Jim Crow
Jim Crow tactics return with Trump’s “election integrity” commission
August 11, 2017The same sham justifications used to prop up voter suppression tactics during the Jim Crow era are being recycled today.
Read moreJackie Robinson, Opening Day and U.S. – Cuba relations
April 5, 2016"My mother and I were thrilled and honored to witness our President extend the hand of friendship to the Cuban people."
Read moreWriting black troops out of Civil War history paved way for Jim Crow
November 18, 2015"If we don't tell our own story it will not be told."
Read moreGroups battle “Jim Crow” segregation in restaurant industry
October 20, 2015A joint project of ROC United and the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights will establish a programmatic intervention to confront this issue.
Read moreTaking the long view on fight for freedom
September 4, 2013As one of 250,000 who attended the 1963 "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom," I had to come to Washington, Aug. 24, to be a part of the 50th anniversary march.
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