13 stories · page 1 of 2
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: "We thank the Congressional Black Caucus, the conscience of the Congress, for bringing together leaders of the Congress and the country for this solemn…
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 people last week on…
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Photo: Wikimediacommons Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered this sermon on April 30th, 1967 in New York at the Riverside Church. The sermon…
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 began planning it months…
First of all, I love John Lewis. And I don’t know where he gets the energy, where he gets the drive, what stores of passion he’s still able…
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 during a routine traffic…
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 broken vertebrae during the…
Rev. Jackson; champion of voting rights for all -- except Saharawis? Stirring statements on the sanctity of voting rights flowed from President Obama, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and…
Driving the dark highway to Selma, Ala., I met forgotten heroes of the voting rights movement. It was the night before President Barack Obama’s arrival. I was driving…
MaryAnne Howland The film “Selma” calls us to consider where we stand today and what we are doing as individuals and communities about racial justice. In the past…
