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Black church leaders brought religion to politics in the ‘60s – but it was dramatically different from today’s White Christian nationalism

A group of teenagers marching during a civil rights rally. Bettman via Getty Images by Tobin Miller Shearer, University of Montana Fifty-eight years ago in the...

Guest Editorial: 70 years since Brown v. Board of Education, the education gap remains

Linda Brown Smith stands in front of the Sumner School in Topeka, Kansas, in 1964. The public school’s refusal in 1951 to admit Brown,...

How Black teachers lost when civil rights won in Brown v. Board

The ranks of Black teachers have been decimated since public schools were ordered desegregated in 1954. LWA via Getty Images by Diana D'Amico Pawlewicz, University of...

Biden honors Black leaders with Presidential Medal of Freedom

President Joe Biden presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Congressman James E. Clyburn. (Photo: DreamInColor Photo / NNPA) by Stacy M. Brown and Ashleigh Fields, The Washington...

President Joe Biden will deliver the keynote at NAACP’s 69th Annual Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner

The importance of the NAACP Detroit Branch’s annual Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner should not be understated. Nationally, it’s the most attended, most well...

Guest Editorial: Women’s History Month 2024

“We’ve come a long way, baby” is a phrase that was popular years ago. It was a Virginia Slims cigarette ad that targeted women...

Chocolate phoenix: The story of pioneering aviator Willa Brown

by NORAL PARHAM, The Indianapolis Recorder   Surrounded by prestigious awards and memorabilia, dozens of families gathered at Avondale Meadows YMCA on the city’s eastside on...

Black communities are using mapping to document and restore a sense of place

by Joshua F.J. Inwood, Penn State and Derek H. Alderman, University of Tennessee When historian Carter Woodson created “Negro History Week” in 1926, which became...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a much more radical message than a dream of racial brotherhood

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. addresses marchers during his “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. (AP Photo) by Paul Harvey,...

PHOTOS: Dozens participate in vigil marking grim anniversary of Tyre Nichols’ fatal beating by Memphis Police

  Dozens gathered in South Memphis for a vigil honoring Tyre Nichols    by Lee Eric Smith, Tri-State Defender On January 7, 2023, Tyre Nichols was mercilessly beaten by...

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