Elijah Pittman

Peace! My name is Elijah Pittman, I am a transfer sophomore student from Morgan State University to Howard University, majoring in journalism. I’m from PG County, MD, by way of Forestville. I have previously reported for the campus newspaper at Morgan State University, the NABJ Monitor, and I am currently working at the Investigative Reporting Workshop. I am an Anti-Colonial Pan-Africanist writer who outside of writing enjoys researching, DJing, photography, and Pan-Africanist organizing.

Joined: May 15, 2024
Articles: 2

Africans in America, Politics

Rodney Hinton and State Violence

A Black father, Rodney Hinton Jr., struck and killed a Cincinnati police officer with his vehicle just after his son was killed by the city’s police days earlier. Hinton’s 18-year-old son, Ryan Hinton, was killed by police on May 1…

Elijah Pittman
June 2, 2025

Africans in America

The Ancestors Died for us to Organize

“Your ancestors died for your right to vote” — did they? Africans (Black people) in the United States are confronted with the same saying every election cycle, but it’s historically inaccurate. In fact, there is a just as long history…

Elijah Pittman and Tianna Jameswhite
November 8, 2024