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* Najee Ali may not be as active nowadays since protesting Hollywood’s lack of diversity on the day of the Oscars, but the 53-year-old Los Angeles activist still remains a powerful force in the fight against injustice and discrimination through his newest ally: social media. In a profile written by Los Angeles Times reporter Angel […]

*Ronald Todd Eskew, better known as Najee Ali is out as the National Action Network (NAN) Los Angeles Chapter’s political director after his current wife came forward about being physically abused by him. In the wake of the allegations, NAN both locally in Los Angeles and nationally under the leadership and direction of Rev. Al […]

Najee Ali *Najee Ali, whether you agree with him or not, is a fighter, akin to a bulldog. Once he goes after something, he usually doesn’t stop until he gets it. That brings us to today where we find the LA-based activist in a very public dust-up with the mayor of Inglewood, CA: James […]

*Los Angeles based activist Najee Ali and Reverend Al Sharpton’s National Action Network/NAN have parted ways over a disagreement with NAN’s decision to basically partner with tobacco giant RJ Reynolds‘ strategy to fight efforts by public health advocates to restrict its sales of menthol cigarettes. As we reported earlier, RJR has elicited the aid of […]

[…] King Legacy Awards & Benefit Gala in Los Angeles. As expected, the lack of diversity among the 2016 Oscar nominees was a hot topic. Civil rights activist Najee Ali was among the notables in attendance, and he told EUR/Electronic Urban Report’s Lee Bailey that he’s calling on black Hollywood to join his planned boycott/tune-out in […]

*”We plan on helping ensure we get Trump out the White House!,” says Najee Ali, CEO of Project Islamic Hope, one of the leading activists in Los Angeles. Ali finds himself in the history books again as the Founder and President of the “Muslim Democratic Club of Southern California,” which is the first and only […]

UPDATE … Earlier Don Amiche responded to Najee Ali‘s original assertion that he (Amiche) lied about donating a kidney to Stevie Wonder by hitting back at Ali on his (Amiche’s) Facebook page which you can see below. Now, Najee Ali has taken another shot at Amiche with this response emailed to EURweb: “What kind of […]

Muslim Heritage Month founder Najee Ali (left) and Los Angeles City Councilmember, Curren Price *Los Angeles Muslim Heritage Month was observed and celebrated this week by Los Angeles City leaders who invited Muslim leaders to City Hall to be honored and recognized with a city resolution signed by each Council member and Los Angeles Mayor […]

[…] to fight the ban on menthol cigarettes. That ban will cost their company hundreds of millions of dollars over time. RELATED NEWS: SHARPTON’S NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK OUSTS NAJEE ALI AFTER WIFE ACCUSES HIM OF BEATING HER K. W. Tulloss and Najee Ali For Sharpton and Tulloss to say they have taken no position is a […]

Don Amiche – Najee Ali Earlier, in a previous report, former KJLH radio personality Don Amiche responded to LA activist Najee Ali‘s original assertion that he (Amiche) lied about donating a kidney to Stevie Wonder by hitting back at Ali on his (Amiche’s) Facebook page which you can see below. Now, Najee Ali has taken […]

Najee Ali – Ben Crump *L.A based civil rights activist Najee Ali, director of Project Islamic Hope, will be leaving for Minneapolis, Minnesota for the start of the Derek Chauvin/George Floyd murder trial. He’ll also be there to support the Floyd family and their lawyer, Ben Crump, who Ali also serves as his Los […]

* Najee Ali is an LA-based civil rights activist and director of Project Islamic Hope. He’s also the lead organizer of the successful Oscars protests and boycotts that called for more diversity in the Academy Awards voting system. That action resulted in changes to the Academy voting rules to include more minority and women voters. […]

Najee Ali – Melinda Abdullah *We wouldn’t exactly call it black activist on black activist crime, but civil rights activist Najee Ali is killin’ Black Lives Matter activist Melina Abdullah with his criticism of their recent protest outside L.A. County District Attorney Jackie Lacey’s home. Ali straight up says it was “one of the […]

Eric Holder (right) is suspected of shooting and killing Nipsey Hussle (left) *Los Angeles-based civil rights activist Najee Ali, CEO of Project Islamic Hope, who created the successful petition with over half a million signatures calling for L.A. City Councilman Marqueece Harris-Dawson to name the intersection of Crenshaw and Slauson Nipsey Hussle Square is now […]

Civil rights activist Najee Ali who has been the lead organizer of the last two successful Oscars protest will lead a diverse group of activists and others in a press conference outside the Academy Awards to protest Hollywood’s continued lack of true diversity for all minority groups who continue to be under-represented in front and […]