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Philadelphia continues long history of Black-led protest meetings aimed at fighting racial inequity and prejudice

Philadelphians attend a meeting at Germantown’s Center in the Park on Feb. 25, 2025, to strategize a new Black agenda. Linn Washington Jr. ,...

Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show: A Bold Rebuke of Trump’s America

Kendrick Lamar performing the Super Bowl LIX Half Time Show (Screenshot). BHM Our Voices: Perspectives on the Black Experience – Stories examining the issues, injustices,...

White and Black activists worked strategically in parallel in Detroit 50 years ago, fighting for civil rights

A member of the Michigan National Guard stands at the ready as firemen battle a blaze in Detroit in July 1967. AP Photo by Say...

Chicago’s Black Press Urges Mayor to Fire Officers With Oath Keepers Ties

By Erick Johnson of The Chicago Crusader Publishers and owners of Chicago’s Black media organizations have banded together, urging Mayor Brandon Johnson to keep his...

Black communities are using mapping to document and restore a sense of place

by Joshua F.J. Inwood, Penn State and Derek H. Alderman, University of Tennessee When historian Carter Woodson created “Negro History Week” in 1926, which became...

Harry Belafonte, Entertainer And Civil Rights Activist, Dies At 96

Harry Belafonte, an entertainer and activist, has died at 96.  Born in 1927 in Harlem, New York to parents who were Jamaican immigrants, Belafonte would...

Atlanta Hawks Defeat Miami Heat, Honor Dr. King With Annual MLK Day Game

With Atlanta being the epicenter of the MLK Day holiday, the Hawks have always used the day to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin...

History In Action: What Martin Luther King Jr’s Descendants Are Doing Today

Photo: Getty Images   By Zuri Anderson Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a legendary icon in the ongoing fight against racial injustice in the United States. Even though it's...

Civil Rights Leader John Lewis Gets Postal Stamp for 2023

U.S. Postal Service has announced that civil rights leader and U.S. Rep. John Lewis will be amongst the latest to be included in their...

Op-Ed: We The People, Too! (Tribute to Black Artists)

Written by Debra Hand Something beautiful is happening here.  Diverse cultural groups are gathered to celebrate Black artists.  As a Black artist, I am grateful...

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