Commitment March in Washington, August 28, 2020

Despite sweltering heat and record temperatures thousands of demonstrators marched in Washington, DC, on Friday, August 28, 2020, to demand an overhaul of the country's criminal justice system, end of institutional racism and the push for racial equality. The march, called Commitment March, was held at the Lincoln Memorial, the site where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and other Civil Rights movement activists marched and called for similar reforms and civil rights. It is at the same site that Martin Luther King Jr delivered the 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech and late John Lewis, then a young man, requested that rights that will lead to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Barack Obama, DNC Convention, Aug 19, 2020

On the night of Wednesday August 19, 2020, Barack Obama delivered an unprecedented speech during the Democratic National Convention. Then Kamala Harris formally introduced herself as Joe Biden’s running mate.

George Floyd

Ms. Darnella Frazier filmed the video of the policeman killing George Floyd

Ms. Darnella Frazier filmed the video of the policeman killing George Floyd

Nina Simone's Four Women

Nina Simone - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free. In this Black History Month of February 2019, we remember Nina Simone. She  was not free to achieve her dream. What could she have achieved if she was really free?

Silent March, July 28, 1917: Black Women and Children in white clothes

100 Years ago, on July 28th, 1917, Blacks marched silently through New York City, in one of the first mass protests against anti-black violence in the United States. Close to 10,000 Black men and women and children marched silently down Fifth Avenue.

Barack Obama, Tanzania, July 1, 2013

Tomorrow, January 19th, 2017, will be the last day of President Barack Obama in the White House.  As President Barack Obama is about to return to the life of a simple citizen, AfroAmerica Network has been sharing some of the memories with the fans and the readers on the key events that marked his rise, his resilience, and his actions that made his presidency one of the best in the US History.  Among the memories are the following AfroAmerica Network discourse, written  a few minutes, just after voting for the second time for President Obama, when most people still believed President Obama's chances for reelection were marginal, at best (see Why I Voted For President Obama of November 6, 2012). Around ten hours later, the voter was right: President Obama will be reelected US President for the second term: