African Americans
Today in labor history: Muhammad Ali indicted
May 8, 2014On May 8, 1967, A federal grand jury indicted Muhammad Ali for refusing to be inducted into the armed forces.
Read moreAfter Supreme Court decision, “Being Black at U of M” just got harder
April 29, 2014In my first political science class at U of M, I quickly realized I was only one of a handful of African American students in a lecture class of 200.
Read moreSocialist and journalist Carl Bloice dies at 75
April 15, 2014Carl Bloice focused his daily and weekly and monthly journalistic production on economics, on the struggle for equality, on youth, especially African American, Latino and Asian youth in his hometown, on internationalism.
Read moreRacial discrimination leads to increased deaths of black women from breast cancer
March 27, 2014Although breast cancer survival rates increased overall between 1990 and 2010, white women benefited far more than did black women.
Read moreThe war that won’t go away
March 26, 2014Melvin Morris, 80, received a Medal of Honor this month. Why is he receiving it belatedly? Because he was discriminated against during the time of the U.S. War in Vietnam.
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