Liam Stack, The New York Times Most hate groups in the United States, including the Ku Klux Klan, espouse some form of white supremacist ideology, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.CreditCreditAndrea Morales for The New York Times, Featured Image [dropcap]The[/dropcap] number of hate groups in the United States rose for the fourth year in […]
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Remembering Bayard Rustin 50 Years After the Stonewall Uprising | NYU Local
“We need in every community a group of angelic troublemakers.”
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Washington Post’s first black female reporter: Newsrooms still aren’t diverse enough | Perspective | The Inquirer, Philly.com
Dorothy Butler Gilliam, For the Inquirer, The Inquirer, Philly.com Dorothy Butler Gilliam in the fall of 1961 or early in 1962, soon after having arrived at The Washington Post. (Harry Naltchayan / Washington Post). Featured Image [dropcap]When[/dropcap] I first walked into the Washington Post newsroom in 1961 as its first black female reporter, I felt […]
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Black History Legacy: Mary Eliza Mahoney, The First Black Nurse | Essence
Mary Eliza Mahoney was one of only four students to complete the rigorous graduate nursing program at the New England Hospital for Women and Children, making her the first Black licensed nurse.
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Equal-Opportunity Evil | Slate
A new history reveals that for female slaveholders, the business of human exploitation was just as profitable—and brutal—as it was for men.
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Frederick Douglass died Feb. 20, 1895, just hours after his public makeup with Susan B. Anthony | The Washington Post
Steve Hendrix, The Washington Post A deathbed portrait of Frederick Douglass, taken at his home in February 1895. (National Park Service) (unknown/National Park Service). Featured Image [dropcap]When[/dropcap] Frederick Douglass got home on the evening of Feb. 20, 1895, he was energized. A voluble storyteller prone to imitating his characters, the great man walked through the […]
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America doesn’t need another apology for slavery, but atonement | Dallas News
Joyce King, Contributor, Dallas News [dropcap]Black[/dropcap] History Month, 2019, has been a sobering reality check for millions of white Americans who are expressing shock and outrage at everything from elected officials donning blackface to a beloved movie star’s admission he once wanted to take revenge on a random black man. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] America does not […]
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Retired Austin firefighter shares journey to become Texas’ first black fire inspector | KVUE
On the east side is where Austin saw its first black firefighters, including a local unsung hero of the civil rights movement.
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“Her Life is History”: The Universality of Maya Angelou | WTTW
Daniel Hautzinger, WTTW Courtesy of Getty. Featured Image [dropcap]Maya[/dropcap] Angelou is universal. She wrote memoirs, poetry, screenplays, music. She acted, she directed, she produced. She was a talk show host, a dancer, a singer, a journalist, a streetcar operator, an activist, a friend, a mother. You could converse with her in six different languages, and […]
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Looking for “real” Black History stories from local African-Americans | On Milwaukee
Molly Snyder, On Milwaukee Tell us about your African-American family members who moved Milwaukee forward. (PHOTO: America’s Black Holocaust Museum/Facebook). Featured Image [dropcap]Every[/dropcap] year for Black History Month, Judge Derek Mosley posts daily tributes on Facebook during the month of February that provide information about remarkable African-Americans who were excluded from mainstream history books. [mc4wp_form […]
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