Slaves who built U.S. Capitol to be honored
The U.S. Congress will acknowledge the role of slave labor in building the U.S. Capitol Building this week.
Texas bans capitalism
The Texas state school board has erased "capitalism" from the social studies curriculum and substituted "free enterprise," since "capitalism" is only used by "liberal" professors.
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.
Feminist pioneer Betty Millard dies at 98
Betty (Elizabeth Boynton) Millard, feminist, writer, photographer, political activist and philanthropist, born in 1911 under the presidency of William Howard Taft, died on March 6.
Health care vote greeted as giant first step
Grassroots health care coalition greets historic bill's passage.
Philly celebrates African American history with calls for peace action
PHILADELPHIA -- More than 50 people crowded into the Du Bois Center on Baltimore Avenue in West Philadelphia last Friday to hear Anthony Monteiro, professor of African American Studies at Temple University, deliver a history lecture.
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.
CPUSA in the 1960s: an interview with Jarvis Tyner
Jarvis Tyner is the executive vice chair of the Communist Party USA and the chair of the party's African American Equality Commission. He joined the CPUSA in the early sixties, just as the Civil Rights Movement was maturing.
