Good afternoon, Charlotte. This is Kristen, here with some deeply sad news to share today. David T. Foster III — a loving man and an award-winning Observer photographer and videographer — was found dead in his apartment off Park Road on Monday afternoon. He was 52. Those close to Foster remember him as a teddy bear of a man with a big personality — and die-hard lover of the Tar Heels. We’re holding his family in our hearts during this time of grief. Here, you can remember Foster’s memory with folks who loved him and view some of his work from over the years. Rest in peace, David.
Liberate the Caged Voices
Front for the Liberation of the New Afrikan Nation (FROLINAN) is a political organization whose ultimate goal is the creation of an independent country for New Afrikans – Republic of New Afrika. In order to achieve it, the organization is spreading its ideas through educational programs and use of visual arts and music. While using the Garvey colors in original horizontal pattern, FROLINAN differentiates itself with use of a vertical red-black-green flag.
Introduction by Nube Brown, a budding New Afrikan
This is Part 1 of a two-part series of my interview with Jalil Muntaqim on Prison Focus Radio (KPOO San Francisco 89.5FM or KPOO.com) April 22, 2021. I made specific excerpts and edits to align with this month’s theme, Mother Africa – a place called home but that so many of us have been conditioned to forget and abandon, our connective tissue and roots ripped out and torn asunder by racialized capitalism, imperialism and white pathology, leaving us
North Country Public Radio
Deputies from the Franklin County Sheriff Department sit in front of a Blue Lives Matter flag at a police reform meeting in February 2021.
(Screenshot) Conversations about systemic racism and policing are happening across New York right now, sparked by a statewide mandate to reform law enforcement agencies after the death of George Floyd last summer. The reform process has revealed deep divisions in the way people in the North Country think about racial bias and policing . After George Floyd was killed by police, there were protests against police brutality and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in Glens Falls, Saranac Lake, Ogdensburg, Potsdam and Plattsburgh.
Mar 09, 2021 Conversations about systemic racism and policing are happening across the North Country right now, sparked by a statewide mandate to reform law enforcement agencies after the death of George Floyd last summer. The reform process has revealed deep divisions in the way people think about racial bias and policing in the North Country.
Emily RussellNorth Country police face calls to end systemic racism. Many doubt it exists
People packed the streets of Plattsburgh in early June 2020 for a Black Lives Matter march. Photo: Emily Russell
After George Floyd was killed by police, people in the North Country protested against police brutality and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, organizing rallies in Glens Falls, Saranac Lake, Ogdensburg, Potsdam, and Plattsburgh.
Conversations about systemic racism and policing are happening across the North Country right now, sparked by a statewide mandate to reform law enforcement agencies after the death of George Floyd last summer. The reform process has revealed deep.