Black August 2026: The Current Struggle
The Akata-Tribune and SPEAC will be commemorating Black August 2026 at 854 Texas street starting August 8th. What should be the aim of this Black August…
 • Dowud Bilal
Black August Commemoration Schedule
Join the Akata-Tribune and SPEAC in our second annual Black August commemoration. We will have 3 days of film showings and a grand Black August Art…
 • Dowud Bilal
Black August: Call for Artist!
We are taking submissions for our Black August art exibit! If you are an artist in the Shreveport-Bossier area who wants to submit, please look at the…
 • Dowud Bilal
250 Years of Black National Humiliation and Struggle
The existence of the so-called Afrikan-American (New Afrikan) within the American emprie is the source of wretched conditon. 250 years and the struggle…
 • Dowud Bilal

June 2026

May 2026

Black Reconstruction Chapter 4: The General Strike
Chapter 4 is the chapter where W.E.B Dubois lays out the thesis of the Book; Black America ultimately was the deciding actor in the Civil War and…
 • Dowud Bilal
Film Showing: Friday May 22nd at 6:00pm
SPEAC and the Shreveport Socialist League will be hosting a filming of "Grand Nights and Early Mornings this Friday, May 22nd at 6:00pm. Location is 854…
 • Dowud Bilal
W.E.B Dubois' Black Reconstruction Chapter 3: The Planter Class
We continue our review of Black Reconstruction in anticipation for our second teach-in revolving around W.E.B Dubois. In chapter 3, he explains the…
 • Dowud Bilal
Study Guide for "Message to the Grassroots" Teach-ins
 • Dowud Bilal
Republicans Kill Black Political Power: Warnings of a Civil War in Increasing Motion
The white Nationalist Republicans succeeded in killing off the most important aspects of the Civil rights movement. They are moving forwards with Regime…
 • Dowud Bilal
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