2017-01-30 17:03
NAACP President and CEO Cornell William Brooks and five other members of the civil rights group arrested during a sit-in will appear before an Alabama judge this morning before attending ano… Read More
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2017-01-30 16:52
As America transitions to a new administration, there is mounting fear that Trump’s policies will put the American Dream even further out of reach for blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and ot… Read More
2017-01-30 16:41
Donald Trump campaigned as a disrupter. Now he’s governing by chaos. Trump’s temporary halt to the U.S. refugee program — the most consequential policy he’s unveiled… Read More
2017-01-30 16:00
Our communities are heavily stained with anti-Blackness. It’s probably best to start off with that difficult and often denied truth. Many non-Black Americans of Color, who are largely… Read More
2017-01-27 20:23
Wisconsin Republicans enacted a restrictive voter identification law in May 2011, just months after they took control of both houses of the state legislature and the governorship for the fir… Read More
2017-01-27 20:21
The reality is that for many non-blacks, there still has not been an adequate answer to the question posed by Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum in her book title, “Why Are All the Black Kids Si… Read More
2017-01-27 19:37
When it happened, news of Austin Callaway’s lynching on September 8, 1940, was buried on the last page of his hometown newspaper in LaGrange, Georgia. “Negro succumbs to shot wou… Read More
2017-01-27 19:20
As the electoral counts rolled in, many minorities sat in disbelief as Donald J. Trump was determined to be the President–elect of the United States of America. However, after a year w… Read More
2017-01-27 16:07
Moments ago I received an exciting email announcing that another United States senator had just hired an African-American chief of staff. That may sound like small potatoes, but it’s h… Read More
2017-01-26 20:49
President Trump has claimed repeatedly and falsely that voter fraud, rather than voter preference, robbed him of the popular vote last fall. And even though experts have debunked his claims… Read More
2017-01-26 20:14
The 2017 Oscar nominations are in, and the contrast to years past is striking. After decades of criticism for the ceremony’s often staggering whiteness and maleness, the Academy of Mot… Read More
2017-01-26 20:09
They removed all the black folks from the pool of potential jurors. In the trial of a black man convicted of killing two white folks. Not in 1950 … but in 2002. Prosecutors systematic… Read More
2017-01-26 19:55
After observing another commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King’s holiday we then witnessed a sexist, xenophobic, race-baiting rich man’s son being sworn in as the 45th President… Read More
2017-01-26 19:49
On the night of President Barack Obama’s election victory in November 2008, my dad called me from my home state of Kentucky to express a mix of disbelief and relief over an outcome tha… Read More
2017-01-26 19:40
Cornell William Brooks, President and CEO of the NAACP, issued the following statement today: “Today, President Donald Trump called for the federal government… Read More
2017-01-25 21:26
The tech industry has brought us self-driving cars, artificial intelligence, disappearing photos and 3-D printers. But when it comes to racial and gender diversity, its companies are no trai… Read More
2017-01-25 14:51
Ralph Chittams Sr. is something of an anomaly — a Republican in the District, where three out of four registered voters are Democrats. He is also among the estimated 14 percent of Afri… Read More
2017-01-25 14:26
John Gore, an attorney who has worked to defend laws that critics say are designed to weaken the voting rights of African-Americans and other minorities, was selected by President Donald Tru… Read More
2017-01-24 15:32
When civil rights icon Dr. Benjamin Chavis was named president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), he remained true to form, touting the Black Press as the uncen… Read More
2017-01-24 15:26
Hermione Fraser is a hair stylist and a business owner. She gives advice daily on whether this cut or that braid, a dye-job or highlights will work. She has also given advice on something el… Read More
2017-01-24 15:13
Black students have been (slowly) closing the gap on whites in terms of in high school test scores and graduation rates. But the divide at the college level remains wide. In 2007, the gap in… Read More
2017-01-23 18:58
Welcome to 2017! President Obama has exited the stage, and a Trump presidency is now reality. If you’re still not shocked, remember this: Right now, more than half of all Black familie… Read More
2017-01-23 16:38
The Supreme Court said Monday it will not hear an appeal of a lower court’s ruling striking down a Texas law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls, effectively kil… Read More
2017-01-20 15:43
Lunch counters. Churches. Bus stations. Schools. The Civil Rights Movement was an extraordinary social movement that took shape in the most ordinary of places. And precisely because they wer… Read More
2017-01-20 15:39
On the night in 2008 when Barack Obama was elected the country’s first black president, many black Americans wept. Eight years later, they weep again for the end of an era some thought… Read More
