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Today in black history: Medgar Evers’ killer convicted

February 5, 2014 By Special to People’s World

White supremacist Byron De La Beckwith was convicted in the murder of African-American civil rights leader Medgar Evers, over 30 years after the crime occurred.

Hollywood doesn’t recognize complexity of black life

January 24, 2014 By Ralph Richardson

This should have been the year that black directors dominated the Oscars.

Hartford rising for Community Bill of Rights

January 22, 2014 By Joelle Fishman

The multi-racial rally, called in the spirit of Dr. King's 1964 poor people's campaign, was held in Hartford's North End, one of the most impoverished neighborhoods in the nation.

“Opposing Jim Crow”: How African Americans helped shape Soviet antiracism

January 7, 2014 By Tony Pecinovsky

"Opposing Jim Crow: African Americans and the Soviet Indictment of U.S. Racism, 1928-1937" critically investigates what she calls "Soviet antiracism."

De Blasio takes over in New York

January 3, 2014 By Gabe Falsetta

NEW YORK -The frigid weather couldn't keep hundreds of supporters and elected officials from attending the inauguration of New York City's 109th mayor, Bill de Blasio, Jan 1.