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Virginia town was center of civil rights struggle

February 11, 2013 By Art Cook

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 called the Danville Police Department one of the most brutal and vicious he had come across.

Today in labor history: Mandela released

February 11, 2013 By PW Editorial

By that time deputy national president of the ANC, Mandela helped to form Spear of the Nation, the armed wing of the Congress.

Today in labor history: First Black reporter covers White House

February 8, 2013 By Teresa Albano

Harry S. McAlpin made history when he became the first African American journalist admitted to a White House press conference.

Lincoln: principles and politics

February 8, 2013 By Tim Wheeler

In this 150th anniversary year of the Emancipation Proclamation, we are fortunate to have Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals to help us understand Abraham Lincoln.

I remember the Scottsboro defense

February 7, 2013 By Mary Licht

The decision to fight for the Scottsboro Nine was preceded by years of activity led by the Communist Party and its predecessor organizations.