Are Looters Undermining The Movement — Or Creating It?
Windows smashed and vehicles set ablaze; government building doors shattered; cops blanketing protesters in tear gas: Kenosha, Wisconsin, has become…
Esteemed Civil Rights Organizer C.T. Vivian Laid To Rest In Atlanta
Elijah Nouvelage via Getty Images ATLANTA, GA – JULY 23: The casket holding the body of civil rights icon C.T.…
‘There Will Always Be Struggle’: Generations Of Black Americans Have Fought For Justice
Several days after police killed George Floyd this spring, civil rights hero Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) lamented that too little…
Rep. John Lewis, Civil Rights Icon, Dies At Age 80
Rep. John Lewis, the legendary civil rights leader who helped organize the March on Washington and was later known as…
Civil Rights Leader Rev. C.T. Vivian Dies At 95
ATLANTA (AP) — The Rev. C.T. Vivian, a civil rights veteran who worked alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.…
White People, Stop Quoting MLK To Police How Black People Protest
Last Thursday, Martin Luther King III responded to the increasingly heated protests spurred by the death of George Floyd at…
The Racist Origins Of Trump’s ‘When The Looting Starts, The Shooting Starts’ Quote
As protests intensified in Minneapolis following the death of a Black man pinned down by a white police officer, President…
LGBTQ Rights Icon Bayard Rustin Granted Posthumous Pardon In California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s governor announced Wednesday that he is posthumously pardoning a gay civil rights leader while creating…
Steven Reed Sworn In As First Black Mayor Of Montgomery, Alabama
The city of Montgomery swore in Steven Reed on Tuesday as its first Black mayor. According to the Montgomery Advertiser,…
Montgomery, Alabama, Elects Its First Black Mayor
Montgomery has elected Steven Reed to become the Alabama capital’s first Black mayor, a landmark in a city known for…
New Emmett Till Memorial Will Be Made Bulletproof, Group Says
A new historical marker honoring Emmett Till will reportedly be bulletproof and protected by security, following national outrage over a…
Leah Chase, Famed New Orleans Chef Who Fed Civil Rights Leaders, Dead At 96
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Legendary New Orleans chef Leah Chase always had problems when customers asked if she served “soul…
Angela Davis Reoffered Award By Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Angela Davis has been reoffered an award from an Alabama civil rights museum after it sparked controversy for rescinding the…
Bad Public Transportation Keeps Americans Poor. These Folks Won’t Tolerate It.
This story is a collaboration between HuffPost and The Incline. Six decades after the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott and the…
African American Atheist Experiences | The Three Black Heathens
Support the stream: https://streamlabs.com/nonsequiturshow African American atheists are a minority among African Americans. Past studies of African … source
Trump Sparks Backlash For Saying Aretha Franklin ‘Worked For Me’ During Tribute
Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul” who created anthems for the civil rights movement, died on Thursday at the age…
Emmett Till Murder Investigation Reopened 62 Years After Slaying
Federal authorities have reopened the lynching case of Emmett Till, a black teenager whose brutal murder in Mississippi in 1955…
The Black Outdoors: Fred Moten & Saidiya Hartman at Duke University
Visit the Humanities Futures website for more info: http://humanitiesfutures.org The Black Outdoors: Humanities Futures after Property and Possession seeks to…
African American Spirituals | Black History Month Facts | Freedom Songs
https://calvinearl.com/spirituals-and-freedom-songs-shop/ One of the great black history month heroes Frederick Douglass talked about the African American Spirituals in his book…