The 60th Year Anniversary of the Black Power Movement.

 

This year is the sixtieth anniversary of the Black Power movement. I dedicate these words to God, my black ancestors, to black people, and well-meaning people of every color. A lot has gone on historically since that time being filled with progress and the regression of our God-given rights as black people (from many of our voting rights suppressed, the whitewashing of black museums, and the attacks of legitimate DEI programs). We witnessed many triumphs and setbacks. To start, our history as black people is filled with resiliency. We are the first humans on this Earth who originated from the Motherland of Africa, as Black is Beautiful. We made advanced civilizations all over the continent of Africa from Kush, Ghana, Mali, and to Songhai. Later, white racists (along with traitors which made up a minority of black people in Africa) used the Maafa to murder, rape, abuse, split families, eliminate cultures, eliminate religious traditions, and assault black people in a vicious fashion. Black people fought back against the Maafa and oppression in general in the Motherland of Africa, in the ships, in the Americas, and worldwide for liberation. Our ancestors lived to see the end of the Maafa, the end of the American Civil War (that resulted in the defeat of the Confederate enemy in 1865), Reconstruction (with the first time that black people had political office federally in America), and Jim Crow apartheid. Advocacy of Black Power existed long before 1966. Richard Wright, a black author and social activist, wrote about Black Power in the 1950s. Kevin K. Gaines, W.E.B. DuBois, Paul Robeson, Julian Mayfield, Ida B. Wells, Booker T. Washington, and people spoke about black empowerment and black self-determination. Malcolm X fought for black liberation and black independence too. Malcolm X promoted Black Nationalism and wanted to be more revolutionary by 1965 (in questioning his own definition or labeling of Black Nationalism by 1965). Robert F. Williams of Monroe, North Carolina wanted African Americans to promote self-defense against racist terrorism back in the 1950s and early 1960s. The Civil Rights Movement (made of black people and people of all colors) fought hard to allow the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act to exist as a way to combat racial discrimination and oppression. 

There was progress in the 1960s, but many reforms weren't readily sent to the grassroots, poor, and working-class black Americans. In the West (during the 1965 Watts rebellion in Los Angeles), the Midwest, and the North, civil rights legislation already existed in various states by the 1960s. Yet, those regions had de facto segregation or segregation by custom or unwritten rules filled with educational issues, health issues, economic injustices, widespread discrimination, high unemployment, underemployment, housing restrictions (which is why activists inspired Congress to pass the Fair Housing Act in 1968 to combat housing discrimination), and other problems. SNCC started to move from using nonviolence as a way of life to promote the revolutionary principle of self-defense. SNCC stands for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which was created at Shaw University (in April 1960), an HBCU. Ella Baker was the Mother of SNCC, and SNCC followed her philosophy of promoting grassroots, decentralized, and democratic activism to promote freedom for black people. These are the roots of the Black Power movement. Many Black Power advocates viewed the civil rights reforms as being too limited and not comprehensive enough to establish true black freedom. Congressional leader Adam Clayton Powell gave a 1966 speech at Howard University (a well-known HBCU) to promote Black Power as an audacious way to set up own institutions. This has inspired Kwame True to call for Black Power in public in Greenwood, Mississippi, by 1966. Kwame Ture was born in Trinidad, raised in New York City, and was part of SNCC. Kame Ture wanted nonviolence to be used as a tactic, not as a way of life. Then, James Meredith was shot after he protested for justice on June 6, 1966. So, Dr. King, Kwame Ture, Cleveland Sellers, Floyd McKissick, the armed Deacons for Defense and Justice, CORE, SNCC, the MFDP, MCHR, etc. joined to promote the March Against Fear to defend James Meredith (and the human rights of black people). NAACP's Roy Wilkins left the march, because he disagreed with the Deacons for Defense and Justice protecting the protesters with arms. Whitney Young left the march too over ideological reasons in his disagreements with Kwame Ture. The people of the March Against Fear marched in the South in Mississippi. Marchers of all colors chanted Freedom Now! Kwame Ture was pushed by one police officer unjustly. Ture was about to swing at the officer, and Dr. King held Ture's arm to prevent him from doing it. The march continued. Dr. King and Kwame had a respectful disagreement on tactics, not on the goal of equality and justice for black people. Both men were friends, and Dr. King mentored Kwame Ture (Kwame Ture cried when he heard the news of Dr. King's assassination). At night, Kwame Ture gave a speech in favor of Black Power in 1966 after protesters were hit with gas weapons at Greenwood, Mississippi. This development was shown worldwide. Many marchers chanted Black Power!

