Black history month – Page 3

Trump meets only hand-picked backers for Black History Month

February 6, 2017 By Eric A. Gordon

What does the president notice about Frederick Douglass? Seemingly only that he commands a certain buzz.

Amina Baraka records debut CD, headlines NYC performance

February 3, 2017 By John Pietaro

"This CD is very important right now as we face a kind of American fascism we haven't known before."

This week in history: First African American congressman speaks on House of Representatives floor

February 1, 2016 By Special to People’s World

Jefferson Franklin Long: the first black member to speak on the House floor.

Lead Belly discography released

February 23, 2015

Did he really sing his way out of Southern prisons twice? Did he really travel and sing with the legendary Blind Lemon Jefferson?

Today in black history: Civil rights activist Jimmie Lee Jackson dies, becomes catalyst for Selma march

February 26, 2014 By Teresa Albano

Twenty-six year old civil rights protester Jimmie Lee Jackson died this day, Feb. 26, 1965, from gunshot wounds inflicted by Alabama State Trooper after marching in a peaceful protest.