By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Late last year, “The Washington Post” wrote that African Americans were the only group that showed no economic improvement since 2000. They based their conclusions on Census data. This year, there was even more sobering news in a […]
A new documentary is exploring a period in Martin Luther King Jr.’s life that seldom gets attention: his final three years. “King in the Wilderness,” directed by Peter Kunhardt, highlights the acute struggle and opposition the civil rights icon faced when the energy from his […]
BY JESSE JACKSON April 4 will mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, shot down on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. At the time, we had come to Memphis to support striking sanitation workers seeking a living wage […]
Screenshot: News24 (YouTube) In a landmark ruling, for what lawyers believe to be the first time ever in South Africa, a person has been sentenced to prison for verbal racial abuse. According to the Guardian, Vicki Momberg was sentenced to three years (with one year […]
A half century after Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, visitors still flock to the Memphis, Tennessee, site where the civil rights leader was assassinated and say that while there has been progress in racial equality, more strides need to be made. Source: Americans reflect […]
While it may be tempting to go through life taking the path of least resistance and passing as white, two mixed-race people are detailing their stories of fully embracing their Black parentage. Author/screenwriter David Matthews said he identifies as a Black man and has wished […]
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