civil rights
Black History video celebrates change-making movements
February 25, 2010Video celebrates Black History Month with interviews of two Southern California participants in the great social movements for democracy and equality.
Read moreBlack history event inspires activists to fight for equality
February 24, 2010Black, brown and white unity has always been an important component in the struggle for African American equality.
Read moreBlack farmers settlement is “win for all family farmers”
February 23, 2010Willie Adams, a Black farmer in Greene County, Ga., hailed President Obama's $1.25 billion proposed settlement of a lawsuit by Black farmers demanding compensation for 80 years of racist discrimination in federal farm loan programs.
Read moreCPUSA in the 1960s: an interview with Jarvis Tyner
February 23, 2010Jarvis Tyner is the executive vice chair of the Communist Party USA and the chair of the party's African American Equality Commission. He joined the CPUSA in the early sixties, just as the Civil Rights Movement...
Read moreBlack farmers gain in their fight for compensation
February 22, 2010A new milestone was reached Feb. 18 in a longstanding civil rights case brought by African American farmers who suffered discrimination in federal loans and subsidies. Many of the farmers incurred huge debts or lost their...
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