Olympian Tommie Smith Releases Graphic Memoir on Raising the Fist
Despite being denounced by the sports press in 1968, he has emerged as a hero. “This is my world record wall,” said Tommie Smith, 78, navigating his 6-foot-4 frame through …
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Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray: Draftswoman of Civil Rights Victories
A Visionary of the Civil Rights Movement The works of The Rev. Dr. Anna Pauline “Pauli” Murray played a pivotal role in the landmark 1954 Supreme Court case, Brown v. …
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Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, Renowned Black Psychiatrist, Activist and Racism Expert
Born on March 18, 1935, in Chicago, Illinois, Frances Cress Welsing was a renowned African-American psychiatrist applauded for her work, “The Isis Papers.” She was the middle child of three …
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Robert Smalls: Black Hero Sailed to Freedom During the American Civil War
Civil War Hero, Political Leader During Reconstruction Robert Smalls was a Civil War hero and prominent black political leader during the Reconstruction Era. He was born in 1839 in Beaufort, …
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Robert Parris Moses: Influential Black Leader of Civil Rights Struggle
A Black History Month Notable Everyone Should Know Biography | Stanford University | The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute Born: January 23, 1935 Although he avoided publicity …
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Elder Statesmen : An Era Is Passing for Five Authors Known for Reclaiming the Role of Blacks in History
BY YEMI TOURE | MARCH 3, 1991 | 12 AM PT | TIMES STAFF WRITER It was only 8:30 on a Friday evening at the carpeted, cozy Eso Won bookstore in South-Central …
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What Happened to Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream of Economic Justice?
Photo: Fast food workers and union members carry signs as they stage a protest outside of a McDonald’s restaurant in Oakland, Calif., on Feb. 12, 2018, the 50th anniversary of …
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Reversing the ‘Devil’s Bargain’: Honor Dr. King by Fulfilling His Dream of Economic Justice
By REV. CANON ROSA LEE HARDEN for Mississippi Free Press Growing up in northeast Mississippi in the 1960s, I knew practically nothing about Martin Luther King Jr. But by the …
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Gwinnett Honors Black School’s Legacy: Hooper-Renwick Library Branch
The Hooper-Renwick School in Lawrenceville, Georgia, has a long and significant history within the Black community of Gwinnett County. Before the desegregation of schools in the 1960s, it was the …
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Acclaimed Food Critic Gave A History Lesson On Korean Fried Chicken’s Origin
by Kui Mwai for Blavity.com During the “Battle Tailgate” episode of Netflix’s Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend, host Alton Brown dropped some knowledge about Korean fried chicken’s origin, and it …
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