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On October 6, 2023, Al-Farooq Masjid of Atlanta, Ga. hosted for the second year, the Faith & Blue.  The event gave

members of the Law Enforcement community an opportunity to visit Masjid Al Farooq, and to engage in dialogue with members of the Al-Farooq leadership.  The exchange was very productive, and we look forward to continuing this meaningful relationship in the future.  The event was attended by several law enforcement…

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For decades Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin – also widely known as H. Rap Brown – has been among those at the forefront of the struggle for justice in this country. Over a period of time that spans sixty years he’s been consistent in his active involvement in the struggle in a manner that has few comparisons.

Long before ‘The Last Poets’…

On Tuesday, Viola Fletcher, the oldest known living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, will be hosting a Pre-Release

Press Conference at Fulton Bookstore, Tulsa, OK.

During the annual Legacy Fest Ms. Fletcher, her grandson and co-author Ike Howard, along with her “baby brother” WWII Veteran Hughes Van Ellis will make the…

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In Roman folklore, salamanders are fabled to be able to walk through fire and come out alive. Scientifically, they can regenerate entire limbs. These traits make the amphibian a fitting representative for Sheila Johnson’s second entrepreneurial act as founder of the fast-growing luxury hospitality company Salamander Hotels and Resorts.

Perhaps to her chagrin, Johnson is best known as the cofounder of Black…

The United States had 3.5 million residents who identify as Middle Eastern or North African, Venezuelans were the fastest-

growing Hispanic group last decade and Chinese and Asian Indians were the two largest Asian groups, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The most detailed race and ethnicity data to date from the 2020 census was released Thursday more than three years after the once-a-decade head count, which determines political power, the distribution of…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – This city is remembering one of the nation's darkest chapters in civil rights history. On September 15,

1963 the Ku Klux Klan bombed a downtown church, killing four Black girls and rocking the conscience of the nation.

Carolyn McKinstry was the Sunday School…

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Ajir Kofi Bilal Mahmud is one of the original founders of The Atlanta Mosque (1977) and has been a Board Member since its inception.  He is a US Marine Corp veteran and freelance photographer and reporter with several blogs and websites, documenting Islam in America. …