During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against…
On the day the nation remembered the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy‘s assassination, former ambassador and civil rights warrior Andrew Young weighed in on his…
Benjamin Crump is an attorney from Florida who represents Trayvon Martin‘s family and is an advocate for civil rights. He is partner in his own…
VIA PraiseAtL Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post via Getty Images Evelyn Lowery, the wife of civil rights leader Joseph E. Lowery, has died. She passed away overnight in her Atlanta home. She was 88. Read more on Praise ATL.
President Barack Obama purposefully placed a bronze bust of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the Oval Office to remind him of King’s non-violent movement…
After CNN anchor Don Lemon said that Black people could help themselves by “pulling their pants up” he found himself in hot water with social…
With the continuing challenges of Black America in mind, despite our first African-American president, it’s a good time to come together. This year marks the…
North Carolina Attorney Julius Chambers founded the first racially integrated law practice in the southern United States in 1964. Chambers served as the first African…
Dr. Dorothy Height was considered the “grande dame” of the civil rights era. She was an American administrator, educator, and social activist. She also served…
The kids are out of school and you might be off work so spend the day celebrating the life of a legacy. *Blacks In Wax, part of the UnitedHealthcare’s Black Classic Cinema Series, will feature students who will come to life from a pretend wax state to a live portrayal of a civil rights icon. […]
Emboldened by a successful fund drive and a pledge from the Leon Levine Foundation, the Levine Museum of the New South unveiled its revamped Cotton Fields to Skyscrapers during a press conference on Tuesday. The public is invited to a free community celebration to celebrate the museum’s 20th anniversary and see the updated exhibit Sunday. […]
Every idiot likes to speculate on what the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. would be thinking or doing if he were alive today so I figured, why should I be any different? So here’s what I think: Dr. King would be married to a white woman and living in Africa if he were alive […]
