Rev. Jesse Jackson has lived an extraordinary life. Through his civil service, he’s met some of the world’s biggest leaders including Martin Luther King and…
Civil rights activist Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her refusal to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama bus spurred a city-wide boycott. The city of Montgomery had no choice but to lift the law requiring segregation on public buses. Rosa Parks received many accolades […]
In 1964, the marchers for civil rights and equality of African Americans sang the song that became known as the Civil Rights anthem: “We Shall…
On the day the nation remembered the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy‘s assassination, former ambassador and civil rights warrior Andrew Young weighed in on his…
President Barack Obama purposefully placed a bronze bust of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the Oval Office to remind him of King’s non-violent movement…
Here’s the full speech President Obama gave today. The President spoke on the legacy of Dr. King and the 50th anniversary of the March On Washington. Read the full transcript here Source: Washington Post
After CNN anchor Don Lemon said that Black people could help themselves by “pulling their pants up” he found himself in hot water with social…
With the continuing challenges of Black America in mind, despite our first African-American president, it’s a good time to come together. This year marks the…
North Carolina Attorney Julius Chambers founded the first racially integrated law practice in the southern United States in 1964. Chambers served as the first African…
Via press release from the Office of Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network: Today on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Rev. Al Sharpton, President of the National Action Network (NAN) announced next steps he and NAN will initiate in the pursuit of justice for the family of Trayvon Martin as he re-iterated NAN’s call for the Department of Justice […]
Debra Simmons, vice-president of the Mississippi Chapter of the National Action Network (NAN), the civil rights organization founded by Rev. Al Sharpton, was violently pushed…
Angela Davis is more than a Communist Party leader and activist, she’s a movement. During the emergence of the Black Panther Party, a young Angela…
