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Black Barbie paved the way for Hollywood’s hottest celebrity dolls
NY Post via Yahoo News· 4 days agoRosa Parks Parks’ doll pays homage to her powerful protest. Getty Images Mattel memorialized the ...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe proclamation took effect as the country neared its second year of the Civil War and technically...
A journalist traces his family tree back to ancestor who served in Black regiment in Civil War
Associated Press· 4 days agoMy great-great-great-great grandfather Hewlett Sands, born into slavery in Oyster Bay, New York in...
City of Deltona marks first Juneteenth celebration with installation of MLK bust
Daytona Beach News-Journal via Yahoo News· 6 days agoMartin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The ceremony, sponsored by the African American Association of Deltona...
A journalist traces his family tree back to ancestor who served in Black regiment in Civil War
KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma· 4 days agoMy great-great-great-great grandfather Hewlett Sands, born into slavery in Oyster Bay, New York in...
Friendship 9’s John Gaines dies at 83. SC civil rights group pioneered ‘jail, no bail’
The Rock Hill Herald· 6 days agoGaines and other civil rights protesters from Rock Hill spent a month in jail after being convicted of trespassing.
Arndrea Waters King: Mark Robinson is no Martin Luther King Jr.
Greensboro News & Record· 3 days agoIt can breathe life into social movements — or rally millions to uphold white supremacy. Dr. Martin...
A journalist traces his family tree back to ancestor who served in Black regiment in Civil War
WKMG ClickOrlando· 4 days agoMy great-great-great-great grandfather Hewlett Sands, born into slavery in Oyster Bay, New York in...
Rebuild America’s crucial Black-Jewish alliance
New York Daily News· 2 days agoThe murders galvanized the nation, ultimately leading to the historic Civil Rights Act of 1964. Goodman and Schwerner, two young Jewish men from New...
A journalist traces his family tree back to ancestor who served in Black regiment in Civil War
Stamford Advocate· 4 days agoMy great-great-great-great grandfather Hewlett Sands, born into slavery in Oyster Bay, New York in...