2017-01-20 15:33
Days before Donald Trump is to be sworn in as America’s 45th president, several hundred African American Republicans—plus some Democrats and Independents—celebrated at an … Read More
2017-01-19 21:03
My father died in the fall of 2002, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. In the spring of 2003, I was home in Chicago visiting my mother when a good friend invited me to go wi… Read More
2017-01-19 21:01
In recent weeks, pundits and scholars have bemoaned the privatization of public education that is likely to occur if Betsy DeVos is confirmed as Donald Trump’s Secretary of Education… Read More
2017-01-19 20:59
Genevieve Benjamin cried when Barack Obama was elected president. “Now I can die,” Benjamin, 77, said she felt upon seeing an African American elected to the highest office in th… Read More
2017-01-19 20:56
The marching band of my alma mater, Talladega College, the oldest historically black college in Alabama, accepted an invitation to participate in Donald Trump’s inaugural parade. Many… Read More
2017-01-19 17:47
In his 1972 autobiography, published shortly before he died, Jackie Robinson admitted a regret. It was, said America’s standard-bearer for integration, that he’d allowed himself… Read More
2017-01-19 17:40
A white woman who once complained about ‘bad blacks’ in her neighborhood has been arrested for shooting an African-American teenager in the head as he walked by her house. Elisab… Read More
2017-01-19 17:30
In July 2007, then-U.S. Sen. Barack Obama spent some time talking to the William Monroe Trotter Group of African-American columnists at the National Association of Black Journalists conventi… Read More
2017-01-19 17:26
The most painful inauguration in the history of inaugurations is running toward us. I was always taught to stand tall and to never run away from pain, so I’m gearing up to go to Donald… Read More
2017-01-19 16:31
The NAACP announced today that, with support from Baxter International Inc., it is launching a series of town hall events in communities across the country to improve knowledge about kidney… Read More
2017-01-18 23:41
As this administration draws to a close, Audrey Edwards is packing as fast as the Obamas. By January 20, Inauguration Day, she’ll be nearly 6,000 miles away from Brooklyn not watching… Read More
2017-01-18 15:58
Despite a plethora of economic and social challenges, African-Americans remain among the most optimistic consumer groups in the nation’s economy. A recent report by the market research… Read More
2017-01-18 15:49
Dewey Clayton – On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States of America. All previous forty-three presidents of the United States had been… Read More
2017-01-17 22:44
The timing was particularly unfortunate: As Americans prepared to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., President-elect Donald Trump tore into one of the civil rights movement’s… Read More
2017-01-17 22:36
President Barack Obama last week designated three new national monuments devoted to civil rights history, including the first National Park Service site dedicated to the Reconstruction, the… Read More
2017-01-17 16:35
Martin Luther King’s daughter said on Monday that “God can triumph over Trump,” but the slain civil rights leader’s son struck a conciliatory tone after meeting with… Read More
2017-01-17 16:33
With tensions escalating between President-elect Donald J. Trump and prominent black leaders, Mr. Trump met privately on Monday with the eldest son of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on… Read More
2017-01-17 16:23
The Talladega College Marching Tornadoes band took a lot of heat in the last few weeks for agreeing to perform in Donald J. Trump’s inaugural parade. But on Friday the band learned tha… Read More
2017-01-17 16:20
Christina Cue’s supporting role in history began at a South Carolina rally where she was electrified by an upstart candidate named Barack Obama. Jason R.L. Wallace’s opportunity… Read More
2017-01-17 16:17
He sat in the front pew, listening as the pastor of Prince of Peace Missionary Baptist Church preached about the blessings bestowed on those with a humble spirit and audacious dreams. &ldquo&hell…Read More
2017-01-13 16:38
Recently, I suggested that African-Americans in the Republican Party suffer from a lack of leverage. Some friends asked me to clarify. I’m happy to. My point is the same as the one mad… Read More
2017-01-12 21:51
A new national survey of law enforcement officers found that the vast majority feel their jobs are harder than ever before, after the police-involved shootings of black Americans over the pa… Read More
2017-01-12 20:08
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) today launched a new center committed to expanding educational, social, and economic opportunities in fragile communities through original research… Read More
2017-01-11 16:56
On June 27, 2013, two days after the Supreme Court ruled that states with a long history of voting discrimination no longer needed to approve their voting changes under the Voting Rights Act… Read More
2017-01-11 16:31
Access to the internet enables billions of people worldwide to share their stories; whether those stories reach a widespread audience, however, depends on how platforms promote certain conte… Read More
2017-01-11 16:24
