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Huey P Newton #1098

It was during his time at Oakland City College[citation needed] that Newton, along with Bobby Seale, organized the Black Panther Party for Self Defense in October 1966. Bobby Seale assumed the role of Chairman, while Huey P. Newton became Minister of Defense.

Huey P Newton #1157

Newton was born in Monroe, Louisiana, the seventh and youngest child in his family, from Armelia and Walter Newton, a sharecropper and Baptist minister. He was named after Louisiana governor Huey Long. Newton’s family moved to Oakland, California when he was three.

Ida B. Wells #1138

Ida B. Wells was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Wells became a public figure in Memphis when in 1884 she led a campaign against segregation on the local railway. In 1884, she was asked by the conductor of the Chesapeake, Ohio & South Western Railroad Company to give up her seat on the train to a white man and ordered into the smoking or “Jim Crow” car.

John Hanson #1299

Caption from poster: A “Black” Man, A Moor, John Hanson Was the First President of the United States! 1781-1782 A.D. George Washington was not the first President of the United States. In fact, the first President of the United States was one John Hanson. Don’t go checking the encyclopedia for this guy’s name – he is one of those great men that are lost  to history.

Katrina #1246

Nowadays 1937, Flood victims in louisville, Ky wait in line for food at a relief center. Same old sh*@##.

Klu klux Klan #1228

The birth of a nation.

Let Freedom Ring #1193

Let freedom ring.

Louis Farrakhan #1017

Louis Farrakhan (born Louis Eugene Walcott, May 11, 1933 in the Bronx, New York), is the head of the Nation of Islam. Farrakhan joined the Nation of Islam in July of 1955.

Malom X #1005

Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little, also known as Detroit Red and El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (North Omaha, Nebraska, May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965 in New York City) was a Black Muslim Minister and National Spokesman for the Nation of Islam. He was also founder of the Muslim Mosque, Inc. and the Organization of Afro-American Unity.