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CTA chief gives defiant speech as City Council mulls call for his firing
Crain s Chicago Business· 3 hours ago"This city has a history of attacking and trying to bring down their African American leaders," he said. Carter also said he has continued ...
On this day in history, May 29, 1851, Sojourner Truth delivers famed 'Ain’t I a Woman' speech
Fox News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAfrican American abolitionist and women's right advocate Sojourner Truth delivered her famous "Ain't...
CTA President Dorval Carter blasts criticism amid calls for resignation: ‘I have been turned into a...
Chicago Tribune· 16 minutes agoAt a City Council committee hearing, Carter highlighted his efforts to right the troubled transit system amid post-pandemic struggles, but focused first on the more personal attacks he faces ...
NC historic site receives largest donation in state history to preserve untold stories
Durham Herald-Sun McClatchy via AOL· 1 hour ago“It’s my hope that people visiting this site will see the humble beginnings and recognize that the ...
CTA president angry, defiant at City Council efforts to push him out
WBEZ 91.5 Chicago· 2 hours agoCarter said he has “done what I need to do” to improve the CTA, bolster hiring and ridership...
New state education standards still teach students slavery was 'beneficial'
WTSP-TV Tampa· 5 hours agoSocial studies academic standards in Florida will continue teaching students that aspects of slavery...
Activists call to rename the Francis Scott Key Bridge because he owned enslaved people
NPR· 2 days ago"What an incredible moment in history we find ourselves in," says Carl Snowden, welcoming the crowd...
Statue unveiled at the site where Sojourner Truth gave her 1851 'Ain't I a Woman?' speech
AOL· 5 hours agoTruth, a formerly enslaved person, delivered the speech to a crowd gathered at the Universalist Old Stone Church in Akron for the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention. In the speech, Truth drew upon ...
Amiri Baraka ‘Blues People’ Then And Now At Express Newark
Forbes· 2 days agoFor anyone without the benefit of an African American studies degree or having spent time in Newark,...
African Liberation, South Africa, Palestine and Us: Some Notes on Radically Reordering the World -...
Los Angeles Sentinel· 21 hours agoAs we celebrate this year’s African Liberation Day (May 25), it is important to note that we are...