Mfume to Return to Congress, Succeeding Elijah Cummings
He first held the seat from 1987 to 1996 until he left to serve as president of the N.A.A.C.P. and was replaced by Mr. Cummings, who died in October. WASHINGTON…
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He first held the seat from 1987 to 1996 until he left to serve as president of the N.A.A.C.P. and was replaced by Mr. Cummings, who died in October. WASHINGTON…
Among the events that helped to crystallize what would come to be known as the Harlem Renaissance was a dinner, in March, 1924, at the Civic Club, on West 12th…
On April 29, 1963, the United States Supreme Court struck down segregated courtroom seating and overturned the contempt conviction of a black man who refused to sit in a Virginia…
Since the White House announced this “historic public-private partnership,” 63 sites have opened nationwide. Just eight are in black neighborhoods. Adarra Benjamin, a 26-year-old black social worker in Chicago, lacks…
On April 28, 1936, a 45-year-old black farmer named Lint Shaw was shot to death by a mob of forty white men in Colbert, Georgia – just eight hours before…
The American Lung Association’s latest report “State of the Air” has revealed startling racial disparities in terms of exposure to air pollution. Over 14 million people of color or more…
In just the past few days, President Trump has blamed immigrants, China, the “fake news” and, of course, “the invisible enemy” of the coronavirus for America’s present troubles. He has…
Here are a few historical examples of how race, and racism, has greatly impacted the health outcomes of African Americans. 1619 to 1730: Africans were enslaved and transported to the…
A new book revisits W.E.B. Du Bois’s landmark 1900 exhibition on Black American identity. In 1900, partway through the official planning for The Exhibit of American Negroes at the Paris…
On April 26, 1960, black demonstrators engaged in a locally-organized nonviolent protest and walked onto Biloxi Beach on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast in order to hold a “wade-in” challenging the segregated…