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Columnist

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.

26 pieces

Commentary

Reparations, Holocaust and Genocide

By Dr. Conrad Worrill Columnist

At this current stage of history in the Black Liberation Movement, it is important that key concepts be revisited and re-discussed in our continued efforts to seek clarity on certain ideas that are fundamental to the white supremacy foundation of America. First, there is the idea and concept of the African Holocaust of Enslavement. When…

At this current stage of history in the Black Liberation Movement, it is important that key concepts be revisited and re-discussed in our continued efforts to…

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Commentary

Teaching the Truth and Reparations

By Dr. Conrad Worrill Columnist

The movement to implement an appropriate African Centered Curriculum in predominately African in America inner city schools is critical to the on—going struggle for the liberation of African people in this country. We must continue to demand that the truth be taught as we continue to struggle to build the Reparations Movement in America. This…

The movement to implement an appropriate African Centered Curriculum in predominately African in America inner city schools is critical to the on—going struggle for the liberation…

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Commentary

Ancestors and African American History Month

By Dr. Conrad Worrill Columnist

We should always remember some of our great ancestors. One such ancestor is Lu Palmer. On Sunday, September 12, 2004, Lu Palmer made his transition to eternity. Lu Palmer was an unquestioned leader, and dedicated soldier in the struggle for Black Liberation and independence. His spirit will remain among us forever. As I began to…

We should always remember some of our great ancestors. One such ancestor is Lu Palmer. On Sunday, September 12, 2004, Lu Palmer made his transition to…

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Commentary

Education and Economic Independence

By Dr. Conrad Worrill 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 Black Nationalist Tradition

By Dr. Conrad Worrill Columnist

Ideas are weapons of war and that is why the white supremacy system in America has used all of its available machinery to confuse, misinterpret, and dilute the meaning and impact of the Black Nationalist tradition in this country. One of the biggest challenges African people face in America is to rejuvenate Black Nationalist thinking…

Ideas are weapons of war and that is why the white supremacy system in America has used all of its available machinery to confuse, misinterpret, and…

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Commentary

Evolution Of African American Politics

By Dr. Conrad Worrill Columnist

Since the end of the Civil War in 1865, when African Americans were granted the right to vote, through the 15th Amendment in 1868, electoral politics has played a dominant role in the African American Community. African Americans have been participating in electoral politics for 138 years. With the North winning the Civil War and…

Since the end of the Civil War in 1865, when African Americans were granted the right to vote, through the 15th Amendment in 1868, electoral politics…

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Commentary

Kwanzaa: Get Ready for Kwanzaa, 2009

By Dr. Conrad Worrill Columnist

Imani ~ Faith To believe with all our hearts in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders, and the righteousness and victory of our struggle. Under the leadership of Zerrie Campbell, President of Malcolm X College and Baba Hannibal Afrik, the Kwanzaa Celebration Committee, over the past several years, has sponsored Kwanzaa Celebrations and…

Imani ~ Faith To believe with all our hearts in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders, and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.…

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Commentary

Black Nationalism and Power

By Dr. Conrad Worrill Columnist

In order for the African Community in America to continue our fight for self-determination and dignity, it is important that we remind ourselves of the nature of the American dynamic. Essentially, and at the foundation of the American-European dynamic, is the fact that it is made up of many nations who migrated to this country…

In order for the African Community in America to continue our fight for self-determination and dignity, it is important that we remind ourselves of the nature…

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Commentary

Struggling Against Cultural Surrender

By Dr. Conrad Worrill Columnist

Dr. Asa G. Hilliard’s book, The Maroon Within Us, once again reminds us of a major problem by which we, as African people in America, are besieged. 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…

Dr. Asa G. Hilliard’s book, The Maroon Within Us, once again reminds us of a major problem by which we, as African people in America, are…

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