RIVERSIDE, Calif.—National civil rights groups, religious leaders and activists led some 1,500 demonstrators during a peaceful rally to denounce Riverside District Attorney Grover Trask's decision not to prosecute four white and Hispanic police officers for the shooting death of 19-year-old Tyisha Miller.

Nation of Islam officials and distinguished guests at the African-African American Summit in Accra, Ghana, will break ground for construction of a Nation of Islam mosque/school and training center May 18.

THE ROLE OF LEADERSHIP
in uniting Africa and Black America
by Minister Louis Farrakhan

"Beloved leaders, I am appealing to you on behalf of our people to lead for the good of all of our people. Lead for the development of our people. Lead to erase ignorance from the heads of our people and, above all, let no one keep African leaders divided against each other and let no one in America keep us divided one against each other."

ACCRA, Ghana (PANA)—Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings May 4 reaffirmed his opposition to NATO bombings in Yugoslavia and wondered why wealthy Muslim nations were not assisting Kosovo refugees.
He said some nations have come with aid packages for the refuges, who are Muslims, but nothing has been heard form Muslim states either in condemnation of the bombings or assistance to the refugees.

An appeal to Rev. Jackson: Work to liberate the other captives

God has blessed Rev. Jackson to have the ears of the rulers of this land. Our brothers and sisters in the prisons of America don’t have their ears or a voice with the power structure.

FCN EDITORIAL
A volatile mix--police
brutality and rage

Foreign debt:
A new form of
African slavery
by Bernice Powell Jackson

Memo to Min.
Louis Farrakhan
'Best speech of the Decade'
by Jude Wanniski

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