Among those charged is Omali Yeshitela, the 82-year-old chairman of the U.S.-based organization focused on Black empowerment and the effort to obtain reparations for slavery and what it considers ...

Omali Yeshitela, chairman of the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement, is seen on July 8, 2016. On Thursday, Yeshitela and other activists were convicted of conspiring to act as ...

Omali Yeshitela and his co-defendants Penny Hess and Jesse Nevel have become known as the Uhuru 3. They’ll be sentenced next Monday, face up to five years in prison.

FILE - Omali Yeshitela, chairman of the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement, St. Petersburg, addresses the recent killings of black males, and police on July 8, 2016, in Dallas.

Omali Yeshitela, Penny Hess and Jesse Nevel, a 2017 candidate for St. Pete mayor, were given 36 months of probation, 300 hours of community service and no fine.

FILE – Omali Yeshitela, chairman of the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement, St. Petersburg, addresses the recent killings of black males, and police on July 8, 2016, in Dallas.

Omali Yeshitela was also interviewed on Democracy Now! last year.. Also on Tuesday Café on August 27, 2024. We also spoke with Cathy Salustri, the owner of The Gabber newspaper in Pinellas County and ...

Among those charged is Omali Yeshitela, the 82-year-old chairman of the U.S.-based organization focused on Black empowerment and the effort to obtain reparations for slavery and what it considers ...

All four are or were affiliated with the African People’s Socialist Party and Uhuru Movement, which has locations in St. Petersburg, Florida, and St. Louis.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Trial began Tuesday in Florida for four activists accused of illegally acting as Russian agents to help the Kremlin sow political discord and interfere in U.S. elections. All ...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Trial began Tuesday in Florida for four activists accused of illegally acting as Russian agents to help the Kremlin sow political discord and interfere in U.S. elections. All ...