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The Black Panthers, Joe Ellwanger, and the founding of the Hunger Task Force
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 month agoWhen Wisconsinites hear "Hunger Task Force" many think about its anti-hunger operations, but the...
Black students in Washington state played key role in the Civil Rights Movement, new book states
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA protest led by the Black Student Union at the University of Washington at Seattle, 1968. Emile...
"The Big Cigar" is "a crazy way to tell" how Huey P. Newton escaped to Cuba using a fake movie
Salon via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoThe Big Cigar Apple TV+ Huey P. Newton is an icon in American history but despite his lasting,...
The Ambitions of the Civil Rights Movement Went Far Beyond Affirmative Action
Time via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMartin Luther King, Jr. (fourth from left), A. Philip Randolph (second from right), and other civil...
'Invaders' documentary showcases 'Black Panthers of Memphis'
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSeven years after its premiere at a New York film festival, "The Invaders" — a documentary about the...
Celtics great Bill Russell investigated by FBI in 1960s for civil rights activism
Celtics Wire via Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoThe history of the US civil rights movement cannot be told without the inclusion of Hall of Fame...
Black Panthers Meet New Hollywood in 'The Big Cigar': Review
Time via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAndré Holland and Alessandro Nivola in The Big Cigar Credit - Apple TV+ Huey P. Newton would have...
In 1970, Leonard Bernstein and his wife were criticized for hosting a fundraiser soirée for the...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 7 months agoLeonard Bernstein and his wife, actress Felicia MontealegreLee/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty...
Oh, the irony: The right attacks the FBI, the same agency with a history of targeting Black...
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoOPINION: But unlike the FBI's sinister actions during the civil rights era, which were mostly done...
Lawyers for Malcolm X family say new statements implicate NYPD, feds in assassination
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFifty-nine years to the day after civil rights activist Malcolm X was assassinated in a New York...