African Americans
Happy birthday, Marian Anderson! (with video)
February 27, 2012Mariann Anderson, the great contralto, perhaps the most renowned of the 20th century, would have been 115 years old today.
Read moreAngela Davis headlines tribute for CPUSA’s Henry Winston
February 23, 2012Winston was also a political prisoner, unjustly imprisoned in the McCarthy era where he lost his fight due to poor medical care while there.
Read moreCourt hears new challenge to anti-affirmative action measure
February 15, 2012Driver said 209 made possible "resegregation of higher education" and a "new Jim Crow" in California.
Read moreBlack History Month 2012: Remembering Dalzenia Henry
February 14, 2012When the judging for the African American History Month High School Arts and Writing Competition takes place this Friday, Dalzenia Henry's legacy will be on our minds.
Read moreU.S. information center named for Paul Robeson
February 1, 2012In a ceremony last week, the U.S. Embassy in Jamaica named its Information Resource Center for the African American singer-actor-activist Paul Robeson.
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