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Mary McLeod Bethune, known as the ‘First Lady of Negro America,’ also sought to unify the African...
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoEducator Mary McLeod Bethune regularly wrote of her travels abroad. Robert Abbott Sengstacke via...
Lessons for today from the overlooked stories of Black teachers during the segregated civil rights...
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 4 months agoA Black schoolroom in Mississippi in 1939. Corbis via Getty Images My grandmother’s name was Mrs....
The women who stood with Martin Luther King Jr. and sustained a movement for social change
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 6 months agoWomen listen during the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images...
Biden’s menthol ban pits civil rights groups against each other
The Hill via Yahoo News UK· 6 months agoOpposition from prominent Black and civil rights groups is threatening to permanently derail Biden...
Harry Belafonte, the famed singer, actor, and human rights activist, has died at 96
INSIDER via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoHarry Belafonte at the Fender Music Lodge for his documentary film "Sing Your Song," in...
NAACP calls on Biden to pardon Marilyn Mosby, who they say was Trump victim
The Hill via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoThe NAACP on Tuesday led a group of civil rights organizations in calling for President Biden to...
The Gotham, Soledad O’Brien’s SO’B Productions Set Inaugural Cohort For Gotham EDU Executive...
Deadline via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoEXCLUSIVE: The Gotham Film & Media Institute and SO’B Productions have set the participants and...
Black students weigh mentioning race in college admissions essays after SCOTUS affirmative action...
CNN via Yahoo News UK· 6 months agoLynijah Russell debated the opening lines of her video application to Brown University for weeks...
Black History Month UK: why is it important and why is it celebrated in October?
Evening Standard via Yahoo News UK· 9 months agoOctober marks Black History Month, the annual commemoration of the history, achievements and...
Will Smith Thriller ‘Emancipation’ Gets First Screening In DC: Apple, NAACP Host At Congressional...
Deadline via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoApple held its first showing Saturday of Emancipation, the Antoine Fuqua-directed thriller that...