Tag: racial

By Michael R. Sisak and Jennifer Peltz NEW YORK (AP) — More than half a century after the assassination of Malcolm X, two of his...

By Janet McConnaughey Associated Press Louisiana’s oldest college is celebrating its first lifetime appointment to a Black faculty member, and discussing why this racial milestone took...

By Haley Wilson The Birmingham Times Memorial, a play written by Birmingham native Quinton Cockrell, will highlight the “racial violence in Alabama” with its debut at...

By Ariel Worthy The Birmingham Times During the question and answer portion of a roundtable discussion on race at the Junior League of Birmingham an audience...

By Ariel Worthy The Birmingham Times With everyone voicing opinions about racial tension in the United States a group of diverse faith leaders were invited to...

BY DAVE COLLINS         HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut officers who drew their stun guns on the job last year were more likely to fire when...

By James Strong Advice is like applesauce. It tastes sweet to the tongue at first, but then dissolves into a tasteless afterthought. Consequently, the statement by US...

By Michael H. Cottman, BlackAmericaWeb.com “They took our flag, so be it. They’re taking our heritage from us. They’re taking the freedom out of America.”—William...

by JOHN WIGHT Counterpunch If ever a cause was unworthy, that cause was the US Confederacy. If ever a cause was righteously defeated, it was the...

Washington, DC - June 30, 2015 On Thursday, July 2, on what would be Thurgood Marshall's 107th birthday, the Thurgood Marshall Center Trust will...