This is the Soul School Institute

Origin of the Soul School Institute  


   The Soul School Institute was established in May 1992. It is the successor to the S.O.U.L School which existed from March 1968 until 1973 when it was forced to close its doors. However, the Soul School Institute embodies the ideology of the original Soul School, which is Revolutionary Black Nationalism. The Soul School Institute takes its ideology from the teachings and legacy of the Rt. Excellent Hon. Marcus Mosiah Garvey and El Hadj Malik el Shabazz, popularly known as Malcolm X.


Program of the Soul School Institute


     The program of the Soul School Institute is to train organizers to implement a program of Black Nationalist reconstruction of the African-American communities. This entails education and projects designed to have African people work in unity. 


Current program of the Soul School Institute


     Our current work consist of educational and cultural tours:

• Malcolm X Tour--A Tour given each year on Malcolm X's birthday (May 19) to New York to celebrate and honor the work that he did on behalf our race.
• ODUNDE--A cultural trip to Philadelphia to participate in one of the largest African-centered street festivals in America. ODUNDE, which means Happy New Year in the West African language of Yoruba presents an opportunity to immerse ourselves in African culture.
• Nat Turner Tour--This is our most recent tour. It is a trip to Southampton, Virginia, scene of one of the most bloody slave revolts in American history. Nat Turner and his small army of fighters struck against the slave system on August 21, 1831. Killing 55 white slave owners and their families. The Tour retraces the steps that Nat Turner took in his march toward freedom.
• We Shall Reap What We Sow--This is our organic gardening program. We endeavor to teach the basics on growing food, storing food, and cooking organically. We are also determined to explain and promote healthy eating habits and to expose the dangers of processed food that comes from a factory not from a farm.
• African Media Workshop--The Soul School Institute publishes the Positive Action Bulletin and the African Historian Reference Calendar.