SNCC 50th anniversary meet mixes nostalgia and determination
RALEIGH, N.C. - With a mix of nostalgia and renewed commitment, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) held its 50th anniversary conference here, April 15-18.
Some sobering notes on African American equality
The fact that institutionalized racism persist in our country is rooted in the historical reality of 250 years of slavery followed, after a brief period of civil war and democratic reconstruction, by over seventy years of Jim Crow terror and state sanctioned racist discrimination.
Struggle requires long view, Jesse Jackson tells left gathering
A conversation with the Rev. Jesse Jackson before an overflow crowd opened this year's Left Forum conference at Pace University in lower Manhattan this weekend.
Labor rally calls for jobs, protests Bank of America
A spirited lunchtime crowd of some 2000 workers heard local, state and national leaders slam Wall Street and urge action and large-scale investment for jobs.
Frank Lumpkin, “Saint of Chicago,” dies at 93
Frank Lumpkin, the "Saint of Chicago" and life long fighter for worker rights, full equality and socialism, passed away March 1 at the age of 93.
African American Communist, WW II seaman, dies at 107
Jacob Green, an African American seaman who braved Nazi U-boats while supplying the Soviet Union during World War II, and later served as chairman of the Communist Party of Maryland, died Feb. 19. He was 107.
Black history, labor history intertwined in Detroit
Between the two World Wars, the groundwork was laid in Detroit's Black community that culminated in the organizing of the world's most powerful corporation.
Black History Month: Working together for justice
Connecticut Black History Month event features author Dr. Gerald Horne and the New Haven Firebirds.
Black history event inspires activists to fight for equality
Black, brown and white unity has always been an important component in the struggle for African American equality.
Black farmers settlement is "win for all family farmers"
Willie Adams, a Black farmer in Greene County, Ga., hailed President Obama's $1.25 billion proposed settlement of a lawsuit by Black farmers demanding compensation for 80 years of racist discrimination in federal farm loan programs.
