His grandparents and mother were born in Selma, Alabama, the site of the violence of the 1965 civil rights march that led to the Voting Rights Act. He grew up in Columbus, Ohio, where, within 30 yards ...
Black History Month, which began Feb. 1, marks 100 years since historian Carter G. Woodson helped launch a national effort to recognize and teach Black history in the United States, and 50 years since ...
The District of Columbia's longtime delegate is closing out her career in Congress. Eleanor Holmes Norton filed paperwork ...
As a social and political history covering two intersecting storylines for more than the length of the nation, it’s packed with incident and facts.
Celebrate 100 years of Black History Month and the ongoing fight for African American history. Learn about the legacy of ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Eleanor Holmes Norton, the 18-term delegate for the District of Columbia in Congress and a veteran of the ...
The 18-term delegate for the District of Columbia in Congress and a veteran of the Civil Rights Movement has filed paperwork ...
Eleanor Holmes Norton, the 18-term delegate for the District of Columbia in Congress and a veteran of the Civil Rights ...
The four-part 'Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History' is an informative look at the unique relationship between the two groups ...
For the first time in decades, Sen. Dick Durbin is not seeking reelection, and a slew of candidates are running to replace him.
As I began writing “Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer,” my biography of the 20th-century radical leader and activist, one of my colleagues cautioned me not to “fall in love.” This, of course, is good ...