Robert Hicks, Charles Sims and A.Z. Young started the first affiliate chapter in Bogalusa. The group’s intense confrontations with the Klan in Bogalusa was pivotal in forcing the federal government’s involvement on the behalf of the local African-American community.
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The Soul of W. E. B. Du Bois | The Paris Review
It is difficult to comprehend how daring it was for W. E. B. Du Bois to publish the most acclaimed book of his career in the face of this avalanche of beastly labels rushing down onto the Negro.
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A history of Seattle’s African American community – in pictures | The Guardian
Al Smith documented the African American culture of his hometown for over 50 years. He photographed friends, family, the music scene and clubs with a warmth and intimacy that celebrated the vibrant social life of the city. Seattle on the Spot is at the Museum of History and Industry until 17 June
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8 African American Attorneys Who Shaped Our Nation | National Law Review
As we celebrate Black History Month, here are eight African American attorneys who pioneered the way for generations of legal scholars by challenging the preconceived bias and bigotry of an entire nation.
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The Civil Rights Pastor Who Declared ‘I Am a Man’ | The Daily Beast
James Lawson was a Civil Rights icon who saw the need for the fight to include economic inequality. He also unintentionally doomed King by inviting him to Memphis.
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Echoes of Lynchings in Quiet Photos | The New York Times
Oliver Clasper traveled through the United States seeking spaces where lynchings took place, ranging from the American south to New York City.
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As San Francisco mayor, London will share power with the poor | San Francisco Bay View
The party that jeers at the consequences of white privilege ended up forcing a vote on the Board of Supervisors that replaced an African American woman as mayor with a white man who supervises the city’s wealthiest districts.
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HBO’s Documentary King in the Wilderness Is a Chilling Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Final 18 Months on Earth | The Root
King in the Wilderness presents MLK Jr. as a multidimensional individual who took up many causes toward the end of his life, and the consequences that ultimately came with it.
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Michelle Obama to release memoir in November | The Washington Post
NEW YORK — Michelle Obama’s memoir, one of the most highly anticipated books in recent years, is coming out Nov. 13.
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Ministers Look to Revive Martin Luther King’s 1968 Poverty Campaign | The New York Times
When 12 religious leaders in collars and vestments were arrested last week in the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, they were reading Bible verses about caring for the poor, and doing it so loudly that their voices could be heard at the doors of senators’ office suites nine stories above.
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