by News Headlines | Jan 31, 2023 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black New-US, Current News Headlines
In this Feb. 2, 1964, image, Bayard Rustin talks on a telephone from a church in Brooklyn, New York.Patrick A. Burns/New York Times Co./Getty ImagesJerald Podair, Lawrence UniversityAs I began writing “Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer,” my biography of the 20th-century...
by News Headlines | Jan 30, 2023 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black New-US, Current News Headlines
Emory Douglas continues to work for justice after decades of triumphs and setbacks. He travels all over the world to talk about his work, collaborate on projects, and inspire young people to advocate for change. In the US, he labors tirelessly on behalf of political...
by News Headlines | Jan 27, 2023 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black New-US, Current News Headlines
I knew nothing about the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 until a couple years ago, when solemn events marking the terror attack’s 100-year anniversary raised awareness about a dark episode of American history.I studied U.S. history during 17 years of elementary, high...
by News Headlines | Jan 26, 2023 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
Five years ago, Anna Bergman began her quest to spread the word on the work of the late Bayard Rustin. As time has gone by, her support for the Civil Rights and Labor strategist has only grown.A symposium on the legacy of Rustin is scheduled for Saturday at the Joseph...
by News Headlines | Jan 26, 2023 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black New-US, Current News Headlines
Joseph Charles Price, a Black educator and civil rights activist, started his education in 1863 at the St. Andrew’s School. It was a learning center established by the first Black missionary to the South, James Walker Hood.His mother was instrumental in his early...
by News Headlines | Jan 24, 2023 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black New-US, Current News Headlines
She was doing her master’s degree program at Northwestern University when she joined the Challenger Air Pilots Association and learned to fly at Harlem Field, on the southwest side of Chicago. She started directing flights and providing group school instruction in the...