African Americans

U.S. information center named for Paul Robeson

February 1, 2012 By Susan Webb

In a ceremony last week, the U.S. Embassy in Jamaica named its Information Resource Center for the African American singer-actor-activist Paul Robeson.

The dream today

January 13, 2012 By PW Editorial Board

Forty-eight years after his "I Have a Dream" speech, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. would be furious.

French Quarter curfew targets Black youth, critics charge

January 13, 2012 By Blake Skylar

Due to a new law passed in New Orleans, in the French Quarter children 16 and younger must obey an 8 p.m. weekend curfew, replacing a previous curfew of 11 p.m.

Black farmers protest bar on further claims in discrimination settlement

January 10, 2012 By Joe Sims

The farmers, organized in the Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association, headquartered in Memphis, held a church rally to highlight the issue.

Santorum’s anti-black blabber

January 6, 2012 By Blake Skylar

GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum has set his sights on a new target: struggling African-Americans.