Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘Letter From Birmingham Jail’ | The Atlantic
In April 1963, King was jailed in Birmingham, Alabama, after he defied a state court’s injunction and led a march of black protesters without a permit, urging an Easter boycott…
AG Letitia James announces major win over Trump administration in Census case | New York Amsterdam News
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a victory in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s decision to demand a question about citizenship information on the 2020 census. The decision…
Black Farmer Says Trump’s Trade War, Shutdown Have Sliced His Profit Margins In Half | Atlanta Black Star
The partial government shutdown has entered its fourth week, and there’s no end in sight as newly empowered House Democrats and President Donald Trump refuse to budge. Meanwhile, over 800,000…
The Racial Wealth Gap Could Become a 2020 Litmus Test | The Atlantic
When Senator Elizabeth Warren announced that she’d formed a presidential exploratory committee, she hit all the populist notes that have become standard in her career, addressing a besieged middle class…
Black boys need rites of passage programs in 2019 across the country | New York Amsterdam News
The year 2019 is important to African-American men because the opportunities are boundless and amazing. If you can conceive it, you can achieve it. The only barrier holding Black men…
“Women of Color Connecting” Announces the Adopt-a-Business Program | The Network Journal
According to the 2018 State of Women Owned Businesses Report, commissioned by American Express, the number of women-owned businesses increased 31 times between 1972 and 2018, rising from 402,000 in…
Top 12 Scholarship Programs For Black/ African American Students in 2019 | African American News & Issues
Nationwide — The new year has settled in, and most students are already back to their normal school routine. Also, many are realizing that the summer is fast approaching and…
Black Owned Banks In Danger! | AFRO
African-American owned banks were established at the end of the 19th century with the opening of the Capital Saving Bank in 1888 in Washington. They were mainly meeting the needs…
Fight For $15 Minimum Wage Back at Forefront in Md. | The Washington Informer
ANNAPOLIS— State lawmakers, activists, business owners and workers held a press conference Monday inside the House of Delegates in support of raising Maryland’s minimum hourly wage to $15. Many of…
Suspected separatists in Cameroon ‘kidnap 30’ people | Al Jazeera
At least 30 people have been abducted by suspected separatists in Cameroon’s troubled Southwest English-speaking region, local sources said. The people were kidnapped after suspected separatists attacked buses plying the…