Rosa Parks was the right woman, for the right time, in the right place. Fifty-eight years after the quiet, unassuming seamstress refused to give up
To say ‘Lil Wayne’s Emmett Till reference on the remix of Future’s “Karate Chop” didn’t go over well’ is an understatement. Kanye West fared way
When we reminisce about the Civil Rights Movement, a common fallacy is that we often begin with the late 1950s and early 1960s and almost
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Whitney M. Young’s legacy was quietly shelved, until now. Chicago educators, television executives, community leaders and students packed the DuSable Museum for the Chicago Urban
Vonzie Whitlow has barber’s clippers and the Civil Rights Movement in his DNA. And he combines his love of sculpting hair with his passion for
According to a new Quinnipiac University/New York Times/CBS poll, a large majority of voters in the all-important “swing” states of Ohio, Florida and Wisconsin — three
Several civil rights leaders released an open letter to President Obama, lauding him for his public stance on same-sex marriages. Obama proclaimed support for same-sex marriages in
It seems appropriate that prolific actor Samuel L. Jackson will be honored at the 33rd annual “Drum Major for Justice Awards Dinner” in Atlanta to
Martin Luther King Jr. and others fought, bled and died for the very rights for which the parents of Trayvon Martin — and much of
J. Edgar Hoover, the deceased and despised director of the FBI who is considered the very personification of evil by civil rights-era activists, was said
WASHINGTON – One of the most exciting weekends African Americans in recent Washington history unfolded over the weekend. What better way than to tell the
President Obama, the heir apparent to Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream, officially christened the King Memorial on the National Mall while reminding citizens that King
Inflammatory statements made by Jacqueline Kennedy about Martin Luther King Jr. after her husband John F. Kennedy’s assassination have been captured in a book, Jacqueline
Before the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial could be built on the National Mall, the builders paid upwards of $800,000 to be able to
WASHINGTON – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was laid to rest in April 1968. But on Aug. 26, 2011, the Alpha Phi Alpha Greek fraternity,
The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. exemplified a principle as old as the Scriptures during its International Leadership conference in Atlanta: Before you can lead,
