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Today in labor history: Martin Luther King, Jr. born

January 15, 2014 By Special to People’s World

In a 1965 speech, King stated, "The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress."

“Negro Comrades of the Crown” should be required reading

January 15, 2014 By Tony Pecinovsky

Horne focuses on the reactionary nature of U.S. slavery and racism, and demonstrates the vanguard role of African Americans in the struggle for freedom.

Amiri Baraka, preeminent poet and activist, dies at age 79

January 10, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Amiri Baraka, one of the country's preeminent African American poets, playwrights and activists died Thursday at Newark's Beth Israel Hospital after a brief illness.

Today in labor history: Author Zora Neale Hurston is born

January 7, 2014 By Special to People’s World

On this day in 1891, Zora Neale Hurston, novelist and folklorist, was born. She is seen as one of the most important black writers in American history.

Ala. board approves pardons for “Scottsboro Boys”

November 21, 2013 By Phillip Rawls

The state's parole board wrote a new ending for the infamous "Scottsboro Boys" rape case Thursday morning by approving posthumous pardons more than 80 years after the arrests.