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Grace Lee Boggs - a champion for civil rights, labor rights, feminism, and the Black Power movement - has died.

On August 9, 2014, seeing the lifeless body of Michael Brown Jr. laid out in the blistering heat for four and half hours on Twitter…

An amended lawsuit has been filed against a Pennsylvania prison and its medical personnel for refusing Hepatitis C treatment to political prisoner and former Black…

Rexdale W. Henry, 53, long-time civil-rights activist and beloved leader in his Choctaw community, was found dead in his cell in the Neshoba County Jail…

BLACK FACT: Did you know that Langston Hughes father discourage him from becoming a Writer? Also, his father would only agree to pay for his education if he studied engineering. Langston Hughes later went on to become one of the greatest Writer/Activists of all time.   SOURCE: http://thestir.cafemom.com/in_the_news/132491/29_cool_surprising_black_history

Greg Carr associate professor and chair of African-American Studies at Howard University, Lisa Page, acting Director of Creative Writing at George Washington University, Armstrong Williams and educator Johnnetta B.…

04/04/14 – Rev. Jesse Jackson talks to us about the 10th Anniversary of civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Plus, Tom asks the…

National activist Rev. Jesse Jackson called in to the TJMS this morning to speak on lowering the expensive cost of receiving calls from prison. Click here to listen.

Happy 80th Birthday to Dick Gregory! When you turn 80 these days, it’s something to celebrate. Living legend, national treasure and civil rights and health activist Dick Gregory turns 80 this Friday and will be celebrated via a 3-hour live radio tribute this Friday on “The Carl Nelson Show” on 1450 WOL Radio in Washington, […]

Maya Angelou is a long-time supporter and friend of President Barack Obama. The poet, activist and legend has never held back her strong support for the President. TJMS’ own Jacque Reid spoke with her this morning on why she views President Obama in such high regards, the importance of getting registered and having respect for […]

Services are pending for Glenn L. Howard, the feisty, outspoken community activist, who served our African-American community as a member of the City County Council and as a State Senator who died Monday evening (July 2nd) after a long illness. He was 73. Glenn L. Howard was born in Milan, TN to J. C. and […]