history
Today in African American history: A double birthday
February 20, 2015Sir Sidney Poitier, Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE), was born in Miami, Fla., on February 20, 1927, of Bahamian parentage.
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Three-fifths a citizen: Are corporations really people?
February 19, 2015Today there is another group who has figured out how to use the language of citizenship to twist the rules in their favor: Corporations.
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Today in people’s history: The Japanese internment
February 19, 2015Over 127,000 Japanese Americans were sent to ten concentration camps in remote areas of Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and inland California.
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Terrorism and the lessons of African American history
February 19, 2015President Obama cautioned us not to judge the more than a billion and half Muslims by the actions of relatively few violent extremists.
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Today in African American history: Dr. Dre turns 50
February 18, 2015Dr. Dre, record producer and Grammy-winning rapper, born Andre Romelle Young in Compton, Calif., in 1965, turns 50 today.
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