached dire levels and set to work in community organizations to improve the quality of life for his people. The National Boricua Human Rights Network is actively working for his release at his upcoming parole hearing in January 2011.
Once a Panther, always a Panther: Brother Shep
Brother Sadiki "Shep" Ojore Olugbala (s/n Shepard McDaniel)
"It's a Panther saying that we keep a red book in our back pocket and Malcolm in our heart," Black Panther Brother Shep shared with the AmNews as he stood on Lexington Avenue and 125th Street on Friday, Dec. 9 to assist with "Serve the People Day," sharing free food and clothing with the public.
Brother Shep, a Bronx native, became a member of the New York chapter of the Black Panther Party in 1973 at the age of 19. As he stood outside on a chilly December afternoon wearing a shirt that displays Panther pride and a necklace with a Black fist pumped, Brother Shep kept an eye on the peaceful crowd that lined up to receive warm food on plastic plates and bottled spring water. There was no NYPD presence, but members of the Black Spades and Zulu Nation volunteered.
He noted, "I grew up amongst the Panthers. A lot of us who were young were protesting the Vietnam War and what was going on in South Africa with apartheid. Even the music back then was all about the Black culture fighting the struggles."
Brother Shep became a Black Panther Party member when the revolutionary organization was going through a division over which philosophy suited the party more effectively. "It was an ideology split," he said, "one side wanted to stay with the survival part and the other wanted to stay with the military side.
"What a lot of people fail to realize is that the Panthers were three-quarters women, and when that split came, we lost a lot of our members, because the women were not agreeing with the split nor did they want to get caught up in either side. Plus, you had the Panther 21, which really hit us hard."
As the Panthers went through their tribulations with the government as well as infrastructural issues throughout the '70s, some went to college. Brother Shep was one who did just that. Starting his college studies at Hunter College in 1974, he and the Panthers were a key element in the formation of the Black Student Union there, which gave Black students a platform to not only expand their intellectuality but the chance to participate as a collective. He was also the East Coast distribution manager for the Black Panther News Service while attending Hunter.
"Dr. Ben and Dr. Clark, I always say that I had the best. Back then, it was free tuition and open admission," he said. "We also had the professors go to the prisons and help teach the inmates as well. It was the inmates in prison who told the professors about Hale House, which at the time was not getting any funding-we set up a work-study and I started working with the kids there. Actually, that is how I got my start in child care," he recollected.
Brother Shep completed his studies at Hunter in 1980, where he double majored in political studies and Africana-Black studies. His efforts as a volunteer have spanned numerous organizations, from helping Harlem's Hale House for Children to the Children's Village and St. Mark's Youth Emergency Shelter in the past to currently donating his time and guidance to the City College of New York's Morales-Shakur Community and Student Center.
He has become a credible and respectable child care worker who has been a group home supervisor at the Mission of the Immaculate Virgin, senior house parent at the New York Human Resources Administration, chief deputy program master at Vision Quest and executive director for the Knox-Gates Neighborhood Association. He is currently the outreach/youth program director for the Safiya Bukhari-Albert Nuh Washington Foundation and program site director for the Unity Neighborhood Center, which is based in the Bronx.
Throughout the years, Brother Shep has seen his battles. He smiled as he remembered how they fought for the building that holds the Schomburg Center. "They were going to sell it to West Germany; we stopped that. We did a jazz concert, Gil Noble performed at the concert, plus he did a piece on his show, ‘Like It Is,' and we had a full spread in the Amsterdam News. We stopped that sale."
He added that the lessons and knowledge he has learned from the Black Panther Party are a key reason he continues to give back to the communities of New York City.
Another cause Brother Shep holds close is that of the political prisoners. In a serious tone, he stated, "There are over 60 former Black Panthers who are in prison now, and they are forgotten about." He elaborated, "My primary thing is working with political prisoners-what we do is bring material and legal support to them."
Brother Shep helped organize a Political Prisoner Update/Letter Writing Dinner earlier this month in Harlem at the Morales-Shakur Center, which wrote letters for freedom fighter Sundiata Acoli as well as Black Panther Zolo Azania.
When the topic of Mumia Abu-Jamal (Brother Shep was co-founder of the Free Mumia Coalition in the 1990s) and the removal of the death penalty from his prison sentence arose, Brother Shep shared these words in a calm manner: "He is a comrade and we are the same age. It is a step." He showed his faith in fighting for the innocence of political prisoners such as Abu-Jamal, who put their lives on the line seeking freedom against the Black struggle and oppression.
