Posted by TheBlackList on September 4, 2008 at 11:50pm
NATIONAL MINISTRY OF CULTURE
PO BOX 25332, NEWARK, NJ 07101
201-602-0780
September 2, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FREEDOM FIGHTER RETURNS TO JERSEY FOR FUNERAL
On Thursday, September 4th, funeral rites will take place for freedom fighter Basheer Hameed at Masjid Dar Ul Islam, 602-616 Salem Avenue, in Elizabeth. Services will begin at 9:30a.m.
RosettaYork's boldest son was raised in Linden, New Jersey. In 1968, he joined the Black Panther Party while in Oakland, California inspired by the enormous revolutionary activities and upheavals of that incredible period. When he returned to New Jersey, he served as deputy chairman, helping to establish chapters and recruits throughout the overhype upsouth state. It was these organizing effo rts that made him a target for the U.S. government COINTELPRO operations which did more to destroy the Black Liberation Movement than single force of that time.
"Growing up in Roselle, one of my best friend's used to tell me about this big, tall brave uncle who was a Panther, who always had to live on the run because the police where always looking for him for as long as he knew," explained Zayid Muhammad, the Party's national minister of culture who has been an outspoken advocate for Black political prisoners for over 20 years.
"That uncle was Rosetta York's courageous son, Basheer Hameed, whom we all come to know and love, a man of amazing strength and character, one of my supreme heros."
In 1981, Hameed, along with his codefendant and Panther comrade Abdul Majid, were w rongly convicted for the murder of a Queens police officer, even though authorities had strong evidence that the actual killers were known drug runners. Hence they became known as the Queens 2. They were both sentenced to 25 years to life and have exhausted all of their appeals. Recently, Hameed became the subject of a campaign to receive proper medical care upon falling seriously ill. New York Governor Paterson ultimately authorized his proper hospitalization, only to find out he was afflicted with pancreatic cancer, a rare but fast-acting illness. He returned to the ancestors on August 30th, ironically the Black August birth anniversary of his Panther comrade, Fred Hampton…
In other calendar activity, the 'Quality of Life Unity Rally' originally slated for Tuesday, September 16th, in the ongoing Battle of the Soul of Newark's South Ward will be held instead on Tuesday, September 30th at the corner
of Berge n Street and Custer Avenue at 12 noon. This is an ongoing struggle to prevent an unwanted liquor establishment from coming into this historic Black neighborhood.
Unlike the protest focus of the previous gatherings, this gathering will also showcase some of the enormously positive things happening in the neighborhood. This will include a spotlight of the TEAM Academy's students. TEAM Academy is a very highly regarded charter just two blocks from the contested site.
Just last week, the neighborhood resistance effort rallied around community clergy and held a Unity Prayer Vigil which included a nearly block-long 'wall of silence,' a high form of protest speak to the appreciation of the community.
For more information, please call 973-318-7013…
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