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Dr. Conrad Worrill, PhD

BlackCommentator.com Columnist, Conrad W. Worrill, PhD, is the National Chairman Emeritas of the National Black United Front (NBUF). Click here to contact Dr. Worrill.

10 pieces

Commentary

Remembering Patrice Lumumba

By Dr. Conrad Worrill, PhD Columnist

It is important for us to understand, today, that those who stand and fight against the evil of the European world take on a serious task and challenge.

We should remember to lift the spirit of some of our great ancestors who made significant contributions to the African Liberation Movement. July 2nd is the…

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Commentary

A Problem That Lingers

By Dr. Conrad Worrill, PhD Columnist

One of our great ancestors, Harold Cruse wrote a book, The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, which was published in 1967, at the height of the Black Power Movement. This insightful book stirred up a spirited conversation in the African Liberation Movement. That conversation revolves around the weaknesses of our movement, the direction of our…

One of our great ancestors, Harold Cruse wrote a book, The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, which was published in 1967, at the height of the…

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Egypt is in Africa

By Dr. Conrad Worrill, PhD Columnist

The recent issues surrounding Egypt that have dominated the news, and the description of Egypt as a part of the Middle East, is the continuing assault against the true place of Egypt in geography and history as it relates to African people. We must always remember that Egypt is in African and not the Middle…

The recent issues surrounding Egypt that have dominated the news, and the description of Egypt as a part of the Middle East, is the continuing assault…

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Reparations for African People Will Never Die!

By Dr. Conrad Worrill, PhD Columnist

Our great historian and departed ancestor, Dr. John Henrik Clarke described in his classic book, Africans at the Crossroads: African World Revolution, that, “The idea of uniting all Africa had its greatest development early in this [20th] century.” In this context, Reparations for African people will never die. Dr. Clarke wrote that, “In 1900, the…

Our great historian and departed ancestor, Dr. John Henrik Clarke described in his classic book, Africans at the Crossroads: African World Revolution, that, “The idea of…

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Dr. Woodson and African American History Month

By Dr. Conrad Worrill, PhD Columnist

The African Centered Education Movement has brought a new meaning to the annual African American History Month celebrations that have become so popular. That new meaning of African Centered thought, as defined by Dr. Wade Nobles, “is nothing more than a term categorizing a quality of thought and practice which is rooted in the cultural…

The African Centered Education Movement has brought a new meaning to the annual African American History Month celebrations that have become so popular. That new meaning…

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Commentary

Garvey and Freeing the African Mind

By Dr. Conrad Worrill, PhD Columnist

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…

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…

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Commentary

The United Nations and People of African Descent

By Dr. Conrad Worrill, PhD Columnist

We must regain the momentum which the Reparations Movement had in the first few years of this century. The United Nations World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa recognized the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and Slavery as a Crime Against Humanity for which Reparations are due! The U. N. has declared 2011, the “Year for…

We must regain the momentum which the Reparations Movement had in the first few years of this century. The United Nations World Conference Against Racism in…

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Doing for Self and Education

By Dr. Conrad Worrill, PhD Columnist

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…

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…

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Remembering Dr, Charshee McIntyre – In Struggle Spotlight

By Dr. Conrad Worrill, PhD Columnist

A key revelation in Dr. McIntyre’s book is her explanation of the development of America’s prison system and its immediate impact on Africans in America. She points our, “To distinguish the prisons from earlier jails and to suggest the essence of what the institution should be doing these do-gooders coined a new name, penitentiaries, implying…

A key revelation in Dr. McIntyre’s book is her explanation of the development of America’s prison system and its immediate impact on Africans in America. She…

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