Black History
Communist Alphaeus Hunton drew together anti-fascist, anti-racist, anti-colonial struggles
February 19, 2021From the 1945 People's World archives comes this selection from W. Alphaeus Hunton.
Read moreFamed Black journalist Joe Walker’s fateful meeting with Malcolm X
February 18, 2021Joe Walker was already a widely admired African-American journalist when he got a surprising invitation to become the editor of Muhammad Speaks, the Nation of Islam’s newspaper.
Read more‘Georgia On My Mind: The Third Reconstruction’: Connecticut Black history event planned
February 17, 2021The event is a fundraiser for People's World, which has suffered a severe income loss due to the pandemic. Throughout the decades of struggle for civil rights, peace, and economic justice, People's World has reported and...
Read moreREVIEW: ‘Ballad of an American’—Civil rights giant Paul Robeson’s illustrated bio
December 4, 2020Actor, athlete, singer, anti-fascist fighter, and defender of democracy—Paul Robeson did it all.
Read morePhiladelphia’s MOVE and Black political culture on film at TIFF
October 26, 2020It wouldn’t be incorrect to compare much of what we learn about the history of MOVE to current struggles for social justice.
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