Three African-American women in Harlem during the Harlem Renaissance in 1925
NOVEMBER 13
1839—The Liberty Party—the nation’s first anti-slavery political party—is formed in Warsaw, N.Y. Among...
MADAME C.J. WALKER
DECEMBER 20
1860—Believing the November election of Abraham Lincoln would bring the end of slavery; on this day in 1860 South Carolina...
by Jonathan Entin, Case Western Reserve University
Over the past seven decades, longtime Alabama civil rights lawyer Fred Gray represented Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King...
CHICAGO (AP) - The Rev. Willie Barrow, a front-line civil rights fighter for decades and a mentor to younger generations of activists, died Thursday...
Once, many years ago, your grandmother chased your grandpa out of the house.
Nobody remembers why or what happened afterward; the particulars are lost, and...
Outkast reunited onstage after a near decadelong hiatus with a jam-packed set at the Coachella music festival, their first of many performances planned this...
