African American – People's World

‘Start from the heart’: Black photographer Adger Cowans, life and times

August 2, 2022 By Eric A. Gordon

Given the Jim Crow era in which Cowans grew up and matured, “I took all that racism and rejection and everything,” he said, “and I put it in my work."

Honors for Hugh Mulzac, the captain who fought Jim Crow, Hitler, and McCarthy

September 29, 2021 By Tony Pecinovsky

In 1942, Hugh Mulzac became the first African American man of Caribbean descent to captain a U.S. Merchant Marine ship, the S.S. Booker T. Washington.

‘Fearing the Black Body’ uses history to dismantle fat phobia, health inequality

September 2, 2021 By Chauncey K. Robinson

Strings does a fine job of collecting all of this material for the reader to take in, but her voice gets lost in all the facts and data. At times, 'Fearing the Black Body' reads like...

Black farmers were promised debt relief; white farmer lawsuits stand in way

September 2, 2021 By Allen G. Breed And Roxana Hegeman

The government wants to make amends with Black farmers by providing debt forgiveness. But a judge has put the money on hold in the face of lawsuits filed by white farmers claiming reverse discrimination.

Famosos elogian a la pionera Cicely Tyson

January 30, 2021 By Associated Press

Cicely Tyson seleccionaba estratégicamente papeles poderosos con la intención de elevar la forma en la que son percibidos los actores negros. Una generación más joven de actrices negras — Viola Davis, Kerry Washington y Zendaya entre...