The Black Power movement was born, and it branched off into 3 major groups. One group was more progressive like the Black Panthers who had economically progressive views and wanted opposition to imperialism and colonialism (including their opposition to the Vietnam War). The conservative side of Black Power advocates wanted basically black capitalism, private wealth and equity growth, and many supported conservative Republicans like Richard Nixon. By the 1970s, CORE switched to be more conservative than initially being more liberal. The third major faction of the Black Power movement are cultural nationalists who were apolitical and wanted black African culture to be used a means to cause true liberation. The moderate NAACP (in 2026, the NAACP is much more progressive now) leadership back then (and some liberals) condemned Black Power as racist and compared it to the Klan, which is an old slanderous lie. The concept of Black Power desired black self-determination, love of justice, growth of black institutions, love of Blackness, and a belief in black independence. The Klan advocated violence including lynchings against innocent black people (and others), Jim Crow apartheid (which is evil and antithetical to black liberation), rape, violence, burning churches, the false view of racial inferiority of black people, and bigotry. Roy Wilkins at the 1966 NAACP Annual Convention in Los Angeles condemned Black Power and challenged SNCC and CORE on its advocacy of it. The NAACP believed in integration in a pluralistic society. The NAACP leadership back then labeled Black Power as "black racism." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a more nuance view of Black Power. Dr. King wanted actions beyond just slogans. He believed in Black Power's advocacy of self-determination to oppose domestic colonialism, and Dr. King believed in the growth of black owned institutions. Yet, Dr. King rejected separatism. He felt that some people may have the connotation of Black Power being in league with violence when that isn't the case. Dr. King saw that Black Power existed as justified cry and hurt at the failure of American society to deliver on civil rights (as said in his address at the SCLC staff retreat at Frogmore, South Carolina on November 14, 1966). Dr. King agreed with amassing black political and economic power, but it must go beyond a slogan. True Black Power never advocated unjust violence. His views are shown in his classic, outstanding 1967 book called "Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos and Community?" Dr. King was right to say, "Yes, I'm Black, I'm proud of it, I'm Black and I'm Beautiful." Dr. King correctly predicted that the growth of automation (and now, we have A.I.) will harm some jobs via massive deindustrailization plus a rapidly changing economy, so we need a radical redistribution of political and economic power to help workers. Some wanted a Freedom Budget as promoted by A. Philip Randolph which was a massive federal program for the poor, and Dr. King wanted the Poor People Campaign to eliminate poverty from American society. Dr. King and Whitney Young had a debate on the Vietnam War. Whitney Young said to Dr. King on March 6, 1967, at a party that his actions will harm LBJ on his civil rights program. Dr. King to Whitney Young that you may receive a government grant, but you won't be in the kingdom of truth. Ironically, Whitney Young would oppose the Vietnam War in 1969, because he felt that the war diverted essential funding from domestic anti-poverty programs. 

The Black Power movement continued to grow to oppose the Vietnam War, to support the 1968 Olympic protests in Mexico City (with Tommie Smith and John Carlos raising their fists in the air to demand human rights for black people), and saw a revolutionary outlook on life socially and culturally. For example, by 1966 and beyond, more black Americans wore cornrows, had Afros, chosen African first and last names, embraced their African heritage more, wore African inspired clothing, and displayed more confidence about their black heritage. Cicely Tyson wearing cornrows, Muhammad Ali displaying confidence, and James Brown showing funk represent black cultural power in action. Tons of black women were in the Black Power movement or embraced many of its principles like Angela Davis, Kathleen Cleaver, Ericka Huggins, Mae Mallory, Gloria Richardson, Frankye Adams-Johnson, Katherine Durham, Nikki Giovanni, and Miriam Makeba. 

