by News Headlines | Sep 27, 2022 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black New-US, Current News Headlines
BY SETH WILLIAMS In 1925, several New York City-based porters that worked on sleeping cars for the Pullman Company sought out help from a known organizer, A. Phillip Randolph, for assistance in organizing what would be the first successful African-American labor...
by News Headlines | Sep 26, 2022 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black New-US, Current News Headlines
Ballroom culture emerged in the 1920s in Harlem, New York after white queers excluded Black transgender artists and LGBTQ+ folks from the dance hall scene. In the aftermath of the Stonewall Riots in the late 1960s, the ballroom scene became a commentary on race,...
by News Headlines | Sep 26, 2022 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black New-US, Current News Headlines
On this day in 1957, the Little Rock Nine, escorted by U.S. troops, finally desegregated Little Rock Central High School. 65th anniversary events today include a ceremony to rename the blocks of Park Street in front of Central High as Little Rock Nine Way. Former...
by News Headlines | Sep 26, 2022 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black New-US, Current News Headlines
W.E. B. Du Bois’s magnum opus, Black Reconstruction in America, 1860–1880, published in 1935, is one of the greatest scholarly studies of revolution and counterrevolution. It deserves a place on one’s bookshelf next to other modern classics, including Leon...
by News Headlines | Sep 23, 2022 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
First clue: She was unbought and unbossed! Shirley Chisholm is one of the most notable and pioneering figures in Black history. Passing away less than two decades ago, Chisholm’s work in civil rights, gender rights, and diversity and inclusion had a direct impact on...
by News Headlines | Sep 23, 2022 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
By MARGIE MASON and ROBIN McDOWELL – Associated Press More than 150 years ago, a prison complex known as the Lone Rock stockade operated at one of the biggest coal mines in Tennessee. It was powered largely by African American men who had been arrested for minor...
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