As the topic went from Abu-Jamal to Mutulu Shakur, Brother Shep said he is far from forgotten and that plans to keep his fight going are prevalent. "We are working on a two-day benefit that will be for Mutulu," he said.
Even though he laments that the original Black Panther Party has not been as active since 1980 (the New Black Panther Party gained momentum over a decade later), he noted, "Once a Panther, always a Panther; we have no ex-Black Panthers."
This awareness is part of the reason Brother Shep is part of the Anti-Police Terror and Community Control of the Police Facilitator-Certification Workshop starting Jan. 24, 2012, at the Morales-Shakur Center. "You have to know your rights, and this program organizes you to know what to do if there is a murder or brutality in your neighborhood." He described the importance of this eight-week program, which will take place every Wednesday: "We teach you how to have your retainer for your lawyer, how to have a private investigator and how to maintain a connection with journalists."
Brother Shep's mission is far from over, as his journey continues with his involvement in helping the community, from teaching youth to helping feed and clothe adults who are struggling in the current economy. These are prime examples, he said, of the need to keep going and a true testament to the traditional community involvement that goes back to the Panthers' free breakfast for children programs.
He looked around the crowd of people receiving clothes and shared a story. "I remember my mom asking me what I wanted to be when I grew up, and I said, ‘A cowboy.' She said, ‘Boy, there is no more cowboys.' When I was working with Vision Quest, they had a unique program based on Native American philosophy to take teenagers who were in trouble and teach them how to build a teepee and tent and drive a wagon. We traveled from Pennsylvania to Texas, and we did this by wagon-you see a lot going four miles per hour," he laughed.
"I had a picture of me taken while I was sitting in a wagon with a hat on and sent it back to my mom, saying, 'Here I am,'" a reminder of his cowboy wishes from childhood. As a Black man in America, Brother Shep may not have been a cowboy in the Western sense, but in New York, he proves once a Panther, always a Panther, and that is just as heroic.
To inquire about any of the programs Brother Shep works with or to donate food or clothing for future drives, call (212) 650-5008 or email Panthershepcat@aol.com.
"It's a Panther saying that we keep a red book in our back pocket and Malcolm in our heart," Black Panther Brother Shep shared with the AmNews as he stood on Lexington Avenue and 125th Street on Friday, Dec. 9 to assist with "Serve the People Day," sharing free food and clothing with the public.
Brother Shep, a Bronx native, became a member of the New York chapter of the Black Panther Party in 1973 at the age of 19. As he stood outside on a chilly December afternoon wearing a shirt that displays Panther pride and a necklace with a Black fist pumped, Brother Shep kept an eye on the peaceful crowd that lined up to receive warm food on plastic plates and bottled spring water. There was no NYPD presence, but members of the Black Spades and Zulu Nation volunteered.
He noted, "I grew up amongst the Panthers. A lot of us who were young were protesting the Vietnam War and what was going on in South Africa with apartheid. Even the music back then was all about the Black culture fighting the struggles."
Brother Shep became a Black Panther Party member when the revolutionary organization was going through a division over which philosophy suited the party more effectively. "It was an ideology split," he said, "one side wanted to stay with the survival part and the other wanted to stay with the military side.
"What a lot of people fail to realize is that the Panthers were three-quarters women, and when that split came, we lost a lot of our members, because the women were not agreeing with the split nor did they want to get caught up in either side. Plus, you had the Panther 21, which really hit us hard."
As the Panthers went through their tribulations with the government as well as infrastructural issues throughout the '70s, some went to college. Brother Shep was one who did just that. Starting his college studies at Hunter College in 1974, he and the Panthers were a key element in the formation of the Black Student Union there, which gave Black students a platform to not only expand their intellectuality but the chance to participate as a collective. He was also the East Coast distribution manager for the Black Panther News Service while attending Hunter.
"Dr. Ben and Dr. Clark, I always say that I had the best. Back then, it was free tuition and open admission," he said. "We also had the professors go to the prisons and help teach the inmates as well. It was the inmates in prison who told the professors about Hale House, which at the time was not getting any funding-we set up a work-study and I started working with the kids there. Actually, that is how I got my start in child care," he recollected.
Brother Shep completed his studies at Hunter in 1980, where he double majored in political studies and Africana-Black studies. His efforts as a volunteer have spanned numerous organizations, from helping Harlem's Hale House for Children to the Children's Village and St. Mark's Youth Emergency Shelter in the past to currently donating his time and guidance to the City College of New York's Morales-Shakur Community and Student Center.
