African Americans – People's World

New book gives civil rights leader Alphaeus Hunton long overdue recognition

November 9, 2021 By C.J. Atkins

People's World interviews Tony Pecinovsky, author and editor of a new book on the largely unknown civil rights leader.

Major court victory against desecration of Bethesda’s Moses African Cemetery

October 26, 2021 By Jamal Rich

The cemetery is among the largest mass graves in the United States, but real estate developers have been eyeing the site for years.

Black college funding slashed, what else will right-wing Dems strip from education plan?

September 28, 2021 By Collin Binkley And Lisa Mascaro

Biden called for at least $45 billion to support research at historically Black colleges and universities. The bill includes just $2 billion for that purpose.

Links between domestic civil rights and anti-colonial struggles explored in new book

July 22, 2021 By Tony Pecinovsky

Though primarily focused on the period after World War II, the book explores the earlier period too.

This Memorial Day also remember the African Americans murdered by police

May 28, 2021 By Al Neal

And fight so that no more of them have to be remembered.