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American educator and author

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Latest podcast episodes about Akinyele Umoja

Books are Good, Actually
We Will Shoot Back Part 2

Books are Good, Actually

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 53:26


A little late but we completed We Will Shoot Back by Akinyele Umoja! We discussed lesson's learned with organizing and self-defense, Jimmy apparently discovered that he did read about Mississippi civil rights history, and our lack of knowledge of Nation of Islam. June - Log Off Why Posting and Politics (Almost) Never Mix by Katherine Cross

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Closer Look with Rose Scott
Remembering Malcolm X's revolutionary legacy 100 years after his birth; Spelman 2025 mathematics grad to pursue a career as an aerospace engineer

Closer Look with Rose Scott

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 50:22


Monday marks what would have been Malcolm X’s 100th birthday. Akinyele Umoja, a professor in the department of Africana Studies at Georgia State University, talks more about the Muslim minister and civil and human rights leader’s life and legacy, from his early years when he was known as “Detroit Red” to his period within the Nation of Islam. Professor Umoja also discusses his own involvement in the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement. INSERT: We continue with WABE’s “Server South” series. Residents in Fayetteville brace for rapid data center development, basically in their backyards, we air WABE Southside reporter DorMiya Vance’s latest report. Plus, for “Closer Look’s” Class of 2025 graduation series, we hear from Winter Jones. The standout graduate is part of Spelman College’s largest-ever graduating class, consisting of 694 students. While earning her degree, Jones became an astronaut scholar and worked with NASA on reducing emissions from supersonic jets. Now, Jones talks with Rose about her academic journey and her dreams of becoming an aerospace engineer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Books are Good, Actually
We Will Shoot Back Part 1

Books are Good, Actually

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 46:33


For April, we read the first four chapters of We Will Shoot Back by Akinyele Umoja. We discussed our knowledge of civil rights movement, non violence vs self defense, surprising new things we learned and also who we would be in the foxhole with! May - Finish up We Will Shoot BackJune - Log Off Why Posting and Politics (Almost) Never Mix by Katherine Cross

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Stayed On Freedom
Episode 10: "In Defense of Our Peace..."

Stayed On Freedom

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2025 33:30


Join us for this episode as we take a trip down memory lane to Greensboro, AL and The Safe House Museum. We also took a trp to Atlanta, GA to have a conversation with Educator and Author Dr. Akinyele Umoja about the Black freedom movement. The Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium “Stayed On Freedom” podcast engages foot soldiers, leaders, scholars and ‘extraordinary ordinary' people who are “stayed on freedom.” We remember to remember how the history and continuing legacy of the Black freedom movement and our Civil Rights Heritage Sites have transformed communities and changed the world! The views and opinions expressed are those of the podcast hosts, guests and participants and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium. Donate to the Consortium⁠ ⁠ ⁠https://aaacrhsc.org/donate/ Explore the podcast

Tavis Smiley
Akinyele Umoja joins Tavis Smiley

Tavis Smiley

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2024 42:06


Africana Studies Professor and author Akinyele Umoja takes us on a journey into history as we look at the lessons learned from the Mississippi Freedom Summer and why the Civil Rights Act from 60 years ago must live on today.

Millennials Are Killing Capitalism
“The Mind Is the Weapon” - Thandisizwe Chimurenga and Yusef “Bunchy” Shakur on the Political Writings of Sanyika Shakur

