The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
February 21, 2022

Askia Muhammad, Who Chronicled African American Politics and Culture for 40+ Years, Dies at 76
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

In Washington, D.C., journalist, photographer, jazz critic and poet
Askia Muhammad has died at the age of 76. Muhammad was a longtime
programmer and news director at Pacifica station WPFW. His column in The
Washington Informer regularly appeared in Black-owned newspapers around
the United States. In 2018, Askia Muhammad published "The Autobiography
of Charles 67X," a collection of personal stories, photos and poems
about his four decades spent covering African American culture and
politics.


.