Black History

Black history celebration: Up close and personal

March 9, 2016 By Cassandra Lopez

"We have to use the vote, because it can be a deciding factor in electing someone who will stand with us."

Today in history: Philip and Jack Foner are born

December 14, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Two of the four Foner brothers who were leaders in the American labor movement were born on December 14 in 1910.

Today in black history: Andrew Johnson impeached

February 24, 2014 By Special to People’s World

On Feb. 24, 1868 the House voted to impeach President Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Abraham Lincoln as president of the United States.

Today in labor history: first legal protest by slaves in New York

February 11, 2014 By Special to People’s World

On this date in 1644 the first "legal" protest by Africans in America occurred.

Today in black history: Harold Washington won the mayoral primary in Chicago

February 22, 2013 By Special to People’s World

In 1983, Washington won the Democratic mayoral primary and later was elected the first African-American Mayor of Chicago, serving from 1983 until his death in 1987.