He has become a credible and respectable child care worker who has been a group home supervisor at the Mission of the Immaculate Virgin, senior house parent at the New York Human Resources Administration, chief deputy program master at Vision Quest and executive director for the Knox-Gates Neighborhood Association. He is currently the outreach/youth program director for the Safiya Bukhari-Albert Nuh Washington Foundation and program site director for the Unity Neighborhood Center, which is based in the Bronx.
Throughout the years, Brother Shep has seen his battles. He smiled as he remembered how they fought for the building that holds the Schomburg Center. "They were going to sell it to West Germany; we stopped that. We did a jazz concert, Gil Noble performed at the concert, plus he did a piece on his show, ‘Like It Is,' and we had a full spread in the Amsterdam News. We stopped that sale."
He added that the lessons and knowledge he has learned from the Black Panther Party are a key reason he continues to give back to the communities of New York City.
Another cause Brother Shep holds close is that of the political prisoners. In a serious tone, he stated, "There are over 60 former Black Panthers who are in prison now, and they are forgotten about." He elaborated, "My primary thing is working with political prisoners-what we do is bring material and legal support to them."
Brother Shep helped organize a Political Prisoner Update/Letter Writing Dinner earlier this month in Harlem at the Morales-Shakur Center, which wrote letters for freedom fighter Sundiata Acoli as well as Black Panther Zolo Azania.
When the topic of Mumia Abu-Jamal (Brother Shep was co-founder of the Free Mumia Coalition in the 1990s) and the removal of the death penalty from his prison sentence arose, Brother Shep shared these words in a calm manner: "He is a comrade and we are the same age. It is a step." He showed his faith in fighting for the innocence of political prisoners such as Abu-Jamal, who put their lives on the line seeking freedom against the Black struggle and oppression.
As the topic went from Abu-Jamal to Mutulu Shakur, Brother Shep said he is far from forgotten and that plans to keep his fight going are prevalent. "We are working on a two-day benefit that will be for Mutulu," he said.
Even though he laments that the original Black Panther Party has not been as active since 1980 (the New Black Panther Party gained momentum over a decade later), he noted, "Once a Panther, always a Panther; we have no ex-Black Panthers."
This awareness is part of the reason Brother Shep is part of the Anti-Police Terror and Community Control of the Police Facilitator-Certification Workshop starting Jan. 24, 2012, at the Morales-Shakur Center. "You have to know your rights, and this program organizes you to know what to do if there is a murder or brutality in your neighborhood." He described the importance of this eight-week program, which will take place every Wednesday: "We teach you how to have your retainer for your lawyer, how to have a private investigator and how to maintain a connection with journalists."
Brother Shep's mission is far from over, as his journey continues with his involvement in helping the community, from teaching youth to helping feed and clothe adults who are struggling in the current economy. These are prime examples, he said, of the need to keep going and a true testament to the traditional community involvement that goes back to the Panthers' free breakfast for children programs.
He looked around the crowd of people receiving clothes and shared a story. "I remember my mom asking me what I wanted to be when I grew up, and I said, ‘A cowboy.' She said, ‘Boy, there is no more cowboys.' When I was working with Vision Quest, they had a unique program based on Native American philosophy to take teenagers who were in trouble and teach them how to build a teepee and tent and drive a wagon. We traveled from Pennsylvania to Texas, and we did this by wagon-you see a lot going four miles per hour," he laughed.
"I had a picture of me taken while I was sitting in a wagon with a hat on and sent it back to my mom, saying, 'Here I am,'" a reminder of his cowboy wishes from childhood. As a Black man in America, Brother Shep may not have been a cowboy in the Western sense, but in New York, he proves once a Panther, always a Panther, and that is just as heroic.
To inquire about any of the programs Brother Shep works with or to donate food or clothing for future drives, call (212) 650-5008 or email Panthershepcat@aol.com.
Let Go, My Nigga Toe
My Tortured Mind, and Body, Captured Spirit, Compromised Soul
Disillusioned American Dream, Altered Ego
Let Go, My Nigga Toe
Shackled and Chained, Battered and Beaten
Poked and Prodded, Say It Ain’t So
Let Go, My Nigga Toe
Mutilated and Butchered, Roped To A Tree
On Bended Knee, Blood Flowing Slow
Let Go, My Nigga Toe
Each Day Survival On My Mind
But Each Day You Always Been Cruel and Unkind
Let Go, My Nigga Toe
My Heart Is Tired and Heavy
My Clothing Tattered and Worn
Still I Endure The Pain
Let Go, My Nigga Toe
Keepin’ Me Enslaved With All Your Might
You Done Made Me Strange Fruit
Providing Me With Strength, To Continue To Fight
You Let Go, My Nigga Toe
But I Ain’t Never Given Up, Never Given In
Freedom Withers Through Broken Bones
That Overshadows Your Every Sin
Let Go, Let It Go, My Nigga Toe
Thoughts Of My True Home
Overlooking Mountain Tops, The North Star Shinning Bold
Escaping Only With My Last Breath, Now My Body Lays Cold
Now Your Jackal Ass Is Forced To
To Let Go, My Nigga Toe
By: David X,
NBPP-East Regional M.O.I.