The 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival represents the era of Black Power and black cultural excellence in general. Gladys Knights and the Pips are shown here performing great music. 

Fundamentally, power is the ability of human beings to establish their own destinies economically, socially, culturally, and politically without overt oppression. Also, power is about self-determination and pure, unadulterated independence. It is important to realize that there is no true power without environmental justice, universal health care, voting rights, human rights, an end to imperialism, educational opportunities, and the progressive growth of society collectively. There is no freedom without a clean environment, health inequalities gone, and the system of white racism eliminated from the Universe. Selfish individualism is folly as we need a community to grow power comprehensively. We are not islands on our own. We want economic justice with living wages, the right to form a union, no tax breaks for the super wealthy, and an end to poverty without disrespecting the poor or marginalized people. Black Power is the psychological embrace and love of our Blackness and the power of black people to establish their own freedom via self-determination without apology. We reject bigotry as Hoteps exploit the legitimate concepts of Black Power to advance sexism and bigotry in general which we all oppose vehemently. I believe in Pan African unity forever. The Black Power movement was the inevitable powerful revolution and evolution in the black freedom struggle that allowed tons of black people to gain confidence, power, and a revolutionary mindset to achieve human excellence. 

Now, you know the story of the Black Power movement on its 60th year anniversary. 

By Timothy

The 60th Year of the Black Panther Party of Self Defense.

 

This year, 2026, is the 60th anniversary of the Black Panther Party of Self-Defense. The Black Panthers Party was created in 1966, being inspired by tons of members of the black freedom struggle. Many of our Brothers and our Sisters sacrificed their lives for our own freedom as black human beings indeed. They existed after the victories of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Freedom Rides, the Selma Voting Rights Movement, the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The Black Panthers were founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, who vehemently opposed police brutality, racism, and the capitalist economic exploitation of oppressed communities in America, including the world. Both of them opposed the Vietnam War as an imperialistic war. Many younger people back then wanted more economic, social, and political gains as gains were very slow by the late 1960s. There was the post-World War II period that left out millions of workers and the poor. Many African Americans came to the West, the Midwest, and the North via the two Great Migrations (during the 20th century) seeking job opportunities and escape from the oppressive Jim Crow apartheid system. Many black people worked in auto factories, steel mills, and other jobs. There were legitimate legislative gains and other reforms that existed in the 1960s in fighting against Jim Crow apartheid in America. The problem of class exploitation, economic inequality, racism, and other evils persisted in the North, West, and Midwest (which resulted in many rebellions throughout the 1960s from Harlem to Watts). 

Also, there were many pro-self-defense black organizations before the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense existed in the South, like The Deacons of Defense, and Robert L. Williams (who wrote the 1962 historic book Negroes with Guns). Even some members of SNCC viewed nonviolence as a legitimate tactic for freedom, not as a way of life. Yet those who follow nonviolence as a way of life can be just as passionate for freedom and justice as those who subscribe to self-defense. The Black Panther Party was first created in the Western city of Oakland, California, which is located in the Bay Area. The Black Panthers embraced a hybrid philosophy mixing socialism, black nationalism, and Maoism. They were the progressive wing of the Black Power Movement, seeking freedom, justice, and self-determination. The Panthers embraced the motto of "power to the people." They expressed solidarity to the oppressed of the Third World who sought liberation from imperialism and colonialism. The Black Panthers had the 1967 incident when members went to the capital in Sacramento, California, to protest the California State Assembly legislators discussing the Mulford Act (which was designed to ban public displays of loaded firearms). Black Panthers walked into the legislative session. During that time, the Black Panthers had a legal right to do it. Later, Bobby Seale and five others were still arrested. The Mulford Act of 1967 was signed by California Governor Ronald Reagan (yes, that Reagan). Ironically, Reagan was an FDR liberal in the 1940s and later became a far-right Republican by the 1950s. The Ten Point Program (in wanting free health care, full employment, an end to police brutality, ending wars of aggression overseas, decent housing, and education) comprehensively describes the political, economic, and social aims of the Party. The Black Panther Party gave confidence and inspired the African American community. They regularly worked with progressives of every color too. 

