Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, PhD

The National Black United Front (NBUF) is preparing for the Thirtieth Annual National Convention to be held in Chicago, Illinois from July 16-19, 2009. The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan will give the opening keynote address on Thursday, July 16, 2009 at the new Kennedy King College Great Hall, 6300 South Halsted. Doors will open at…

The National Black United Front (NBUF) has reached an historic point in its history. That point in its history, is the convening of the 30th Annual National NBUF Convention that will be held July 16-19, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois at the Jacob H. Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies. This year’s convention theme is: “Turning…

In this present era of economic and educational onslaught against the African Community in America, it is important that we understand that the rise of the African Centered Education Movement should be linked to our quest for economic independence. We must free the “African mind” through African Centered Educational activities so that we might better…

Throughout most of our lives, African people in America have been told if you get a good education you can get a good job. African people in Africa were told something similar. If you get a good education your condition in life will improve. In the early part of the twentieth-century until the late 1960s…

Dr. Asa G. Hilliard’s book, The Maroon Within Us, once again reminds us of a major problem that we, as African people in America, are besieged by. Dr. Hilliard described this problem as cultural surrender. In explaining the problem, Dr. Hilliard wrote, “African Americans remain one of the very few groups in the United States…

Once again, I am sharing my annual graduation speech in hopes that it will help African people in America understand the real meaning of these rites of passage for thousands of our young people who will be participating in commencement exercises affirming their graduation from elementary, middle school, high school, and college in the next…

How many times have you heard someone of African ancestry say that “Black people are our own worst enemy?” If you have lived among African people in this country for any length of time, I am sure you have heard this remark made many times. Unfortunately, the system of white supremacy developed in the western…

During the month of May, African people around the world celebrate African Liberation Day (ALD) and Malcolm X’s Birthday. In Chicago, the Chicago Chapter of the National Black United Front (NBUF) in conjunction with Northeastern Illinois University Jacob H. Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies is sponsoring our African Liberation Day and Malcolm X Birthday…

The Obama Administration’s decision not to participate in the Durban Review Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, April 20-29, 2009 is consistent with the role the United States Government has played through the previous Bush Administration that threatened not to attend the Conference in August of 2001. However, the difference between the Obama Administration and the Bush…