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by April Taylor (NPR) It seems like a common sense conclusion to assume that the student bodies at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) mainly consist of African American students. However there are some HBCU’s […]

The Tuskegee Airmen are celebrated for good reason. They helped accomplish the cherished “Double V” – a victory over Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime in Europe, and overcoming “Jim Crow” discrimination practices that had kept them […]

Rachel Dolezal‘s story isn’t over yet. The former head of the NAACP’s Spokane, Washington chapter is reportedly writing a book about racial identity. Obviously, Dolezal isn’t a go-to expert on the topic, but nonetheless, we’re […]

Accessing books has become a lot easier for children living in poor communities. The White House reports that it issued more than 1 million access codes in the first week of its Open eBooks initiative. […]

The family of a Chicago man, who was tased as he was dragged from his holding cell by Chicago police, is slated to receive $4.9 million from the city in a settlement reached by the […]

By Lyn Hughes Ph.D and F. Finley McRae April 15 is A. Philip Randolph’s birthday. One might ask, who is he?  Should we care?  The answer is a resounding yes! for America’s political, economic and […]

By Max Ehrenfreund, washingtonpost.com It’s a fact that people of color are worse off than white Americans in all kinds of ways, but there is little agreement on why. Some see those disparities as a […]

By David Denson and Erick Johnson, Gary Crusader In March of 1972, over nine hundred political activists descended on Gary for an event that would help shape the future of Black politics for decades to […]