The Panthers weren't just men and women who wore leather jackets, displayed weapons, and patrolled city streets on the lookout for police misconduct (which they have the God-given right to do). They formed a Breakfast Program to feed people in the community, they gave transportation (like a free ambulance program) to help the sick and elderly travel to hospitals, they tested people for sickle cell anemia, they created health clinics to help people, and they were active in protesting for basic, fundamental human rights. The Black Panthers spread globally, and one innovator of the organization was Fred Hampton, who criticized capitalism (including black capitalism), endorsed socialism, and wanted a coalition among freedom fighters of every color to confront and end oppression in general. Fred Hampton was assassinated along with fellow Panther member Mark Clark on December 4, 1969, by the Chicago Police Department. Hampton's fiancé, Deborah Johnson, was nearly killed by the police, too. She was 8 months pregnant during that time. FBI informant William O'Neal infiltrated the Chicago Black Panther organization. O'Neal later committed suicide in 1990. The hypocrite and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover hated the Black Panthers. Hampton and the Panthers in general were constantly monitored by the FBI illegally via the COINTELPRO program. The FBI conspired with local departments in cities across America to promote frameups, arrests, divisions among black revolutionary organizaiton, and outright murders like that of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark. Geronimo Pratt, a former Black Panther leader, was one of many victims of police frameups. He is related to the great actress Kyla Pratt. Comrade Sisters: Women of the Black Panther Party is a book by Stephen Shames and Ericka Huggins to show the stories of more than 50 women Black Panther members. Other members were Raymond Hewitt, Kwame Ture, Emory Douglas, Daid Hilliard, Bunchy Carter, Charles Barron, Dhoruba bin Wahad, Safiya Bukhari, and Paul Coates. Tupac Shakur and his friends had ties to the Black Panther Party. Tupac's mother, Afeni Shakur was a member. Sekou Odingo was a founder of the Bronx Black Panther Party. Afeni's friend, Yaasmyn Fula, was part of the Black Panthers, too. Tupac Shakur's blood is literally related to the Black Panther Party of Self-Defense. 

As many as 10,000 Black Panthers existed, along with a newspaper circulation of 250,000. The Black Panthers started to decline in power (by the 1970s) because of FBI infiltration, police infiltration, divisions on tactics, various splits and infighting (like the famous one between Huey P. Newton and Eldridge Cleaver. Ironically, Cleaver would sell out by being a supporter of Ronald Reagan), sexism among some members (Some Black Panther members unfortunately were sexists and abused women. The irony is that many of the greatest Black Panther Party members have been women like Afeni Shakur, Ericka Huggins, Kathleen Cleaver, Assata Shakur, Elaine Brown, Angela Davis, Barbara Easley-Cox, and Fredrika Newton. Many Black Panther members rejected sexism to be clear), some lacked an emphasis on working class power (as many of them rejected working class power to embrace solely the lumpenproletariat. The truth is that the working class and the lumpenproletariat must work together to create liberation), and other reasons. The Black Panthers were courageous, intellectual, and represented a firm personification of black courage and black strength. The Black Panther Party officially ended in 1982. We should celebrate the Black Panther Party members who had morals, did the right thing, and legitimately inspired social change. Despite its imperfections (which we must never condone), the good parts of the Black Panther Party should be cherished as part of the long part of the freedom movement that continues in our generation in 2026 indeed.