c copyright 2012
Disillusioned American Dream, Altered Ego
Let Go, My Nigga Toe
Shackled and Chained, Battered and Beaten
Poked and Prodded, Say It Ain’t So
Let Go, My Nigga Toe
Mutilated and Butchered, Roped To A Tree
On Bended Knee, Blood Flowing Slow
Let Go, My Nigga Toe
Each Day Survival On My Mind
But Each Day You Always Been Cruel and Unkind
Let Go, My Nigga Toe
My Heart Is Tired and Heavy
My Clothing Tattered and Worn
Still I Endure The Pain
Let Go, My Nigga Toe
Keepin’ Me Enslaved With All Your Might
You Done Made Me Strange Fruit
Providing Me With Strength, To Continue To Fight
You Let Go, My Nigga Toe
But I Ain’t Never Given Up, Never Given In
Freedom Withers Through Broken Bones
That Overshadows Your Every Sin
Let Go, Let It Go, My Nigga Toe
Thoughts Of My True Home
Overlooking Mountain Tops, The North Star Shinning Bold
Escaping Only With My Last Breath, Now My Body Lays Cold
Now Your Jackal Ass Is Forced To
To Let Go, My Nigga Toe
By: David X,
NBPP-East Regional M.O.I.
c copyright 2012
"CEMOTAP 25 YEARS OF PRINCIPLED FUNCTIONAL UNITY"
On Sunday March 18, 2011 at 4 PM, CEMOTAP, The Committee To Eliminate Media Offensive To African People, the Queens based media activist organization will celebrate its 25th Anniversary at the Black Spectrum Theatre located at 177 Street & Baisley Boulevard (Inside Roy Wilkins Park) Jamaica, New York.
Over the years CEMOTAP has engaged in a number of activities to further their struggle for media justice, including submitting articles to the press about media abuses, publishing books journals and a newspaper, holding educational forums, leading and participating in demonstrations and boycotts, supporting media personalities under attack and supporting political prisoners. CEMOTAP Co-Chair Dr. James McIntosh, said that "If just the people CEMOTAP has directly helped show up we will have an overflow crowd." Betty Dopson Co-chair and founder quipped, If just the community dignitaries who have said they are coming show up we will have an overflow crowd."
Admission is Free. Speakers include Dr. Adelaide Sanford, former Vice Chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents, Larry Hamm, Chairman of People's Organization For Progress, The Honorable Charles Barron, New York City Councilman, The Honorable Inez Barron, New York State Assemblywoman , Bob Law, legendary broadcaster, Milton Allimadi Publisher of Black Star News, and Abdul Haqq of the December 12th Movement. Reverend Al Sharpton said on his radio program Sunday that he will stop by even though he will be out of state for a part of the day.
Also attending will be Lisa Noble, daughter of Gil Noble, the ailing legendary host of WABC TV's now defunct Public Affairs Program, "Like It Is. " She will give an update on her father's condition. Mr. Noble was recently transferred from a Rehab Center to Hackensack Hospital in New Jersey for emergency acute care. Ms. Noble will also discuss the need for the Black community to assist in the archiving and digitalizing of her father's decades of programs. Ms. Noble says that this digitalization will be necessary for the "Like it Is" collection to be shared with students all over the world as is her father's expressed wish. According to family attorney Joseph Fleming the tapes are now owned by the Noble Family "only because of the struggle of CEMOTAP" and the Black Community with WABC over the decades.
Jazz Hayden a Harlem Media Activist who has been exposing police abuses by videotaping the police as they engage in their "Stop and Frisk program will not only pay tribute but will discuss his own organization's videotaping program and how it can be expanded to other boroughs. Hayden has an upcoming trial date after being arrested for this constitutionally protected videotaping activity.
CEMOTAP Co-Chairs Betty Dopson and James McIntosh will share hosting duties and pay tribute to the CEMOTAP Executive Committee, the key workers of the organization who have labored behind the scenes for 25 years. Two of the original Executive Committee Members John Pounds and Arnold White are ancestors and will be honored during an opening libation.
