Tag: Black
Police in US more likely to arrest minorities during traffic stops
By Tom Abate
Northstar News Today/New America Media
Researchers analyzing data from millions of traffic stops in the United States have found that black and Hispanic...
First black chief pilot at major U.S. airline retires
By David Koenig
Associated Press
DALLAS (AP) — Nobody at Southwest told Louis Freeman he would be the first black pilot in the airline’s history when...
Black Muslims aim for unity in challenging time for Islam
By Jeff Karoub, Sophia Tareen and Noreen Nasir
Associated Press
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - In her job as a refugee case manager, Fatimah Farooq would come...
The Negro Southern League Museum and the revitalization of Birmingham
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
For Natasha Rogers, executive director of the Negro Southern League Museum (NSLM) in downtown Birmingham, the museum and...
Black women publishers drive the black press
By Stacy M. Brown
NNPA Newswire Contributor
In 1827, with the publication of the “Freedom’s Journal,” John Russwurm and Reverend Samuel Cornish established the Black Press...
How the black press played vital role in “Hidden Figures”
By Stacy M. Brown
NNPA Newswire Contributor
In her book, “Hidden Figures,” author Margot Lee Shetterly pays homage to the African-American women who worked as human...
Black History: Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham played key role in...
By Nathan Turner Jr.
For the Birmingham Times
Marian Jones Daniel was 16 years old when a dynamite blast rocked the basement at Bethel Baptist Church...
Listing of places across Alabama that helped give birth to the...
By Monique Jones
The Birmingham Times
Just before leaving office in January 2017, President Barack Obama designated two new national monuments in Alabama to honor our...
Black history landmarks are scattered throughout the Southeast. Here are 39.
By Blackpast.org
Listed below are the African American National Historic Landmarks by states in the South and Southeast, as certified by the National Park Service’s...
Liberty is depicted as black woman on $100 gold coin
Associated Press
The U.S. Mint has unveiled a commemorative $100 gold coin that features an image of Liberty as a black woman.
The 2017 American Liberty...
