The Long Road to Brown, 1865-1954
The Long Road to Brown, 1865-1954 Long before the 1954 brown v Board of Education, African Americans across the South fought against the Apartheid system of Jim Crow and for quality … Read More
Tag: 2014
Featured
Finally – US Senate Confirms First African-American Women on Georgia's Federal Courts
LDF Applauds Senate Confirmation of First African-American Women on Georgia’s Federal Courts On November 18, 2014, the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., (LDF) welcomed the historic votes by … Read More
Featured
Arise America: Black Voter Turnout in Mid-Term Elections
Arise America sat down with Darryl Pinckney, author of “Blackballed: The Black Vote and US Democracy,” to discuss black voter turnout in the 2014 mid-term election and address the question … Read More
"It's Still Free The Land!!! Chokwe Lumumba Remembered: Dr. Akinyele Umoja Interview" 2/28/2014
Support The W.E. A.L.L. B.E. Movement!!! Donate online: http://bit.ly/VfaE1N Or send a money order to the following address: Attn: Ron Herd II The W.E. A.L.L. B.E. Group Inc. P.O. Box … Read More
Chokwe Lumumba: Remembering "America's Most Revolutionary Mayor" (Part 1/2)
http://www.democracynow.org – In Mississippi, the city of Jackson is grieving today following the sudden death of Mayor Chokwe Lumumba, less than a year after he was elected. He suffered from … Read More
Ban the Box
Ban the Box Legislation Ban the Box is a nationwide movement that supports legislation prohibiting employers from including questions about criminal records on job applications. In New Jersey, the Opportunity … Read More
Robert F. Williams: Black Power Before the Black Power Movement
Father of the Black Power Movement One key historical figure whose rightful place in American history has been ignored is Robert F. Williams. Williams was the forefather of the Black Power movement and … Read More