CEMOTAP has also produced radio programs, cable TV programs and most recently an internet TV program called "Like it Should Be," inspired by Gil Noble's, "Like It Is" on CEMOTAPS YOUTUBE Channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/CEMOTAP1
On Sunday March 18, 2011 at 4 PM, CEMOTAP, The Committee To Eliminate Media Offensive To African People, the Queens based media activist organization will celebrate its 25th Anniversary at the Black Spectrum Theatre located at 177 Street & Baisley Boulevard (Inside Roy Wilkins Park) Jamaica, New York.
Over the years CEMOTAP has engaged in a number of activities to further their struggle for media justice, including submitting articles to the press about media abuses, publishing books journals and a newspaper, holding educational forums, leading and participating in demonstrations and boycotts, supporting media personalities under attack and supporting political prisoners. CEMOTAP Co-Chair Dr. James McIntosh, said that "If just the people CEMOTAP has directly helped show up we will have an overflow crowd." Betty Dopson Co-chair and founder quipped, If just the community dignitaries who have said they are coming show up we will have an overflow crowd."
Admission is Free. Speakers include Dr. Adelaide Sanford, former Vice Chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents, Larry Hamm, Chairman of People's Organization For Progress, The Honorable Charles Barron, New York City Councilman, The Honorable Inez Barron, New York State Assemblywoman , Bob Law, legendary broadcaster, Milton Allimadi Publisher of Black Star News, and Abdul Haqq of the December 12th Movement. Reverend Al Sharpton said on his radio program Sunday that he will stop by even though he will be out of state for a part of the day.
Also attending will be Lisa Noble, daughter of Gil Noble, the ailing legendary host of WABC TV's now defunct Public Affairs Program, "Like It Is. " She will give an update on her father's condition. Mr. Noble was recently transferred from a Rehab Center to Hackensack Hospital in New Jersey for emergency acute care. Ms. Noble will also discuss the need for the Black community to assist in the archiving and digitalizing of her father's decades of programs. Ms. Noble says that this digitalization will be necessary for the "Like it Is" collection to be shared with students all over the world as is her father's expressed wish. According to family attorney Joseph Fleming the tapes are now owned by the Noble Family "only because of the struggle of CEMOTAP" and the Black Community with WABC over the decades.
Jazz Hayden a Harlem Media Activist who has been exposing police abuses by videotaping the police as they engage in their "Stop and Frisk program will not only pay tribute but will discuss his own organization's videotaping program and how it can be expanded to other boroughs. Hayden has an upcoming trial date after being arrested for this constitutionally protected videotaping activity.
CEMOTAP Co-Chairs Betty Dopson and James McIntosh will share hosting duties and pay tribute to the CEMOTAP Executive Committee, the key workers of the organization who have labored behind the scenes for 25 years. Two of the original Executive Committee Members John Pounds and Arnold White are ancestors and will be honored during an opening libation.
CEMOTAP has also produced radio programs, cable TV programs and most recently an internet TV program called "Like it Should Be," inspired by Gil Noble's, "Like It Is" on CEMOTAPS YOUTUBE Channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/CEMOTAP1
Culture is a WeaponSpoken Word/HipHop Benefit for Freedom Fighters Dr. Mutulu Shakur, Sekou Odinga & Sundiata Acoli
NYC, March 16 & 17Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Labor Center Auditorium310 West 43rd St. (between 8th & 9th Aves.)
Performing Artists:
The Last Poets
Autumn Ashanti
Louis Reyes Rivera
George Edward Tait
Amiri Baraka
Sam "The Spook" Greenlee
Tony Mitchelson
"Q"
The Verbal Artisan
Alkamal
Lora Rene' Tucker "The Therapeutic Poet"
Aidge of the "Aesthetics Crew"
Guerrilla Republik
M-1 of Dead Prez
IMPACT
Maroon Society
MeccaGodZilla
Final Outlaw
Hassan Salaam
Rebel Diaz
Unseen Reality
Mc GLO
The Sargonites
Immortal Technique
Yatta Kill
Propaganda Anonymous
The Black "U.N."
Collective Flow
Featuring: NYC HIP HOP HYROGLYPHIC-GRAFFITTI ART EXHIBITION & AUCTION by:
Emory Douglas, "original" Black Panther Party, Minister Of Culture
Carlito Rovira, Young Lords Party Veteran
Legendary Hip Hop Photographer Ernie Panicoli, Zulu Nation
LAVA 1&2 HIP HOP USA's Revolutionary Sneaker Series
SEN One, Sophia Dawson, SinXero
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
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