Elaine Brown was the first and only woman to lead the male-dominated Black Panther Party. She looks back on Jean Seberg, COINTELPRO, and internal divisions within the organization.
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Meet the theologian who helped MLK see the value of nonviolence | The Conversation
On this anniversary of King’s birthday, it’s worth looking at how King learned to integrate spiritual growth and social transformation.
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The Race to Preserve African American Radio | Black Perspectives
Rufus P. Turner a student at the Armstrong Technical High School became the first African American to operate a radio broadcast station when chosen to operate the radio facility at the St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church, January 12, 1926.
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Ex-Black Panther Elaine Brown awarded $4 million in punitive damages | The Philadelphia Tribune
OAKLAND, Calif. — A Northern California jury awarded more than $4 million in punitive damages to a former leader of the Black Panthers who was injured after an Oakland councilwoman punched and pushed her during an argument over housing.
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Throwback Tulsa: Mary Horn, city’s first black policewoman, was a crack shot | Tulsa World
“Sometimes I didn’t think I was a police officer, I thought I was a counselor…”
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Follow Black Women To Victory In 2018 | New York Amsterdam News
According to the 2017 election exit polls, like they did recently in Alabama, Black women led the way in turning Virginia and New Jersey from red to blue, up and down the ballot.
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Her dad was the Rose Bowl’s first black QB in 1922. This year, he’ll join the Hall of Fame. | The Washington Post
“I don’t know too many men like him. I don’t want to start crying, but he taught me the good lessons about family and how to deal with people….”
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Marian Spencer, Civil Rights Pioneer and Alumna of University of Cincinnati, Honored with Building on Campus | Good Black News
Spencer was born in 1920 in Gallipolis, Ohio. She lived with her grandfather who was a born a slave. As a child, she remembers watching the Ku Klux Klan parade in the street in front of her house.
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2017 Deaths: Beautiful Lives Remembered | The Washington Informer
Activist, Entertainers, Athletes, Leaders, Authors & More
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First black player in major leagues? Hint: It wasn’t Jackie Robinson | Los Angeles Times
Years ago, Palmer’s grandmother told him the story of the man buried here. That’s my uncle, she said, your great-grand uncle. His name was Moses Fleetwood Walker, and he was the first black baseball player in the major leagues.
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