African Americans – Page 94

Public workers are US

March 8, 2011 By PW Editorial Board

Under the guise of "fiscal responsibility" the tea party GOP extreme right at both the federal and state level is wielding a two-edged sword aimed at the heart of the black and Latino community's economic life.

Fort Mose: early marker in African American freedom movement

February 24, 2011 By Dan Margolis

The fight for African American freedom reaches back hundreds of years, even before the arrival of the British.

Black History Month: George B. Murphy, Jr., journalist for the people

February 17, 2011 By Tim Wheeler

I got to know George B. Murphy, Jr. during the 25 years I commuted from Baltimore to Washington D.C. covering the capital for the Daily World newspaper, now the People's World online daily. His long career...

Black unemployment, working class unity

February 17, 2011 By Sam Webb

The 1930s slogan, "Black and white, unite and fight." is relevant today. General appeals for jobs and relief, for public works jobs and full employment measures have to be combined with targeted job creation in communities...

Civil rights legends Nash, Vivian urge continued resistance

February 16, 2011 By Teresa Albano

CHICAGO - Two "living legends" of the civil rights movement, Diane Nash and the Rev. C. T. Vivian, keynoted "Remembering the Movement," a Black History Month program, livestreamed from the Harold Washington Wing of the DuSable...