African Americans
Baseball’s Larry Doby: #2 but first-class all the way home
April 17, 2018Ask even the most casual baseball fan who the first African American to play in the major leagues was and they'll say "Jackie Robinson." Ask them who the second was and you'll probably get a blank...
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At IAM2018, King’s legacy is civil rights and labor action
April 2, 2018“This work is important not just in the history of the civil rights movement, but in the world,” declared Mayor Jim Strickland in an opening remark.
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I AM 2018 conference opens in Memphis 50 years after King
April 2, 2018Join People's World here in Memphis where people are not just remembering the dream of Dr. King but renewing the fight to achieve that dream.
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Join People’s World: Back to Memphis and ahead to the future!
March 28, 2018Let People's World take you to Memphis not just to remember but to help start a renewed fight to achieve Dr. King’s dream.
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“Facing the Rising Sun”: Book illuminates history of Afro-Asian solidarity
March 16, 2018Historian Gerald Horne shows how U.S. expansionist policy boomeranged and drove Negroes, Japanese, and Filipinos together, laying the foundation for an Afro-Asian alliance against white supremacy.
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