A white supremacist petition that circulated at a Maryland high school on Friday described African Americans as a “scourge,” said they “invented” rape, stealing and b… Read More
2017-01-11 14:36
On Election Day 2008, Marcella White Campbell remembers her 4-year-old son playing in front of the TV, repeating the name of the man who would soon become the first African-American presiden… Read More
2017-01-11 14:29
It has recently come to light that four young people in Chicago brutally assaulted a disabled young man. They filmed the entire incident on Facebook Live and broadcast it for all to see. He… Read More
2017-01-11 14:25
Following the first day of Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions’ confirmation hearing, civil rights leaders provided immediate reaction and discussed his deplorable civil and human r… Read More
2017-01-11 14:19
The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked a special election for the North Carolina General Assembly that a lower federal court had set for later this year to remedy a prior state legislative map… Read More
2017-01-11 14:08
A jury has sentenced to death the man who murdered nine people in a Charleston church basement in 2015. The twelve jurors deliberated for about three hours before sentencing Dylann Roof, 22… Read More
2017-01-11 14:05
It’s good to be home. My fellow Americans, Michelle and I have been so touched by all the well-wishes we’ve received over the past few weeks. But tonight it’s my turn to sa… Read More
2017-01-10 15:39
When it comes to the highest echelons of corporate America, women of color are missing in action. Rosalind G. Brewer’s retirement as CEO of Sam’s Club is a major blow to the numb… Read More
2017-01-10 15:33
Dylann Roof’s federal trial is nearing its final chapter. Closing arguments in the case are expected Tuesday. Jury deliberations could begin soon afterward. Jurors are tasked with deci… Read More
2017-01-10 15:30
Alabama is nearly 30 percent black, but only three African American judges have ever sat on a federal bench there. Advocates for judicial diversity in the state say that in recent decades, t… Read More
2017-01-10 15:25
In giving his farewell address on Tuesday night in Chicago, President Obama will follow a tradition begun by America’s first president. George Washington offered a series of warnings… Read More
2017-01-10 15:21
A breakaway group of five moderate Senate Republicans pushed Monday to delay a bill repealing Obamacare until March — potentially enough pressure to force the party’s leadership… Read More
2017-01-10 15:13
Sen. Cory Booker will on Wednesday take the apparently unprecedented step of testifying against the confirmation of fellow Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama to be attorney general, a move that c… Read More
2017-01-09 22:22
Anyone who is an avid follower of the news and social media is well aware of the storm that has erupted around Kim Burrell and the controversial statements she has made in regard to gays and… Read More
2017-01-09 22:19
Is national security workforce diversity really an issue when the president’s national security adviser is a powerful black woman with a spacious White House office just down the hallw… Read More
2017-01-09 17:15
There is a point in history where every former president ceases to be much more than a collection of cliches. This usually takes places after he dies; it’s much easier to malign or dei… Read More
2017-01-09 17:09
Among the many lessons from the fractious presidential election is the manifest need for a national dialogue on what it means to be a diverse, inclusive society. There are myriad threads and… Read More
2017-01-09 17:07
When Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama, Donald J. Trump’s choice for attorney general, answers questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, he can expect to revisit a long… Read More
2017-01-09 17:04
In a couple of days, President Barack Obama will give a farewell speech in his adopted hometown of Chicago. This is the city to which he moved as a young man in the 1980s, to work as a commu… Read More
2017-01-09 16:40
For almost eight years, the members of the Congressional Black Caucus existed in the shadow of the first black president. They praised President Barack Obama’s achievements while at th… Read More
2017-01-09 16:38
When the National Committee of Black Churchmen met in 1966 to argue for a theology that spoke to them, they were not operating out of thin air. Black power had been the rallying cry for issu… Read More
2017-01-09 16:33
Black America’s conception of ourselves was forever changed by Barack Obama’s presidency. For African Americans, the first family helped to unlock the transformational potential… Read More
2017-01-06 22:22
Evelyn Turner says she still has nightmares about what happened in this small Alabama city more than three decades ago. And it involves President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for attor… Read More
2017-01-06 21:41
Some of the most fascinating conversations about class anxiety aren’t happening on cable news networks these days but on a more unexpected place on television: shows like “Atlant… Read More
2017-01-06 21:34
Since he was tried, convicted and sentenced to prison in 1925, Marcus Garvey has maintained an iconic presence in U.S. and world history. Imprisoned on trumped up charges—and doesn&rsq&hell…Read More
2017-01-06 21:17
