African American

Remembering Shirley Chisholm

November 30, 2016 By Patrick J. Foote

According to Chisholm: “You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.”

Gwen Ifill, 61: PBS journalist

November 18, 2016 By Combined Sources

“We can’t expect the world to get better by itself,” she said. “We have to create something we can leave the next generation.”

Quill Pettway, 94: A giant laid to rest

January 20, 2015 By John Rummel And April Smith

Quill 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.

Tucson’s ethnic studies stems from desegregation decree

May 20, 2010 By Pepe Lozano

The courses and curriculum banned by Republican Gov. Jan Brewer were originally created to help settle a race discrimination lawsuit in the 1970s.

Frank Lumpkin, “Saint of Chicago,” dies at 93

March 10, 2010 By John Bachtell

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.