Patrice Emery Lumumba (1925-1961) was the first prime minister of the Republic of the Congo. His fame rests on the manner of his death and on the symbolic character of his short public life. Patrice Lumumba was born on July 2, 1925, at Onalua near the...

Worill, Conrad W. Philadelphia Tribune, The 07-12-2002 As we prepare for the upcoming Millions For Reparations Rally that will be held on Aug. 17, the 115th birthday of the Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey, in Washington, D.C. we should remember to lift the spirit...

As we prepare for the 27th Annual National Black United Front Convention in Baltimore, Maryland from July 13-16 we should remember to lift the spirit of some of our great ances-tors who made signif-icant contri-butions to the African Liber-ation Move-ment. One of these great...

Spying: They call it the CIA's "dirty laundry": declassified documents on assassination plots, domestic surveillance, abductions and the like. But those fighting the terror war can't win without getting their hands dirty.In announcing the public release of nearly 700 pages detailing controversial CIA activities over...

Ryszard Kapuscinski's chief metier was Africa and Latin America in the throes of violent revolution. As a roving foreign correspondent for Poland's state press agency for more than two decades, he likely witnessed more tumult than any of his peers.But Kapuscinski, who died Tuesday at...