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Article Evaluation
Content: I noticed that the author of the article is forming an argument about the paper and trying to analyze the book, but that is not the point of publishing on Wikipedia. Also, the grammar of the article is not good, as the author goes back and forth between past and present tense. Lastly, there are a lot of quotes from the book, and none of the author's main arguments/points have sources.

Research Notes, 9/25
Hi Cass! You have been assigned the article on the Uhuru Movement. These are the research notes you made to yourself on 9/25:


 * Need to find out what is in the Uhuru Movement article
 * Need to find out what needs to be revised
 * Need to find out what about this topic has been left out of the article

Also of potential interest, a classmate of yours, Ian Hollander, noted that he had worked with Uhuru at the Saturday morning market to finish RSL hours.

-Prof. Hagood

Research Day, 10/4
Uhuru Movement article is well-written, but in some places, further clarification is needed and in other places, citations are needed for certain claims. I found a New York Times article that covers the incident in which Omali Yeshitela (founder of the Uhuru Movement) ripped down a racist mural and it includes some of his opinions on the incident.

I also am planning on looking for a source that states that Lenin spoke about how capitalism is imperialism developed to its highest stage and "not the other way around", as the article states, and I am also planning on looking for a source that states that the movement called for the release of all African prisoners from US prisons.

Lastly, I want to find some proof of critical comments of Yeshitela's conduct from newspapers or other significant coverage.

AH Comments, 10/04/18: Good source, and very good plans for moving forward. I like how you've identified specific "gaps" in the article that need to be addressed and I agree that these are good points for moving forward.

Political Views
For this section, I am planning on adding a bit more about the movement's official political views, and I plan on adding sources to the three sentences where clarification is needed, if I can find reliable sources that will back up what is written there.

Areas of Work
I do not plan on changing anything here. The list that is written here is pretty extensive, and provides every organization that is associated with the movement.

Controversies and criticisms
Here, I plan on adding a source where it says that Yeshitela's conduct was criticized.

Political Views
The Uhuru Movement's political ideology is African Internationalism, which states that capitalism was born parasitic through the attack on Africa and its people. African Internationalism holds that capitalism is imperialism developed to its highest stage, not the other way around, as theorized by Lenin. (Citation Added Here)

This belief derives from Marx's 1867 book Capital, in which Marx wrote of the condition essential to the emergence of capitalism which he called the "primitive accumulation" of capital. African Internationalism is not a static theory that only refers to past conditions, it refers also to the conditions that African people are faced with today. It refers to African people who live inside what it views as imperialist centers, such as the United States and Europe, as an "internal colony". The Movement has called for the release of all Black prisoners in U.S. prisons, described as "concentration camps", and has described U.S. police forces as an "illegitimate standing army". They have called for the withdrawal of police forces from exploited and oppressed African communities. (Citation Added Here) In the 1990s, tensions between the police in St. Petersburg and the Uhuru Movement were high. Members of the Uhuru Movement frequently protested against the police's treatment of African Americans, usually after the murders of African Americans by police. On October 25th, 1996, violence erupted after a white police officer murdered a young black man driving a stolen car. Cars and buildings were torched, protestors shouted, and rocks, along with other items, were tossed at the police officers at the scene of the shooting. At least 20 protestors were arrested. The next day, a large group of Uhuru members went back to the scene and called for the release of the arrested protestors. Sobukwe Bambaata, one of the Uhuru members, stated that the rioting would have never occurred "if the police did not come into our community and treat us like dogs."

Reflections

 * There are no guidelines for writing about social movements, but when comparing the article on the Uhuru Movement to an article on the Black Lives Matter Movement, right off the bat I see that the article on the Black Lives Matter Movement has more to it. That is not necessarily a bad thing, because the BLM movement is more recent, and is more widespread in America. I think that my article explains the political views and the areas of work well, but I would like to add a little section about how the movement came about, and I would like to know more about the views of the group and what it calls for.
 * The article doesn't have much on the talk page, and the last comment on it is from years ago, but the editorial comments say that the article needs more sources and some clarification. I will find more sources for better citations and more clarification.
 * I still need a few more sources to strengthen my article. I would like to find more about the public's opinion of the Uhuru Movement, which I am struggling to find.
 * I would like to add a section about how the movement was formed and what they are currently doing. (Community programs, tours, etc.)