Connecticut celebration highlights jobs and freedom
The event marks 150 years since the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation to end slavery and 50 years since the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Today in black history: NAACP founded
On this day in 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - one of America's oldest civil rights organizations - was formed.
Conversation: How Black freedom struggle shapes America
Join People's World in celebrating African American History Month with a national teleconference presentation by Prof. Jamie Wilson.
Better know an owner: Clippers’ outrageous Donald Sterling
It is incredibly ugly that owners such as Donald Sterling can latch themselves onto the games we enjoy and wreak so much social havoc.
Virginia GOP tries to dilute African-American vote
Senate Republicans took advantage of the absence of Democrat Henry Marsh, a civil rights hero who was attending the ceremony, to pass a huge mid-decade redistricting bill.
Today in Labor History: Paul Robeson dies
On January 23, 1976, noted singer and actor Paul Robeson died in Philadelphia.Robeson was also a legendary civil rights and peace leader and athlete.
Gerda Lerner, pioneering scholar of women's, African-American history
Gerda Lerner, whose life went from Jewish radical activist in Austria to refugee from Nazism to prominent U.S. historian, passed away in Madison, Wisc., at the age of 92, this month.
Black Caucus meet: “Vote like you never did before!”
Some 10,000 participants from all over the country gathered here at the Congressional Black Caucus annual meeting earlier this month to listen, discuss and speak their minds.
Plan to help minority males unveiled
A state Assembly committee has put together a comprehensive picture of the challenges faced by these young people.
NAACP fighting “battles we thought we had won”
As the theme for this year's convention, "NAACP: Your Power, Your Decision - VOTE," indicated, the attack on voting rights has become a critical issue.