By Timothy

Conspiracy Facts

 

There are always conspiracy fictions or lies in the world. There are also conspiracy facts. I was about to write about this issue very soon. Salt from Salt-n-Pepa certainly inspired me to create information on this issue on another level. Salt in a recent 2026 interviews talked about not following the agenda of the elite and occultists, and that inspired me to write this information too. Salt told many truths about politics and lie in general. Here are some truths that we should accept as we enter further into this new 21st century.:

Lie #1: No one has historically called for a new world order or global government.

Conspiracy Fact: There are tons of people who have called for a new world order and global government. The concept of new world order may be interpreted as many things as possible to different people, but the concept of global government is blatantly self-explanatory. Global government seeks to end national sovereignty as we know it to allow a select few to control all of the governmental institutions of the Earth. Walter Cronkite was part of the Federalist Society, where he blatantly advocated for one world government. After the Persian Gulf War of the 1990s, the late President George H. W. Bush called for a new world order. Joe Biden in 2022. The new world order is a concept that many people desire to change the world political order, basically for neoliberalism to control the economic and political functions of the world in many cases. Some use the concept of the new world order to explicitly call for global government. For example, Bertrand Russell explicitly said that, "War can only be abolished by the establishment of a world government." Isaac Asimov advocated a world government with regional and local autonomy safeguarded and with cultural diversity promoted. Jawaharlal Nehru said that: "I have long believed that the only way peace can be achieved is through world government." 

Lie #2: The corporate elites are completely wholesome and never did evil internationally.

Conspiracy Fact: We know that many corporations and elitists have been exposed to have done nefarious activities in the globe. There is a 2021 book called "The Monsanto Paper: Deadly Secrets, Corporate Corruption, and One Man's Search for Justice" by Carey Gillam. It is a book that uncovers the corporate efforts to hide the health risks of popular weedkillers. Arrianna Huffington wrote a 2003 book that exposes corporate executives and politicians involving in corporate corruption. 

Lie #3: Scapegoating everyone in all religions is the right thing to do.

Fact: Some agents and liars want to blame all religions for all the evils in the world. That is a lie, as history is very complex in its cosmology or composition. Humans of diverse creeds, or no creed, have done both good and evil for millennia. We know about the dedicated atheists, Stalin and Mao, who murdered millions of people during the 20th century. We know that many people hide behind religion or exploit religion to commit atrocities, like many Crusades, using pogroms against Jewish communities throughout Europe, the Klan terrorizing black people (including Jewish people, Italians, etc.), and slaveowners who oppressed black people globally via imperialism plus colonialism. Therefore, you can never judge a whole religion based on the evil done by some folks who claim to be its "adherents." You judge a religion based on its original founder or founders and its original teachings plainly speaking. For example, we don't blame all Christians for the Maafa, and we don't blame all atheists for the Communist extermination of millions of innocent human beings during the 1900s. We are logical to mention how numerous religious leaders have historically been at the forefront of legitimate social movements like Harriet Tubman, Septima Clark, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther king Jr., Dr. Benjamin Mays, etc. I believe in God without shame. Likewise, I won't use my religious beliefs as an excuse to oppress human beings period. I follow the Golden Rule which is a preeminent ideal that we must all adhere to.

Lie #4: No true conspiracies have existed in history.

Conspiracy Fact: There are still those in the 21st century in 2026 who believe that no conspiracies have ever existed in human history. The fundamental truth is that conspiracies have existed throughout human history as a conspiracy just means more than one person planning an event, usually of nefarious intent at times, and carry it out. So, conspiracies are abundant like Operation Ajax, The Tuskegee Experiment, the Maafa, the Shoah, Operation Phoenix, and the wicked, evil assassinations of Malcolm X, President Abraham Lincoln, etc. Therefore, anyone denying the existence of actual conspiracies in the world is heavily mistaken and just purely incorrect.

Lie #5: Submitting to the status quo or being centrists is the answer.

