Tag: African-American
Ketanji Brown Jackson Breaks Through A ‘Concrete Ceiling’
By Nyah Marshall
Howard University News Service
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is officially confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court with a historical vote that makes her...
Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to be first Black woman to...
By Clare Foran, Ted Barrett and Ali Zaslav
CNN
The Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday in a historic vote that paves the...
Motown Legend Smokey Robinson: “I resent being called African American”
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
@StacyBrownMedia
Legendary singer and songwriter Smokey Robinson has come under fire – at least on social media...
NAACP Calls Judge Ketanji Jackson’s Hearing ‘One for the Ages’
By Alex Backus
msn.com
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson delivered a message of gratitude in her opening remarks Monday, as she shared a strong sense of American...
Birmingham Prepares to Celebrate Fred Shuttlesworth’s 100th
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham plans to honor its most prominent civil rights leader, the late Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, this week on the...
Rep. Terri Sewell welcomes one of her biggest fights since being...
Donna M. Owens
NBC News
In August, Rep. Terri Sewell stood at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in her hometown, Selma, Alabama, to tout...
Vice President Kamala Harris Marks ‘Bloody Sunday’ Anniversary in Selma
By KIM CHANDLER
Associated Press
SELMA, Ala. — Vice President Kamala Harris visited Selma, Alabama, on Sunday to commemorate a defining moment in the fight for...
Autherine Lucy Foster, first Black student at University of Alabama, dies...
Associated Press
Autherine Lucy Foster, the first Black student to enroll at the University of Alabama, died Wednesday. She was 92.
University officials announced her death...
Killed in War, Bill Terry Jr. Was First Black Buried in...
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
Alabama NewsCenter
Phyllis Palmer remembers laughing when her brother talked about being buried at Elmwood Cemetery.
The year was 1968 and the United...
The Morgan Project Highlights One of Birmingham’s Most Impassioned Speeches
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
The Birmingham Times
Former U.S. Senator Doug Jones summed up it best when he told a gathering Wednesday at the Sixteenth Street...