NC celebrates Black History Month amid debate about diversity, equity and inclusion
Organizers of the state-sponsored African American Cultural Celebration say it’s more important than ever to recognize Black ...
President Joe Biden's visit puts Charleston's African American Museum on a national stage
During President Joe Biden's visit to Charleston, he visited the International African American Museum to highlight the ...
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Remembering Henry Marsh III, Richmond’s first African American mayor
Henry taught us all that the fight for civil rights is never truly over – that it is one of constant effort, requiring us to ...
African American Civil Rights Heritage Consortium working to preserve historic Alabama Civil Rights Churches
LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – With the devastating Palisades Fire still smoldering, Lisa Pelton and some of her neighbors in ...
African American Civil Rights Consortium event aims to preserve Alabama Civil Rights Churches
LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – With the devastating Palisades Fire still smoldering, Lisa Pelton and some of her neighbors in ...
Bessie Coleman, the Black Cherokee Woman Pilot Who Made Aviation History
No aviation schools in America would teach Bessie Coleman how to fly in the 1920s. So, she sailed to France and became the ...
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Henry Marsh, first Black mayor of Richmond, dies at 91
Henry L. Marsh III, the first Black mayor of Richmond and a figure who embodied the rise of African American power in the ...
It’s time to retire the phrase ‘people of color’
President Donald Trump lied about the Panama Canal, 2020 election, and Nancy Pelosi, but also correctly noted that he scored ...
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Virtual NNPA Midwinter Training Conference opens
Explore the National Newspaper Publishers Association's Midwinter Training Conference, focusing on sustainability, growth, ...
Staff laid off at Harvard Slavery Remembrance Program, university outsources research
Staff told Harvard's student newspaper that they were not given any advance notice of the decision to lay off staff and ...
30 years on: OJ Simpson’s ‘trial of the century’ made DNA great
Larry Green holds a guilty sign and Mable Coleman wears a “Free OJ Now” T-shirt outside the Los Angeles Criminal Courts ...
Mary McLeod Bethune, known as the ‘First Lady of Negro America,’ also sought to unify the African diaspora
In 1935, Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women, an “organization of organizations” to unify African American women’s organizations under one major umbrella. The Mary McLeod Bethune ...