Fact: Another lie shown by the establishment and agents, especially, is that we must embrace the status quo and be moderates or centrists for us to be free. This faulty argument has been promoted by many folks like Fetterman, Stephen A. Smith, the Third Way movement, and other acolytes. The truth is that being bold, revolutionary, and progressive makes more sense for us to see human liberation and the Promised Land for real. When Jim Crow apartheid was at its zenith, revolutionary people from Paul Robeson to Septima Clark advocated strident progressive action to achieve black freedom. Later leaders of the 1968 Memphis Sanitation workers used protests, demands, and other actions to seek pure economic justice. Even FDR (who did good and had imperfections) was never a centrist. Today, human beings use civil disobedience, protests, grassroots organizing, mentorships, and some people running or political office exist in desiring real freedom too. Centrism doesn't work, because it places numerous people like the poor out of the equation. Also, compromise to our oppressors is never equivalent to justice for all. Centrism is just plain tokenism. Our leaders were visionaries, not compromising moderates. Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Fannie Lou Hamer, Nina Simone, Lorraine Hansberry, Malcolm X, Dr. King, and Medgar Evers were grown men and grown women who stood up for our people without centrism.

By Timothy

The 100th Year Anniversary of Black History Month.

 

It has been a century since Black History Month celebrations have commenced. Over the course of a century, massive developments have existed in the world. We sent from the Roaring Twenties to the 21st century icons like Allyson Flex, Yolandia Renee King, Gabby Douglas, Ruth Simmons, Carla Hayden, Edward Enninful, Simone Biles, and Usain Bolt. We went from highways not being modernized to roads formed to drone aircraft delivering packages worldwide. Still, we rise. Our ancestors suffered the most brutal form of slavery in human history called the Maafa. They survived the whips, the chains, the abuse, and other unjustified atrocities in active defiance against tyranny. Our black ancestors herorically fought back too in Africa, in the slave ships, and in the Americas for their rightful freedom and liberation. Today, we are black people still rising to the occasion. Black history is not monolithic or static. It encompasses science and music. It deals with education and dance (with icons like Alvin Ailey, Katherine Dunham, Raven Wilkinson, the Nicholas Brothers, and Dorothy Dandridge). Black history also deals with art as black genius artists have changed the world from Elizabeth Talford Scott to Garrett Bradley. It can also focus on human resiliency and engineering as well. Black history can be close to home with our scrapbooks, our stories involving our families, our humor, and living our lives daily in the world. It is certainly a fundamental fact that culture revolves around us as the world always copies the way we talk, the way we use fashion, and the way we express ourselves in general. Yet, they can't duplicate us, because we are the original human beings on this Earth. 

We are Black History. Black History Month is one part of the year when we honor our heritage, our creativity, and our authentic identity as black human beings. For example, Gordon Parks showed art and groundbreaking film culture as a photographer and film director. Harriet Tubman not only freed slaves, but she was a person who led a battle during the American Civil War during the Combahee raid. Rosa Parks, Claudette Clovin, Dr. King, Malcolm X, Ella Baker, Septima Clark, and other heroic black people didn't just talk about black freedom. They took active steps in public to advocate and defend the right of black people (from protesting, writing literature, using civil disobedience, creating black institutions, and forming other strategies to stand up for our liberation) to be free and independent in the Universe. The creator of Black History Month was Carter G. Woodson. He and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH) helped to handle Black History Month. The celebration lasted for one week from the 1920s until 1970. The celebration was a full month in 1970. This goal was planned since 1969. One of my fondest memories of Black History Month was in February of 1996, when I was in middle school. During that time, I showed the historical contributions of Malcolm X on a poster that was celebrated in my middle school's library. It was a very joyful time in my life. Also, during elementary school, other classmates and I would sing the Black National Anthem of Lift Every Voice and Sing all of the time. For over one century, two truths abide forever. One is that Black History Month is to be celebrated yearly, not just in one month. Another truth is that Black History Month is about celebrating black history, black culture, and globally beyond just one country like America. 

By Timothy