African Americans
Today in labor history: Workers take part in protest against bank
August 15, 2014On this day in 1963, in East St. Louis, Illinois, 200 people - 170 of them female, and majority African-American - engaged in a sit-in protest.
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Journalists under police attack in Ferguson protests
August 14, 2014President Obama, at a press conference today, said "there is no excuse for police to use excessive force against peaceful protesters or to throw protesters into jail."
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Despite police violence Ferguson community continues peaceful protests
August 14, 2014The numbers of community members, Black and white, who attended far outnumbered any who had engaged in looting the night before.
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Robey Theatre Company celebrates with Paul Robeson Theatre Festival
August 5, 2014The two-day Festival celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Robey Theatre Company, dedicated to developing "innovative new plays written about the Black experience."
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“Get On Up” says it loud: He’s Brown and he’s proud!
August 1, 2014Tate Taylor's well-directed Get On Up is the latest movie about tortured artiste who acts in self-destructive ways, a biopic about "The Godfather of Soul," James Brown.
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