by October Gallery
The pandemic has brought the latest battle in the long American war over communal well-being. He became a founding father. He coveted his freedom. But for most of his political…
(CNN) Thousands of employeesat a hospital in the epicenter of America’s fight against the coronavirus are being rewarded for their hard work. More than 4,000 hospital staff — including doctors,…
History has been made at one of the most prestigious universities in the world! Nicholas Johnson becomes the very first black valedictorian at Princeton University. Nicholas Johnson, who is an…
On May 11, 2010, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed into law HB 2281, a legislative act designed to end Ethnic Studies classes in the state. This came just weeks after…
In April 1721, a smallpox outbreak swept through Boston. This was the latest in a string of six epidemics that had, since, 1630, laid waste to the city. Cotton Mather,…
The decision that Celia Marcos made, the one that would ultimately steal years from her life, had been hard-wired after decades working as a nurse. On the ward that she…
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) said Sunday that rhetoric from the White House gives “permission” to people who are “prone to being racist.” Her comments on CNN’s “State of…
From classics like “Lady Sings the Blues” to the films of Haile Gerima, these films deserve homes on major streaming platforms. Normally, IndieWire’s Stream of the Day feature focuses on…
Building new lives in the ‘Black Belt’ In the early decades of the 20th century, millions of African-Americans began leaving the rural South for the urban North in a mass…
Reverend George Lee, co-founder of the Belzoni, Mississippi NAACP and the first African American to register to vote in Humphreys County since Reconstruction, was shot and killed in Belzoni on…