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‘We the People’ includes all Americans – but July 4 is a reminder that democracy remains a work in...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 week agoWhen the Constitution was written, the term 'We the People' had a very limited application for...
Black leaders commemorate 70 years of Brown v. Board with call to action
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSome of the nation’s most prominent Black political leaders and advocates celebrated the 70th...
Bennie Thompson applauds posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom for Medgar Evers
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 months agoRep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) was just a boy when civil rights leader Medgar Evers was gunned down...
Why civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer was ‘sick and tired of being sick and tired’
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFannie Lou Hamer became one of the most respected civil rights leaders during the 1960s in part...
Cornel West names L.A. professor, activist Melina Abdullah as running mate on presidential ticket
LA Times via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAbdullah, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles, said she and West 'want to disrupt the...
Cornel West announces fellow academic Melina Abdullah as running mate
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIndependent presidential candidate Cornel West announced fellow academic Melina Abdullah as his vice...
Biden’s chances could hinge on turning out Black voters, but first the campaign has to reach them
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOn a recent chilly Sunday, a retired Milwaukee police sergeant leaned into the window of a grey...
Lessons for today from the overlooked stories of Black teachers during the segregated civil rights...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA Black schoolroom in Mississippi in 1939. Corbis via Getty Images My grandmother’s name was Mrs....
Opinion: We could be getting so much more out of Black History Month. Here’s how
CNN via Yahoo News· 5 months agoBlack History Month is a wonderful time of year, writes historian Jemar Tisby, but all of us could...
The hidden history of Black nationalist women’s political activism
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAmy Jacques Garvey with her husband, Marcus Black History Month is an opportunity to reflect on the...