Race for the Times

Race for the Times Black Owned Media Group Dedicated to Afrikan Liberation and Edutainment

For more than two decades Race for the Times Media Group has independently been collecting and capturing our movement for social justice and human rights. Race for the Times examines the continuing struggle for freedom, justice and equality of African Descendants in America from the end of the Civil Rights struggle to the perceived "Post Racial" America. Originally a radio show that aired from 1992-1997 on KSJS, the program focused on issues around the Afrikan Diaspora. The program was the first terrestrial broadcast to stream on the live program over the internet. RFT Media Group now produces podcasts, documentaries, and films by and about the Afrikan Diaspora. RFT has now embarked on a feature documentary series, “Race for the Times- The Documental, Volume 1”. In the spirit of "Eyes on the Prize" series, Race for the Times, represents a culmination of conversations, speeches, and performances from some of our most esteemed and honored cultural representatives in the African struggle for freedom and independence. From Griots to Revolutionaries, rappers and pastors, old school and new; this film series explores it all from the early 90's to present day. Volume 1 weaves together the commonality in our struggle as it manifests itself in our music, art and intellectuals leading our struggle for freedom and justice. The footage is raw and unapologetic including: The Last Poets, The Watts Prophets, Kwame Ture, Khalid Muhammad, Amiri Baraka, Chairman Fred Hampton Jr., Maya Angelou, Public Enemy and many more.

08/23/2026
08/22/2026

🐉 Baba Shaka At-Thinnin & Kumasi 🐉
Elders of the Black August Organizing Committee 🏴

Baba Shaka At-Thinnin, keeper of the BAOC’s sacred archives, spent decades defending young political prisoners inside California’s prisons and pushing the outside world to confront the truth of what happened there. Though he transitioned in 2022, his legacy of resistance lives on. 🙏🏾Kumasi, the official historian of the Black August Organizing Committee, knew George Jackson personally and was locked down with him for a time. Together, these two OGs helped carry Black August 🖤 born in California’s prison system to honor fallen freedom fighters like George and Jonathan Jackson, from a movement inside the walls into a national tradition of remembrance and resistance.

08/21/2026

George Lester Jackson (September 23, 1941 – August 21, 1971)

08/20/2026
08/19/2026

Alisa Goods 🙏🏾

08/17/2026

🖤 HAPPY BORN DAY, 🖤

Born August 17, 1887. Still being lied about in 2026. Let's set the record straight:

✊🏿 Founded the UNIA in 1914 — grew it into the largest Pan-African mass movement EVER
🌍 Over 1,000 divisions and chapters across 40+ countries — Africa, the Caribbean, Central & South America, the U.S., Europe
📰 The Negro World newspaper hit 200,000 readers a week and got BANNED across colonial Africa and the Caribbean for being too dangerous to empire
🚢 Built the Black Star Line — a Black-owned shipping company, because he knew economic power was the foundation of freedom
📢 "Up, you mighty race, you can accomplish what you will!"
🎯 Targeted by a young J. Edgar Hoover himself, who called Garvey a threat and built the case that got him imprisoned and deported — a blueprint for the surveillance later used against Malcolm X, MLK, and the Panthers
🌱 His ideas planted the seeds for Rastafari, Kwame Nkrumah's Pan-Africanism, and Malcolm X's own politics (his father was a Garveyite)

They tried to bury the message. They couldn't kill the movement.

Rest in power, Marcus Mosiah Garvey. 🕊️

08/16/2026

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