In March 2023, Regions Bank notified the black nonprofit African People’s Education and Defense Fund (APEDF) that the bank was “exiting” their 20-year relationship, closing accounts, withdrawing lines of credit and canceling mortgage loans.
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From the Black Star Lines to Black Star Industries - Deputy Chair Ona Zené paves the way!
On October 9, 1960, Ona Zené Yeshitela, formerly Cynthia Diane Clark, was born in St. Petersburg, Florida, in the city’s southside African community. Her family was of the stone-cold African working class, which came with a host of struggles stemming from colonial poverty and oppression.
Halloween Festival wraps up the Farmers Market season
On Saturday, October 30, the One Africa! One Nation! Farmers Market in North St. Louis held its final market of the season, a Halloween Festival, featuring fun activities for the whole family.
APSP Northern Region leads powerful Uhuru Book Fair!
On September 18, the African community along with independent vendors from far and wide congregated at Philadelphia’s Clark Park to sell to each other, buy from each other and take concrete steps toward building our own independent African economy.