Millennials Are Killing Capitalism

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2023 101:57


In this episode we welcome Thandisizwe Chimurenga and Yusef “Bunchy” Shakur to have a conversation that revolves around Sanyika Shakur's final book, Stand-Up, Struggle Forward: New Afrikan Revolutionary Writings on Nation, Class and Patriarchy. Thandisizwe Chimurenga is an award-winning Los Angeles-based journalist. Having worked in print and radio/broadcast journalism, she is the author of No Doubt: The Murder(s) of Oscar Grant; Reparations … Not Yet: A Case for Reparations and Why We Must Wait; the soon-to-be-published Some Of Us Are Brave: Interviews and Conversations with Sistas on Life, Art and Struggle, published by Daraja Press, and Nobody Knows My Name: Coming of Age in and Resilience After the Black Power Movement co-written with Deborah Jones, to be published by Diasporic Africa Press. Her commitment to infusing radical Black feminist/womanist politics within Revolutionary New Afrikan Nationalism, which she believes is key to destroying capitalism, patriarchy and white supremacist imperialism, has been informed by Aminata Umoja, Assata Shakur, Pearl Cleage, bell hooks, Angela Davis, Queen Mother Moore, Gloria Richardson, Fannie Lou Hamer, Ella Baker, Claudia Jones, Ida B Wells and the “Amazons” of Dahomey. Yusef “Bunchy” Shakur is a father, neighborhood organizer, author of multiple books, educator and a member of Community Movement Builders. He organizes in Detroit, Michigan. Yusef wrote the foreword to Sanyika's Stand Up, Struggle Forward which we're discussing today and Sanyika Shakur wrote the foreword to Yusef Shakur's book Redemptive Soul.  In this discussion Thandisizwe and Yusef talk about their own personal and political relationships with Sanyika Shakur and to his writings. We talk a little bit about New Afrikan political thought as it emanated from the New Afrikan Prisoners Organization particularly as was elaborated by Owusu Yaki Yakubu formerly known under the names James “Yaki” Sayles and Atiba Shanna. We discuss the importance of terminology within the New Afrikan Independence Movement and the contributions of Yaki and Sanyika to this body of political thought.  Thandisizwe Chimurenga and Yusef “Bunchy” Shakur share reflections on Sanyika's writings on patriarchy, homophobia and transphobia and on revolutionary transformation. They discuss the difficulties of re-entry for politicized and political prisoners in an environment without a strong political home to return to, as well as the use of solitary confinement and control units as weapons against politicized figures. Since the publication of our last episode Dr. Mutulu Shakur has transitioned beyond this realm and we want to send our condolences to all of his loved ones and co-strugglers, we also want to take this moment to recognize his indelible contributions to the New Afrikan Independence Movement and the cause of Black Liberation. In the show notes we will link to the book we discuss which can be found through Kersplebedeb or leftwingbooks.net along with the writings of Yaki. We highly, highly recommend both. We will also include a link to many more related writings available digitally through Freedom Archives.  And of course if you like what we do, bringing you these episodes on a weekly basis, become a patron of the show. You can do so for as little as $1 a month at patreon.com/millennialsarekillingcapitalism Links: Thandisizwe's website (includes ways to support her work) Yusef "Bunchy" Shakur's website (includes a store with his books) Stand-Up, Struggle Forward: New Afrikan Revolutionary Writings on Nation, Class and Patriarchy Meditations on Frantz Fanon's Wretched of the Earth: New Afrikan Revolutionary Writings by James "Yaki" Sayles Freedom Archives: New Afrikan Prisoner Organization Archives "Pathology of Patriarchy: A Search for Clues at the Scene of the Crime" by Sanyika Shakur Beneath My Surface - Thandisizwe Chimurenga (includes reflection on Sanyika's passing as discussed in the episode) Day of the Gun (George Jackson Doc) The Political Theory of Dr. Mutulu Shakur with Thandisizwe Chimurenga, Kalonji Changa, & Akinyele Umoja  

Groundings
The COINTELPRO war

Groundings

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2023 64:37


In this episode of the Groundings podcast, host Musa Springer talks with Dr. Akinyele Umoja, a scholar, activist, and author, about the notorious COINTELPRO program. This program was led by the FBI and local police departments, and was an all-out war on Black organizers. This episode delves into the history, consequences, and the struggle led by Black organizers to expose the violent program.Dr. Umoja provides a comprehensive understanding of the COINTELPRO program, its inception, and first-hand account of its impact on Black liberation movements in the US. The episode begins with a discussion about Assata Shakur, a prominent figure within the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army, and her experiences with COINTELPRO.Dr. Umoja shares his insights on the counterintelligence and counterinsurgency tactics used by the FBI to disrupt and neutralize Black nationalist movements, and how these tactics are relevant and still in use today. He also discusses the discovery of the COINTELPRO program and the subsequent congressional hearings that confirmed its existence.

The Cadre Journal
New Afrikan Liberation and Anti-Imperialism: Speeches from Akinyele Umoja and Obi Egbuna Jr.

The Cadre Journal

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2023 93:02


On March 23rd, Akinyele Umoja (New African Peoples Organization, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement) and Obi Egbuna Jr. (External Relations Officer for the Zimbabwe-Cuba Friendship Association) presented speeches at Cornell University on the liberation struggle for New Afrikans and the global connections of this struggle to that of Zimbabwe, Palestine, Cuba, and much more. Thank you to the Cornell Pan-African Students Association for hosting this collaborative event. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cadre-journal/support

The_C.O.W.S.
The C. O. W. S. w/ Akinyele O. Umoja: Jackson, Mississippi Water Crisis in Context #MedgarEvers

The_C.O.W.S.

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2022


The Context of White Supremacy welcomes the return of Dr. Akinyele Umoja. We spoke with him previously in the autumn of 2014 to discuss his book: We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement. Jackson is mentioned dozens of times in this text as the focus of counter violence efforts from people classified as black. We'll explore the water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi from through this historical lens. White media outlets reported on low water pressure and boil notices for the predominantly black town for a good portion of the summer. We'll examine the history of this region of Mississippi which boasts a long tradition of counter-violence - including the great Medgar Evers. We'll ask if this heavily black populated city's tradition of black resistance contributed to decades of health-compromising water problems for black residents of Jackson. #WaterTheMagnolias #BillRussell #TheCOWS13 INVEST in The COWS – http://paypal.me/TheCOWS Cash App: https://cash.app/$TheCOWS CALL IN NUMBER: 720.716.7300 CODE 564943#

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Auxiliary Statements
59. Community Self-Defence, Guns & the Black Panthers

Auxiliary Statements

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2022 66:34


Alright, we're finally drawing some conclusions about the whole 'MILITANCY' thing. Universal conscription sounds scary...but what if it wasn't? Reading: Repression Breeds Resistance: The Black Liberation Army and the Radical Legacy of the Black Panther Party by Akinyele Umoja from "Setting Sights" (Scott Crow) Rittenhouse and white backlash by Daniel Lazare https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1373/rittenhouse-and-white-backlash/ Our gun rights too by Paul Demarty https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1374/our-gun-rights-too/

Riot Starter TV
We Will Shoot Back: History of Armed Resistance

Riot Starter TV

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2021 76:49


 In this edition of #RiotStarterTV there will be a discussion around the history of Armed Resistance in Mississippi. Dr. Akinyele Umoja joins Kalonji Changa in a one-on-one discussion around Umoja's book, "We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement".Dr. Akinyele Umoja, is an educator, scholar-activist and author. He is a professor of the Department of African-American Studies at Georgia State University. Dr. Umoja's writing has been featured in scholarly publications including The Journal of Black Studies, New Political Science, The International Journal of Africana Studies, Black Scholar, Radical History Review, and Socialism and Democracy.#AkinyeleUmoja #RobertFWilliamsSHOW MORE

The Carl Nelson Show
Neely Fuller Jr. & Professor Akinyele Umoja l The Carl Nelson Show

The Carl Nelson Show

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2021 98:39


Dr. Frances Cress Welsings' mentor Neely Fuller Jr. will explain how he coined the phrase Racism/White Supremacy which is now universal. Before  Brother Neely, Professor and Department Chair of the Department of African-American Studies at Georgia State University (GSU), Akinyele Umoja discusses his book, We Will Shoot Back. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Real News Podcast
Is it time to talk about armed-self defense for Black people?

The Real News Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2020 27:30


Is there a place for armed self-defense among Black freedom fighters today? Jacqueline Luqman talks history and strategy with Dr. Akinyele Umoja.Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate.

Teaching Hard History: American Slavery
Nonviolence and Self-Defense – w/ Wesley Hogan, Christopher Strain and Akinyele Umoja

Teaching Hard History: American Slavery

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2020 95:20


Armed resistance and nonviolent direct action co-existed throughout the civil rights era. In this episode, three historians confront some comfortable assumptions about nonviolence and self-defense. Wesley Hogan examines the evolution, value and limitations of nonviolence in the movement. Christopher Strain offers a three-part strategy for rethinking this false dichotomy in the classroom. And Akinyele Umoja offers insights about armed resistance from his research in Mississippi. For more movement music inspired by this episode, visit this new Spotify playlist. And check out the enhanced full transcript of this episode.

Black Agenda Radio
Black Agenda Radio - 06.01.20

Black Agenda Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2020 54:26


 Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I'm Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: The civil rights movement was not totally non-violent, certainly not in bloody Mississippi. An imprisoned former Black Panther battles Covid-19. And, Black women's rights to control their own bodies are still under assault, a century and half after slavery.    But first – It's feeling much like the 1960s in America, with protests and clashes with police in scores of cities in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, in Minneapolis. One of those protests, in Newark, New Jersey, was led by Larry Hamm, chairman of the Peoples Organization for Progress. Larry Hamm is also running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Cory Booker. Hamm has been endorsed by Dr. Cornel West, the activist and public intellectual. The U.S. civil rights movement may have been led by proponents of non-violence, but Black folks in Mississippi believed in defending themselves from racist attack. Akinyele Umoja is a professor of African American Studies at Georgia State University, and author of the book, "We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance and the Mississippi Freedom Movement.” In fact, he says most Black families in rural areas of the South owned guns. Jalil Muntaqim is a former member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army. Muntaqim has been behind bars for almost half a century, repeatedly denied parole. Now he's battling Covid-19 in a New York prison hospital. For the latest on Muntaqim's condition, we spoke with Jihad Abdulmumit, chair of the Jericho Movement Slavery may have been abolished more than a century ago, but Black women still battle for the right to full ownership of their own bodies. Jill Morrison is director of the Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship at Georgetown University, where she is a law professor. Morrison has written an article titled "Resuscitating the Black Body: Reproductive Justice as Resistance to the State's Property Interest in Black Women's Reproductive Capacity." 

Black Agenda Radio
Black Agenda Radio - 06.01.20

Black Agenda Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2020 54:26


 Welcome to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. I’m Margaret Kimberley, along with my co-host Glen Ford. Coming up: The civil rights movement was not totally non-violent, certainly not in bloody Mississippi. An imprisoned former Black Panther battles Covid-19. And, Black women’s rights to control their own bodies are still under assault, a century and half after slavery.    But first – It’s feeling much like the 1960s in America, with protests and clashes with police in scores of cities in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, in Minneapolis. One of those protests, in Newark, New Jersey, was led by Larry Hamm, chairman of the Peoples Organization for Progress. Larry Hamm is also running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Cory Booker. Hamm has been endorsed by Dr. Cornel West, the activist and public intellectual. The U.S. civil rights movement may have been led by proponents of non-violence, but Black folks in Mississippi believed in defending themselves from racist attack. Akinyele Umoja is a professor of African American Studies at Georgia State University, and author of the book, "We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance and the Mississippi Freedom Movement.” In fact, he says most Black families in rural areas of the South owned guns. Jalil Muntaqim is a former member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army. Muntaqim has been behind bars for almost half a century, repeatedly denied parole. Now he’s battling Covid-19 in a New York prison hospital. For the latest on Muntaqim’s condition, we spoke with Jihad Abdulmumit, chair of the Jericho Movement Slavery may have been abolished more than a century ago, but Black women still battle for the right to full ownership of their own bodies. Jill Morrison is director of the Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellowship at Georgetown University, where she is a law professor. Morrison has written an article titled "Resuscitating the Black Body: Reproductive Justice as Resistance to the State’s Property Interest in Black Women’s Reproductive Capacity." 

Black Talk Radio Network
Conversation Reparations: El Hajj Malik El- Shabazz Omowale aka Malcolm X on Reparations

Black Talk Radio Network

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2020 59:00


In this episode of Conversation Reparations, host Jumoke Ifetayo speaks with Dr. Akinyele Umoja and Dr. Errol Henderson about Malcolm X’s views on reparations.

