African Americans

We Shall Be Free!: Black Communist Protest in Seven Voices

February 12, 2014 By Tony Pecinovsky

In his preface, Walter T. Howard writes that, he hopes to "break new ground in the scholarship of the African American left."

Steelworkers’ president scores GOP for racist attacks on Obama

February 12, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Gerard ran down a range of progressive initiatives Obama has proposed during his five years in the Oval Office. Then he launched his blast at the GOP.

The forgotten rebellion of the Black Seminole Nation

February 11, 2014 By Andrea Perkins

Many Native American Nations formed partnerships and deep relationships with African slaves. Both groups fought for freedom and the right to exist in peace, away from the colonizing forces.

Today in black history: Leontyne Price born

February 10, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Her voice was "rich, supple and shining, it was in its prime capable of effortlessly soaring from a smoky mezzo to the pure soprano gold of a perfectly spun high C."

Pan African Film Festival opens Feb. 6 in L.A.

February 10, 2014 By Ed Rampell

One of L.A.'s leading annual cinema showcases and the biggest and most prestigious Black-themed film festivals, will take place February 6-17.