African Americans

Claudia Jones Communist, anti-racist and feminist

March 10, 2015 By Mary Davis

Paying tribute to Claudia Jones, activist and tireless fighter for working-class women.

Tens of thousands mark Selma’s “Bloody Sunday” voting rights march

March 9, 2015 By Combined Sources

America's racial history "still casts its long shadow upon us," Obama said Saturday as he stood in solidarity and remembrance with civil rights activists.

Bell, East Harlem historian, featured at Vito Marcantonio Forum

March 6, 2015 By Gabe Falsetta

The VMF is a historical, cultural, and educational organization that brings together people from a wide variety of backgrounds.

Oakland residents celebrate black history with tributes to outstanding women

March 4, 2015 By Marilyn Bechtel

We Stand on Their Shoulders" was the theme as young and old packed the house Feb. 28 to hear poems, dramatizations and accounts from history.

U.S.: Ferguson police routinely discriminated against African Americans

March 4, 2015 By Eric Tucker

An investigation released today finds sweeping patterns of racial bias within the Ferguson, Missouri, police department.