Black History
REVIEW: ‘Ballad of an American’—Civil rights giant Paul Robeson’s illustrated bio
December 4, 2020Actor, athlete, singer, anti-fascist fighter, and defender of democracy—Paul Robeson did it all.
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Philadelphia’s MOVE and Black political culture on film at TIFF
October 26, 2020It wouldn’t be incorrect to compare much of what we learn about the history of MOVE to current struggles for social justice.
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‘We Charge Genocide’ petition’s call for justice still echoes seven decades later
August 26, 2020The We Charge Genocide petition indicted the anti-Black crimes and violence of U.S. capitalism. The Claudia Jones School for Political Education and the Paul Robeson House are keeping its memory alive.
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Harris targets Trump the predator, denounces structural racism
August 20, 2020Harris, the first Black woman VP nominee and first South Asian descendant on a major party ticket, combined personal history and praise of the women whose shoulders she stands on—suffrage crusaders and her immigrant mother—with her...
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Near Trump’s rally site, African American Tulsa lives with fiery legacy
June 17, 2020“Just imagine, in your mind, all these homes,” Shaw said, describing the black-built houses and churches that once covered dozens of blocks where he’s walking.
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