Ghosts of Memphis’ slave past: Fallout over renaming Confederate parks
The effort to rename Nathan Bedford Forrest Park, a memorial to the Confederate General, pre-war slave trader, and post-war founder of the Ku Klux Klan, recently began.
Today in black history: Malcolm X assassinated
Malcolm became an influential figure to many African-Americans and supporters of civil rights and equality, and continues to be so today.
Militarizing Latin America: Obama has a choice
This past December marked the 190th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine, the 1823 policy declaration by President James Monroe that essentially made Latin America the exclusive reserve of the United States.
INTERVIEW: Prof. Jamie Wilson, the Black Power Movement and lessons for today's activists
Prof. Jamie Wilson is giving a special People's World Black History Month teleconference presentation on Tues, Feb 19. This interview is a preview of the themes of his presentation.
Today in black history: Civil rights pioneer Claudia Jones is born
Jones died in exile in Great Britain in 1964 at the age of 49, her health weakened from imprisonment in the U.S. because of her political activism.
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.
