African American
Remembering Claudia Jones, Communist leader who spoke for black women
December 24, 2016Jones’ analysis of black women’s oppression and her vision of black women as political activists remain meaningful even a half-century after her death.
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Remembering Shirley Chisholm
November 30, 2016According to Chisholm: “You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.”
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Gwen Ifill, 61: PBS journalist
November 18, 2016“We can’t expect the world to get better by itself,” she said. “We have to create something we can leave the next generation.”
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Quill Pettway, 94: A giant laid to rest
January 20, 2015Quill Pettway, labor organizer and civil rights pioneer was part of a generation of Communists and radicals who made Detroit's rich labor and civil rights history.
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Tucson’s ethnic studies stems from desegregation decree
May 20, 2010The courses and curriculum banned by Republican Gov. Jan Brewer were originally created to help settle a race discrimination lawsuit in the 1970s.
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