African Americans – Page 51

“Selma” will inspire you

January 16, 2015 By Frank Chapman

A chronicle of Martin Luther King's campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery.

Maryland protesters demand action to end police violence

January 16, 2015 By Tim Wheeler

Baltimore protesters chanting "Black lives matter" gathered Jan. 15 to demand that the legislature enact laws to end the plague of police killings in Maryland.

Rebel with a cause – a young Ferguson commissioner

January 16, 2015 By Al Neal

"It's always difficult being young and a minority of anything. Because you always end up asking yourself, 'will my voice really be heard?' "

Hope is the root of activism

January 14, 2015 By Rev. Jim Conn

Activism like that takes courage and wisdom. It emerges out of deep places in the human spirit, the interior felt-life experience expressed by the arts and also by religion.

Today in labor history: Black labor union formed

January 13, 2015 By Special to People’s World

On January 13 in 1869 over 200 black delegates met in Washington D.C. to form the National Labor Union; the word "colored" was added by the establishment press.