BIB 2016 Elections and The Struggle for Self-determination Photos

BIB 2016 Elections and The Struggle for Self-determination Photos

The Black Is Back Coalition held its’ National Conference with the theme of the 2016 Elections and The Struggle for Self-determination on April 9th in Harlem, NY. Speakers included the Black Is Back Coalition’s Chairman Omali Yeshitela, Glen Ford of Black Agenda Report, Zaki Baruti of the Universal African People’s Organization, Nellie Bailey of the Harlem Tenants’ Council and others. The event was filled with organizations and individuals from around the country who felt the need to have questions surrounding the 2016 U.S. presidential elections addressed from the perspective of the Black Is Back Coalition.

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Mother’s day march to Albany for the wrongfully incarcerated, May 8, leaving from the Adam Clayton Powell State Office Building in Harlem

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Join me, Sharonne Salaam, the mother of Yusef Salaam, a young Black man that spent 12 years behind bars for something he didn’t do. I need your help. On Mother’s Day, May 8, 2016, Justice 4 the Wrongfully Incarcerated will be walking to Albany, New York for legislative change on behalf of the wrongfully incarcerated and their families.  (Please click here to register if you wish to participate).   Some of the legislative changes we seek include accountability for all Judges, Assistant District Attorneys (ADAs), and police officers. We ask for a review of all cases worked on by the police and ADAs that led to wrongful incarceration. We seek an elimination of blanket immunity offered judges, ADA’s and police in these cases.…

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The Debate About Mammograms Rages On. Are they Healthy, or Do they Do More Harm than Good?

In response to an article that was previously posted on this blog negating the so called health benefits of the mammogram, we received the following response from a doctor who was disturbed that we would publish such an article.   She writes: “This article is extremely upsetting to me as a scientist, medical doctor and black woman. Often when we find breast cancer in black women it is fairly advanced probably in part because women are avoiding or unable to get mammograms. Even if this article is a joke, it is one in terrible taste. Many medical procedures use radiation, but we make a calculation about the risks versus the benefits. X-rays have radiation, but are you just going to let…

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