Dr. King’s ‘The Other America’ speech rings true today
Editor’s note: By this point in his life, Dr. King focused on war, racism and poverty.…
1964 Civil Rights Act
Affirmative Action is on life support
Thurgood Marshall was an African-American lawyer who served as Associate Justice of the…
A new Supreme Court is poised to take a chunk out of MLK’s legacy
By John Blake | CNN One is called the “child of the storm.” Another is…
His death and its meaning
By Attorney Jacqueline Hubbard, President, ASALH Most of us can remember where we were…
The importance of the Declaration of Independence to African-American liberation
BY JACQUELINE HUBBARD, President, ASALH On November 7, 1775, the representatives of the…
The history of black American’s right to vote
President Johnson and Martin Luther King, Jr. at the signing of the Voting Rights Act on…
When ‘Miss’ Meant So Much More: How One Woman Fought Alabama — And Won
BY CAMILA DOMONOSKE, NPR June 1963. Gadsden, Ala. Mary Hamilton, 28, stood in a…
Memories of LBJ, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton
BY GEORGE E. CURRY, NNPA Columnist Covering the three-day celebration of the…