African Americans
Tens of thousands mark Selma’s “Bloody Sunday” voting rights march
March 9, 2015America's racial history "still casts its long shadow upon us," Obama said Saturday as he stood in solidarity and remembrance with civil rights activists.
Read moreBell, East Harlem historian, featured at Vito Marcantonio Forum
March 6, 2015The VMF is a historical, cultural, and educational organization that brings together people from a wide variety of backgrounds.
Read moreOakland residents celebrate black history with tributes to outstanding women
March 4, 2015We Stand on Their Shoulders" was the theme as young and old packed the house Feb. 28 to hear poems, dramatizations and accounts from history.
Read moreU.S.: Ferguson police routinely discriminated against African Americans
March 4, 2015An investigation released today finds sweeping patterns of racial bias within the Ferguson, Missouri, police department.
Read morePeople lobby for police accountability bill filed in Maryland state legislature
March 2, 2015It's a sign of the effectiveness of protests that have occurred here - as well as nationwide - against police killings of unarmed African Americans.
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