As we celebrate Juneteenth, HistorianSpeaks present important words from Black activists who emphasized the importance of freedom
Note: This blog was compiled and reprinted with the permission of Abdul Akalimat, PhD
W E B DuBois https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKXglS90q n4
Shirley Graham DuBois
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3mhM3bHCZ8
Marcus Garvey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY02D0tgVeo
C L R James https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUnO8lfoVBk
Ella Baker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t96fnyLMihA
Paul Robeson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puOIdh944vk
Ester Cooper Jackson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_Hwtv7ZM54
Che https://youtu.be/bufHojkoGtw
Malcolm X https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkoIgpU_DCU
Mao https://youtu.be/kyDOPSMhH0o
Jayne Cortez https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB3SY8xZtVk
Nkrumah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrYf97_IUrE
Amilcar Cabral https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLo3Y2IG-iY
Fannie Lou Hamer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agBzy3ATja0
Nelson Mandela https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCtsOTZ-uB4
Abner Berry https://www.liberationschool.org/abner-berry/
Louise Thompson Patterson https://www.liberationschool.org/louise-patterson-on-her-1932-visit-to-the-ussr/
Gwen Patton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw2iuMIDSaM
Walter Rodney https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxTBujB8xhU
Chris Hani https://www.andrewwhitehead.net/communist-voices-chris-hani.html