March 1965, marked a pivotal time for the American civil rights movement, when Martin Luther King led demonstrators to protest the discrimination in voting rights against black Americans in Alabama. The march was begun three times before the demonstrators were finally able to finish it.
The first march took place on March 7, 1965, when [...]
African Americans are experiencing the sharpest edge of layoffs of government and other public workers across the country. The worst of these job cuts were at first avoided by the Obama administration’s federal stimulus package that was designed to prevent state and local layoffs.
Black public workers are one-third more likely to be laid off than [...]
In this exclusive interview with Everyday Health, First Lady Michelle Obama dishes on getting her kids to eat their vegetables and her healthy living message for American families.
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Troy Davis supporters in the U.S. and Europe were trying just about anything to spare him from lethal injection Wednesday evening for killing a Georgia policeman, a crime he and others have insisted for years that he did not commit.
Supporters planned vigils around the world. They’ll be outside Georgia’s death row prison in Jackson and [...]
It’s no secret that African Americans comprise a disproportionately low percentage of people working in technology. Probably less widely recognized are the contributions being made in the high-tech sector by African-American entrepreneurs and corporate executives. This week, both of those topics will get some much-deserved attention on a national stage.
During the Annual Legislative Conference of [...]
