The Final Call Online, 11-02-1999

Harlem's Renaissance?
As developers start to rebuild New York's historic Mecca, there are fears Blacks will be driven out

NEW YORK�Laura Evans was born and raised in Harlem and now owns her own boutique, L.F. Knitwear. The 50-something year-old native New Yorker was able to get into business with help from an Empowerment Zone loan guarantee. "With all that I have accomplished my greatest fear is that my son who has a good job will not be able to purchase a brownstone here in the community where he has grown up," Ms. Evans admits.

Stop police brutality!
Demonstrators say unjust killings, abuse by cops must end

CHICAGO�More than 500 people marched in the Windy City Oct. 22 in response to what they called a nationwide epidemic of blatant abuse by police officers. The Chicago protest was one of several held as part of what is now an annual demonstration against police brutality and misconduct.

Digital radio revolution dawns in Africa

WASHINGTON--Even as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took its first steps toward bringing digital, satellite radio to the United States, a Black entrepreneur launched the world�s first satellite radio service Oct. 19, transmitting a wide variety of multi-lingual programming across the entire African continent.

The Shock Of
The Hour
by Minister Louis Farrakhan

As we look at what is happening in the new nations that have been formed since the break-up of the Soviet Union, we see signs of what will happen in the streets of America. As we see civil strife taking place in many of the Nations in Asia, Africa and Latin America we see signs of what will take place in the cities and streets of America. These events will terrorize the people, bringing about the shock of the hour.

Former French first lady defends Mumia Abu-Jamal

PARIS--In an act unprecedented by a current or a former first lady of France, Danielle Mitterrand challenged the French to put pressure on President Bill Clinton and Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge to halt Mr. Abu-Jamal�s impending execution.

African political giant laid to rest

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (PANA)�Dr. Julius Nyerere, the first president of Tanzania, was interred Oct. 23 at his home village of Butiama in northern Tanzania amid solemn pomp and ceremony.

FCN EDITORIAL
White supremacy:
The root of American hatred

Youth Depression:
How do you handle it?
by Gerda Williams

Farrakhan The Traveler
by Jabril Muhammad
Min. Farrakhan's vision
and what it says about us

Unveiling the Number 19
by Tynnetta Muhammad
The encroaching judgment at
the close of the 20th century

ELEVEN FIFTY-FIVE
by Abdul Allah Muhammad