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By Any Means Necessary
The Black August Resistance Calendar of Recognition Includes: • August 1619
The arrival of the first enslaved Afrikans to Jamestown, Virginia
• August 21, 1791
The start of the great Haitian revolution
• August 30, 1800
Gabriel Prosser’s rebellion
• August 21, 1831
The rebellion of Nat Turner
• August 22, 1843
The call for a general strike by enslaved New Afrikans by Henry Highland Garnett
• August 17, 1887
Marcus Garvey born
• August 27, 1963
W.E.B. DuBois died
• August 28, 1963
The March on Washington
• August 1965
The Watts Rebellion
• August 18, 1971
The defense of the Provisional Government of the Republic of New Afrika (PGRNA) from a FBI assault in Mississippi
• August 8, 1978
The Philadelphia police assault on the MOVE family
The events above are just a small sample of Black August observances. The institutionalizing of Black August Resistance is growing. Observances include, but not limited to Oakland, New York, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas, Austin, New Orleans, Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti, Tanzania, South Africa and Brazil. It emphasizes Afrikan liberation. For more information on Black August see Watani Tyehimba’s NAPO/MXGM Black August Connections 7-15-18. Its focus shares personal and relationship roles within the context of the commemoration and the formations which support it.