African Americans
Today in Labor History: Paul Robeson dies
January 23, 2013On January 23, 1976, noted singer and actor Paul Robeson died in Philadelphia. Robeson was also a legendary civil rights and peace leader and athlete.
Read moreGerda Lerner, pioneering scholar of women’s, African-American history
January 8, 2013Gerda Lerner, whose life went from Jewish radical activist in Austria to refugee from Nazism to prominent U.S. historian, passed away in Madison, Wisc., at the age of 92, this month.
Read moreToday in labor history: New Orleans slave uprising
January 8, 2013The revolt consisted of somewhere between 300-500 people.
Read moreToday in labor history: Black workers form national union
December 6, 2012African American delegates met in Washington, D.C., to form the Colored National Labor Union.
Read more“Last White Knight:” Is reconciliation possible in Mississippi?
October 8, 2012"It's quite easy to move beyond prejudice if you invite people into looking within themselves."
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