Black liberation

Historian says right-wing attacks on Critical Race Theory prove its value

May 26, 2021 By Berry Craig

Murray State University historian Brian Clardy says the right-wing wig-out over Critical Race Theory reminds him of the castor oil he took as a kid. “It tasted awful but you knew it was good for you.”

Getting it right on Hampton, the Panthers, and ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’

March 2, 2021 By Joe Sims

Joe Sims makes the case that a recent People's World film review missed the mark on some important historical details.

Alphaeus Hunton: A life devoted to equality, liberation, and internationalism

February 26, 2021 By Tony Pecinovsky

As an architect of the early struggle for African-American equality and Black liberation in Africa, Hunton was committed to exposing the links between Jim Crow and imperialism.

Life and times of Claudia Jones: In her own words

February 25, 2021 By Claudia Jones

A letter written by the legendary Black woman leader to then-CPUSA National Chair William Z. Foster, on Dec. 6, 1955, the eve of her deportation.

Remembering Bruce Carver Boynton, anti-segregation fighter and Freedom Ride inspiration

December 21, 2020 By Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II And Elliott Smith

Boynton’s arrest and Supreme Court case 62 years ago helped inspire youth-led movements for social change.