When President Obama took office in 2008, being the first black president, he was immediately met with the expectation that he would focus much of his time and resources on improving the liv… Read More
2017-01-06 20:34
Today, civil rights leaders from The Leadership Conference, the National Action Network, the NAACP, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., NCAPA, NCLR and MALDEF condemned the r… Read More
2017-01-06 16:47
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus launched what they admitted was a “longshot” effort to block Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions’ nomination to lead the Department of Just… Read More
2017-01-06 16:44
Dr. Gail C. Christopher, America’s Wire Writers Group – Just five days before inauguration of Donald Trump as the country’s 45th President, millions of Americans on January… Read More
2017-01-06 16:15
As I’ve done for at least the last half of my life, I spent New Year’s Eve at church with my husband and one of our two daughters. That’s a particularly special time for me… Read More
2017-01-06 16:10
You’ve probably heard it before: Too many black students don’t do well in school because they think being smart means “acting white.” Just last week, Columbia Univers… Read More
2017-01-06 15:59
The crowd that thronged a gospel concert last month in Richmond, Va., was in for an unusual Christmas treat. “Your energy bill’s paid!” the M.C. declared between soaring nu… Read More
2017-01-05 15:16
The Trump transition began its outreach to the African-American community Wednesday afternoon with an event billed as a “listening session” in Washington, led by former Apprentic… Read More
2017-01-04 23:18
When the Department of Education reported that black students are subject to much harsher discipline than white students for the same offenses, the immediate assumption was that racism was t… Read More
2017-01-04 23:12
An officer in the Rolesville, North Carolina, police department has been placed on leave following a confrontation between two students which ended in the officer throwing a girl to the grou… Read More
2017-01-04 23:05
A new study has found that the income gap between black and white men has worsened in recent decades, a finding contrary to the popular belief that it has been steadily narrowing. In fact, b… Read More
2017-01-04 21:28
The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States has many environmentalists on edge. The Republican president-elect has nominated the CEO of ExxonMobil as secretary of state, a… Read More
2017-01-04 21:04
Several civil rights activists were arrested Tuesday night for staging a sit-in at Sen. Jeff Sessions’ office in Mobile, Ala., to protest his nomination as U.S. attorney general. The s… Read More
2017-01-04 21:02
Bracing for an adversarial relationship with President-elect Donald Trump, the California Legislature has selected former U.S. Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. to serve as outside counsel to ad… Read More
2017-01-04 19:48
He entered the White House a living symbol, breaking a color line that stood for 220 years. Barack Obama took office, and race immediately became a focal point in a way that was unprecedente… Read More
2017-01-04 14:47
Students at Morehouse College are doing their part to help save young minority men from incarceration. The Annie E. Casey Foundation gifted the Morehouse College Computing Research Center La… Read More
2017-01-04 14:28
The workshop title is simple, straightforward: “Race & the Law.” The problems it seeks to address are anything but. Capt. Katherine Goodwin, Western District commander of the… Read More
2017-01-04 14:26
Diversity is under siege in Donald Trump’s America. The nation’s first black president is being replaced by a white nationalist. Trump’s proposed cabinet has only one Afric… Read More
2017-01-03 23:09
The selection of a regional Federal Reserve bank president normally takes place in relative obscurity, followed only by local business leaders, financial executives and analysts who track mo… Read More
2017-01-03 23:05
It’s 1968 in New Bordeaux, La. On the surface all looks tranquil as you drive through the bustling city in your red Pontiac, tapping your foot to Sam Cooke’s “Chain Gang.&r&hell…Read More
2017-01-03 23:03
In early December, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies led by Spencer Overton, released a devastating report on staff diversity in the United States Senate. “African-Am… Read More
2017-01-03 10:59
Google has long been seen as a visionary company, one that has ushered in a host of innovations that have transformed the way people live and, in the process, turned the company itself into… Read More
2017-01-03 10:48
The marching band of Alabama’s oldest private, historically black liberal arts college has accepted an invitation to perform at President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural parade, o… Read More
2017-01-03 10:45
“She was mentally ill, she was African-American, she was transgender, and all of that combined scared the police. They didn’t quite know how to handle someone like Kayla,”… Read More
2017-01-03 03:08
American billionaire Robert Smith has offered to sponsor the education of 24 girls from the Chibok community, including the 21 girls who escaped from Boko Haram captivity in October this yea… Read More
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