Black history celebration: Up close and personal
"We have to use the vote, because it can be a deciding factor in electing someone who will stand with us."
Black History Month is American History Month
Black History Month is American History Month. It's too long for a hashtag. But what better way to honor the legacies of founding African American historians?
Lincoln, Obama and the sweep of history
With a stroke of a pen the Union government outlawed the enslavement of 4 million people. The truth was that the war was not going well for the North and they had to pass the Emancipation Proclamation in order to win.
Richard Wright: a great peoples artist and journalist
It is time to restore Richard Wright's place fully as a major people's artist and ground breaking journalist of the 20th century.
What Frederick Douglass tells us about today
Frederick Douglass was one of the great people’s leaders of the 19th century. And yet his towering intellect and multifaceted political experience have been insufficiently appreciated.
Black History video celebrates change-making movements
Video celebrates Black History Month with interviews of two Southern California participants in the great social movements for democracy and equality.
