African Americans
Songs of civil rights movement ring out at White House
February 12, 2010Songs linked to the great social change movements of our times echoed through the White House Feb. 9, with Smokey Robinson, Bob Dylan and other music legends at the microphone.
Read moreLorraine Hansberry home gets landmark status
February 11, 2010Chicago's City Council has given landmark status to the home of the author/activist who wrote "A Raisin in the Sun."
Read moreJobs crisis spotlighted at monument built by WPA
February 11, 2010DALLAS - At a Robert E. Lee memorial built by the New Deal's WPA government jobs program, an NAACP leader and others called for federal action on jobs.
Read moreOne family’s “American Violet” experience
February 8, 2010When I saw "American Violet" recently, it really hit close to home. I kept flashing back to my family's own encounters with the law.
Read moreCommunist Party and African American equality – a focus unequaled in U.S. history
February 3, 2010A look at writings of leading African American members of the Communist Party USA on the struggle against racism over four decades.
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