Thousands gathered on the National Mall today to observe the 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Decades later speakers continued to...
In the shade of a client’s garage, Dedrick Young worked vigorously with a brush, removing dirt from a cream-colored shag rug. His eyes quickly scanned the...
There is growing concern in a small Arkansas town located in the southern part of the state where the mysterious circumstances swirling around the disappearance, murder...
Before the Montgomery Brawl spawned the memes, there was a podcast titled ‘The Folding Chair.’ Its founder, social justice activist Osyrus Bolly, created the platform to...
A summer surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations has become as much a part of the season as sunscreen. This year’s surge, however, is not as severe as...
The National Medical Association, which represents hundreds of African American physicians and medical researchers , held its annual conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, and trained the...
Mariana Corona scanned her class schedule for the fall semester. This was her last year before she finished her undergraduate studies. And she was anxious about...
President Joe Biden added another accomplishment to his social justice legacy by establishing the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley monuments, two in Mississippi where Till was...
Every summer programs to cultivate the potential of young African American teenagers are sponsored around the country. In Memphis one of the “rite of passage” programs...
In the 1930’s and 40’s, Dr. William Marcellus Drake was considered a “civic giant” in Houston, Texas. Decades after his death, even his descendants knew little...