Protestors crash “corporate criminal” breakfast
Protestors in St. Louis crashed an annual breakfast where corpoarte leaders, politicans and bank executives were meeting, demanding they be held responsible for wrecking the economy.
Fort Mose: early marker in African American freedom movement
The fight for African American freedom reaches back hundreds of years, even before the arrival of the British.
Black History Month: George B. Murphy, Jr., journalist for the people
I got to know George B. Murphy, Jr. during the 25 years I commuted from Baltimore to Washington D.C. covering the capital for the Daily World newspaper, now the People's World online daily. His long career as a fighting, pro-people journalist made a deep impression on me.
Civil rights legends Nash, Vivian urge continued resistance
CHICAGO - Two "living legends" of the civil rights movement, Diane Nash and the Rev. C. T. Vivian, keynoted "Remembering the Movement," a Black History Month program, livestreamed from the Harold Washington Wing of the DuSable Museum.
Lost chance for school desegregation led to today’s woes
A landmark 1974 Supreme Court case was a failed opportunity to strike a blow at school segregation in Michigan and around the nation, and we continue to suffer the consequences.
National outrage: Akron mother jailed for putting kids in suburban school
The case of Kelley Williams-Bolar, an African American resident of Akron, Ohio, highlights the ongoing problems of racism and segregation in our country.
Segregated housing rooted in government policy, panel shows
"From Redlining to White Flight, the History of Housing Segregation and the Importance of Regionalism" presented shocking details of how government and industry played a big role in segregating neighborhoods and schools.
Jean Quan becomes first Asian American woman to lead major U.S. city
In a ceremony marking several "firsts," Jean Quan, a former labor organizer and school board and city council member, was inaugurated Oakland's 49th mayor Jan. 3.
Scott sisters freed!
Jamie and Gladys Scott received the news on December 29 that their 16-year prison ordeal was over at last: Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour commuted their double-life sentences and ordered them out of prison. They were originally accused of having taken part in an $11 robbery!
Dr. Margaret Burroughs, 1917-2010: What will your legacy be?
A founder of one of the oldest African American history museums in the country has died.
