African Americans – Page 84

Angela Davis headlines tribute for CPUSA’s Henry Winston

February 23, 2012 By Sam Webb

Winston was also a political prisoner, unjustly imprisoned in the McCarthy era where he lost his fight due to poor medical care while there.

Court hears new challenge to anti-affirmative action measure

February 15, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

Driver said 209 made possible "resegregation of higher education" and a "new Jim Crow" in California.

Black History Month 2012: Remembering Dalzenia Henry

February 14, 2012 By Joelle Fishman

When 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.

U.S. information center named for Paul Robeson

February 1, 2012 By Susan Webb

In a ceremony last week, the U.S. Embassy in Jamaica named its Information Resource Center for the African American singer-actor-activist Paul Robeson.

The dream today

January 13, 2012 By PW Editorial Board

Forty-eight years after his "I Have a Dream" speech, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. would be furious.