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Black Talk Radio Network
Conversation Reparations: El Hajj Malik El- Shabazz Omowale aka Malcolm X on Reparations

Black Talk Radio Network

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2020 58:15


In this episode of Conversation Reparations, host Jumoke Ifetayo speaks with Dr. Akinyele Umoja and Dr. Errol Henderson about Malcolm X’s views on reparations.

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KPFA - Africa Today
Africa Today – November 25, 2019

KPFA - Africa Today

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2019 49:35


interview with Dr. Akinyele Umoja on the life and work of Jamil Al Amin (formerly H. “Rap” Brown) The post Africa Today – November 25, 2019 appeared first on KPFA.

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Voices From The Frontlines
Akinyele Umoja, author of We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement.

Voices From The Frontlines

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2019 57:04


This week on Voices From the Frontlines, we'll hear from Akinyele Umoja, founding member of the New Afrikan People's Organization and the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement and author of We Will Shoot: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom movement.  The strategy center Co-Hosted a Night in Conversation with Akinyele Umoja and Eric Mann, hosted by Professor Robin Kelley May 2019. Tune in for a great conversation on Movement Building, revolution and Akinyele's book We Will Shoot Back.  Voices from the Frontlines needs your help to dramatically expand our audience and to create a core group of Voices-Radio Action Organizers. Today Eric and Channing will speak about building an organizing team among listeners of Voices from the Frontlines to expand the audience and influence of Your National Movement Building Show.  Take a listen.

Brand New Podcast
Afro-Venezuelans and the Bolivarian Revolution: A Discussion with Akinyele Umoja

Brand New Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2019 59:48


In this episode of our joint podcast series with Millennial Politics on Venezuela, Brand New Congress Chief Policy Director Jordan Valerie Allen speaks with Akinyele Umoja, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of African-American Studies at Georgia State University and founding member of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement and the New Afrikan People's Organization, to discuss the history of Blackness in Venezuela, Afro-Venezuelan support for the Bolivarian Revolution, the racialization of Hugo Chávez, and more. (Professor Umoja is not affiliated with Brand New Congress and speaks only for himself as a guest on this podcast episode.)

Millennial Politics Podcast
Afro-Venezuelans and the Bolivarian Revolution: A Discussion with Akinyele Umoja

Millennial Politics Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2019 60:44


Akinyele Umoja, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of African-American Studies at Georgia State University and founding member of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement and the New Afrikan People's Organization, joins us for the Brand New Congress-Millennial Politics joint podcast series on Venezuela to discuss the history of Blackness in Venezuela, Afro-Venezuelan support for the Bolivarian Revolution, the racialization of Hugo Chávez, and more.

KPFA - Africa Today
Africa Today – March 11, 2019

KPFA - Africa Today

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2019 59:58


interview with Dr. Akinyele Umoja on Venezuela and an interview on Haiti with Pierre Labossiere and Ustadi Kadiri of Haiti Action Network The post Africa Today – March 11, 2019 appeared first on KPFA.

Groundings
The Politics of Food and Blackness in Venezuela (Part 2)

Groundings

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2019 94:15


This is part two of a special report on Venezuela, in collaboration with Venezuelanalysis.com. First I speak with Christina Schiavoni, scholar and activist who deals with issues of food, food sovereignty, and agriculture. Her work in Venezuela has been very important to dispelling misinformation about food, food shortages, and agricultural production in Venezuela, as well as the great strides towards food sovereignty that the Bolivarian Revolution has made. We specifically reference an essay of hers titled "The Politics of Food in Venezuela" that masterfully combats myths and intentional misinformation surrounding the subject. Then Jeanette Charles of Venezuelanalysis.com interviews Dr. Akinyele Umoja, head of Georgia State University's Black Studies department and co-founder of the Malcom X Grassroots Movement. Akinyele is a friend of the Walter Rodney Foundation and has an incredible ability to tie relevant historical information in Black history with the social, political, and cultural movements of today. In this interview he discusses the long history of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement doing solidarity work with Afro-Venezuelans, how the Bolivarian Revolution was a Black revolution, and how the government has taken great strides to help African people both in Venezuela and throughout the entire diaspora. Dr. Umoja has traveled several times to Venezuela, including for the International Meeting on Reparations for African peoples which was held in Caracas. A very special thank you to Jonathan Chai-Chang Azterbaum, who did post-production for this episode, as well as part 1. If you missed part 1, where we cover the grassroots activist perspectives of the importance of the Bolivarian Revolution and elections in Venezuela, you can listen here.

IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH with Dr. Celine Gounder
S3E10 / Gun Violence in America / This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed

IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH with Dr. Celine Gounder

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2019 23:36


The Civil Rights Movement is famous for its nonviolent tactics, but was it really nonviolent? What role did guns play? Can you have a nonviolent movement and still be armed? Guests: Charles E. Cobb, journalist, author of “This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed,” and former activist with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; and Akinyele Umoja, Chair of the Department of African American Studies at Georgia State University, author of “We Will Shoot Back,” and founding member of the New Afrikan People’s Organization and the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement. | insicknessandinhealthpodcast.com | glow.fm/insicknessandinhealth | #EndGunViolence #GunViolence #GVP #GunSafety #MentalHealth #MentalIllness #Suicide #SuicidePrevention #MeansMatter #Instrumentality #SelfDefense #ERPO #ExtremeRiskProtectionOrder #RedFlag #GVPO #MassShooting #IntimatePartnerViolence #DomesticViolence #EveryTown #MomsDemandAction #MomsDemand #StudentsDemandAction #StudentsDemand #MarchForOurLives #BradyCampaign #FamilyFire #Giffords #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #ThisIsOurLane #EnoughIsEnough #NeverAgain #NationalEmergency #MedHum #MedHumChat #NarrativeMedicine #HealthHumanities #SocialMedicine #SocialJustice #SDoH

Blacks with Power| Make America Great through Black Power
We Will Shoot Back to Make Black Lives Matter

Blacks with Power| Make America Great through Black Power

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2017 38:01


Almost a year ago, Micah Xavier Johnson decided to shoot back.  Between war in Afghanistan and the rash of racially motivated violence that leaves us all questioning if Black lives matter in America, Micah Johnson struggled with mental illness. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC97IFisr70 Now, that's no excuse for his actions... But a more important basis for his rage is what James Baldwin alluded to in The Fire Next Time. The title alone should say enough. But Baldwin spoke as a "transcendent Negro" to his nephew - angry in the face of racial oppression. He pleaded with his nephew and other young Blacks to not resort to violence. Yet even as he makes this appeal, Baldwin is well aware that next time there'd be no peace...only the fire. It was that fire that compelled Micah to shoot back. And his actions beg the question... Does the Decision to Shoot Back Ever Become Part of the Strategy to Make Black Lives Matter? Of course no one wants to ask that question. But it's an important question...especially as we continue to see incident after incident of State sanctioned murder. And that's what I talk about with Prof. Akinyele Umoja of Georgia State University. We talk about the historic role of armed resistance in Civil Rights Movement and the need for Black Nationalism. Listen to the show below. Or, you can watch Blacks with Power on YouTube! What do you think about armed resistance? What about Black Nationalism? I definitely want to hear from you and know your thoughts. Join the BWP Group on Facebook! Share your thoughts, questions and comments and let's continue the discussion! Dr. Umoja said you must study, organize on your own campuses and connect with likeminded students on other campuses. If you want to know how to start that process, click here to download my eBook. Resources Mentioned in this Episode: Dr. Umoja's Recommended Black Power Reading List Malcolm X Grassroots Movement The Birth of a Nation (MOVIE) The Second Amendment & White Supremacy Population control and the White Majority The Republic of New Afrika Mizzou: History of Campus Activism

The Way with Anoa
Guest Akinyele Umoja Author of We Will Shoot Back!

The Way with Anoa

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2017 54:53


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Left of Black
Season 4, Episode 10

Left of Black

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2014 20:49


Mark Anthony Neal is joined by Akinyele Umoja to talk about his new book, "We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement".

