African Americans

The war that won’t go away

March 26, 2014 By Len Yannielli

Melvin Morris, 80, received a Medal of Honor this month. Why is he receiving it belatedly? Because he was discriminated against during the time of the U.S. War in Vietnam.

“Truthful Tuesday”: Moral Monday movement spreads to South Carolina

March 21, 2014 By Harold Geddings III

"A goal of our Truthful Tuesday protests was to get people talking, change the dialogue, and reduce the tea party influence on Republicans. That is happening," said Brett Bursey, director of the S. C. Progressive Network.

Today in women’s history: Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”

March 20, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Stowe was highly active in the abolition movement. She and her husband supported the Underground Railroad and temporarily housed slaves in their home.

Students and community rally in support of Temple U. professor Anthony Monteiro

March 12, 2014 By Ben Sears

Recent years have seen sporadic controversies related to the question of whether Temple has lost its way and strayed from Conwell's original hopes and intentions.

A dramatic meditation on freedom: “The Whipping Man”

March 11, 2014 By Eric A. Gordon

It's1865. Slaves are being freed, soldiers are returning home, and in Jewish homes the freedom festival of Passover is being celebrated. Into war-torn Richmond comes a young, severely wounded Jewish Confederate officer.