African Americans – Page 50

February 9, 2015 By Marilyn Bechtel

The Oakland City Council has begun a new process to examine racial disparities in the city's economy and criminal justice system.

February 6, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Bob Marley, the internationally famous and influential performer of reggae music, was born in northern Jamaica on this date in 1945.

January 23, 2015 By Combined Sources

McDonald's workers who were fired last year after being told, "There are too many black people [working] in the store."

January 20, 2015 By Eric A. Gordon

Over 3000 marchers and tens of thousands of observers lined up along Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in solidarity with the theme Black Lives Matter.

January 16, 2015 By William Spriggs

Dr. King wrote with an optimism that a nation that could produce such wealth could do better; he understood what many do not.