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KPFA - Making Contact
Making Contact – COINTELPRO 101 (Part 2)

KPFA - Making Contact

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2011 4:29


COINTELPRO, the secret FBI project to infiltrate and disrupt domestic organizations thought to be “subversive.”, targeted many African American, Native American, and other movements for self-determination by people of color in the U.S.  Between 1956 and 1971, the FBI conducted more than 2,000 COINTELPRO operations.  Over the next two weeks, we'll broadcast the documentary film “COINTELPRO 101.” Today we hear the second half of the film, produced by the Freedom Archives.   Special thanks to The Freedom Archives.   Featuring:   Muhammad Ahmad/Max Stanford, Revolutionary Action Movement founder and national field chairman; Akinyele Umoja, Georgia State University African-American Studies Professor; Geronimo Pratt, Black Panther Party member and former political prisoner; Stokely Charmichael/Kwame Ture, former Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee chairman; Bob Doyle, attorney; Laura Whitehorn, Activist and former political prisoner; Kathleen Cleaver, Black Panther Party member and attorney; Wesley Swearingen, former FBI special agent; Ward Churchill, Native American activist and author; Joan Bird, Black Panther Party; Jeanne Hamilton, Juror in Geronimo Pratt's case; Senator Frank Church; Jose Lopez, Puerto Rican Cultural Center Executive Director; Ricardo Romero, Al Frente de Lucha co-founder; Priscilla Falcon, University of Northern Colorado Professor of Hispanic Studies; Francisco Martinez, Chicano/Mejicano activist and attorney     For More Information: Freedom Archives-COINTELPRO 101 http://www.freedomarchives.org/Cointelpro.html   Black Panther Party for Self Defense http://www.blackpanther.org/   Mumia Abu-Jamal/Prison Radio http://www.prisonradio.org/mumia.htm   USA PATRIOT Act http://www.aclu.org/national-security/usa-patriot-act   Revolutionary Action Movement http://www.monroefordham.org/organizations/Black_RAM.html   Puerto Rican Cultural Center http://prcc-chgo.org/   Al Frente de Luche Cultural Center http://www.alfrente.org/   School of Unity and Liberation (SOUL) http://www.schoolofunityandliberation.org/   Ward Churchill Solidarity Network http://wardchurchill.net/   American Indian Movement (AIM) http://www.aimovement.org/   Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee http://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info/   Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz http://www.reddirtsite.com/   The post Making Contact – COINTELPRO 101 (Part 2) appeared first on KPFA.

KPFA - Africa Today
Africa Today – January 18, 2010

KPFA - Africa Today

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2010 8:58


A discussion of recent developments in the  country of Haiti with panelists Pierre Labossiere of the Haiti Action Network , Walter Riley of the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund, Barbara Rhine an Oakland, California attorney, and Akinyele Umoja, Associate Professor of African American Studies at Georgia State University. The post Africa Today – January 18, 2010 appeared first on KPFA.

KPFA - Africa Today
Africa Today – November 12, 2007

KPFA - Africa Today

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2007 8:59


Interview with representatives of Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Covering the history of the New Afrikan Peoples Organization, History of Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Political Prisoners, organizing New Afrikan youth, Hip Hop culture. With Dr. Akinyele Umoja, founding member Malcolm X Grassroots Organization, Javad Jahi and Akua Jackson-Malcolm X Grassroots The post Africa Today – November 12, 2007 appeared first on KPFA.

KPFA - Africa Today
Africa Today – September 10, 2007

KPFA - Africa Today

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2007 8:59


Africa Today/Transitions on Traditions honors the life and the legacy of Dr. Asa G. Hilliard III, Nana Baffour Amankwatia II. The program includes the words of Dr. Hilliard and commentary from scholars, activists, and friends; Dr. James Turner, Dr. Runoko Rashidi, Dr. Siri Briggs, Manu Ampim, Dr. Akinyele Umoja, Nzingha Heru, Dr. Oba T’Shaka, Naeem Deskins, and others. Hosted by Gregg Bridges and Walter Turner. The post Africa Today – September 10, 2007 appeared first on KPFA.