Selma
Second Season of EPIX’s “Godfather of Harlem” Premieres in April 2021
Photo: Asia Willis The second season of EPIX’s “Godfather of Harlem” starring Forest Whitaker is set to premiere in April 2021. Watch teaser trailer ...
SPEAKER PELOSI AND CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS COMMEMORATE 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF FORCED ARRIVAL OF AFRICAN SLAVES
[400th Anniversary of African Slaves] House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: “We thank the Congressional Black Caucus, the conscience of the Congress, for bringing together leaders ...
My Activism For Justice Was Inspired by Dr. King
Photo: Dr. King Portrait by Betsy G. Reyneau–Wikipediacommons I was marching on Broad St. and Market St. in downtown Newark, NJ with 100 other ...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.–Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Photo: Wikimediacommons Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered this sermon on April 30th, 1967 in New ...
Thousand Ministers’ March: Clergy Must Connect with Masses, Sharpton Says
NAN President Rev. Sharpton. Photo: Elvert Barnes-Flickr The Rev. Al Sharpton says his thousand-minister march is all the more urgent now than when he ...
Obama: Congress Must Pass New Voting Rights Act
[Commentary] First of all, I love John Lewis. And I don’t know where he gets the energy, where he gets the drive, what ...
Murder Of Samuel DuBose: Unarmed Citizens And Routine Traffic Stops
Samuel DuBose Hamilton County’s grand jury decision to indict University of Cincinnati Police Officer Ray Tensing for the shooting death of 43-year-old Samuel DuBose ...
How To Combat The Scourge Of Police Killings Of Unarmed Black People
Cornell William Brooks Freddie Gray wasn’t the only person to die at the hands of the police in April. Before Mr. Gray suffered three ...
Western Sahara Independence: President Obama, Rep. Lewis, Rev. Jackson, On Wrong Side Of History
Rev. Jackson; champion of voting rights for all — except Saharawis? [Commentary] Stirring statements on the sanctity of voting rights flowed from President Obama, ...
SELMA And The Role Of Lowndes County
Driving the dark highway to Selma, Ala., I met forgotten heroes of the voting rights movement. It was the night before President Barack ...
