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James Lawson, architect of nonviolent protest of civil rights movement, dies at 95
Washington Post· 5 days agoLawson, a United Methodist minister who became a principal tactician of nonviolent protest during ...
Celebrate the Juneteenth holiday while soaking up a bit of culture around Sarasota-Manatee
Herald-Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe now federally observed holiday originated in the coastal barrier community of...of African ...
A Sweeping History of the Black Working Class
The Nation· 3 days agoKing was not alone in highlighting the economic disparities ravaging Black America on that day. The March on Washington ...
American history turned upside down — and that’s the point - Roll Call
CQ Politics· 2 days agoIt turns out Nikki Haley stumbling over the cause of the Civil War was not a one-off. The...
Americans used to unite over tragic events − and now are divided by them
The Conversation· 1 day agoSexual assaults – primarily of women – by abusive executives and other men in positions of power recently emerged as a public tragedy, as has police brutality against < ...
Who is Bessie Coleman? First Black woman to earn international pilot's license
Fox News· 43 minutes agoBessie Coleman was the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license. Coleman, who earned...
House GOP leaders, Rep. Donalds vote to reinstall Confederate memorial
Washington Post· 17 hours agoAmong them were House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) and Rep. Byron...
Kentucky’s role in slaves’ emancipation: ‘Camp Nelson is our Canada’
Lexington Herald-Leader McClatchy via AOL· 2 days agoLinda Blackford: On Juneteenth, remember where Black Kentuckians issued their own Emancipation...
Fact-checking Byron Donalds’ ‘Jim Crow’ comments on Black families, conservatism
Austin American-Statesman· 2 days agoAt a June 4 event in Philadelphia, Donalds compared today’s Black culture with that of the Jim Crow...
‘We have to teach the truth:’ Cleveland NAACP hosts rally to protect honesty, inclusivity in...
The Cleveland Plain Dealer· 7 days ago“Think of the power that young people need to go out and change the world,” Johnson said in an...