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Bill Barr Installs Outside Prosecutor To Review Case Against Michael Flynn | Velshi & Ruhle | MSNBC

Juanita J. Craft Juanita Jewel Craft is an American civil rights advocate and politician. She is an American Hero. Craft was born Juanita Jewel Shanks in Round Rock, Texas on February 9, 1902. S

Nannie Helen Burroughs Quick Facts Significance: Educator and activist Place of Birth: Orange, VA Date of Birth: 1879/1880 Place of Death: Washington, DC Date of Death: 1961 Around 1

Thomas Calhoun Walker Thomas Calhoun Walker was a teacher, lawyer, and government official. Known as Virginia’s “Black Governor”, Calhoun was the first African American to practice law in Glouceste

Cathay Williams Quick Facts Significance: Private Cathay Williams was the only woman to serve in the US Army as a Buffalo Soldier Place of Birth: Independence, Missouri Date of Birth: Sept

Eighty-Five Years of Courage, Valor & Heroism They joined for a better life and to fight for their country. They served valiantly on foreign battlefields and in the face of egregious racism at home

Monthly Theme: Commemorating 400 Years of African American History The first enslaved Africans in English-occupied North America were brought to Virginia more than 400 years ago. Despite constant a

This Black History Month, let’s focus on the present By Colbert I. King Columnist Jan. 31, 2020 at 3:29 p.m. CST When I was coming along, the second week in February was called “Negro History Week

YOUR WORDS: I told them that when you walk by faith and not by sight your faith is blind. MY REPLY: “We walk by faith not by sight” actually is a quote from the King James Version of the Bible, fro

Holder Blasts AG Barr 'Aberrant' Behavior, DOJ Official Warns Of 'Tuesday Night Massacre' | MSNBC

Trump Attacks On Criminal Cases May Be Setting Stage For Pardons | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC

Experts Warn Democracies Facing Autocracy: Protect Your Institutions | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC

Joe Calls Out GOP For Telling Trump His Actions Had No Consequences | Morning Joe | MSNBC

Authenticity During Black History Month – Some Brands Make The Mark, While Others Criticized In Digital Backlash - By Jacqueline Schneider In recent years, Black History Month has become a staple f

Martin Luther King Jr. Biography Who Was Martin Luther King Jr? Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and civil-rights activist who had a seismic impact on race relations in the United S

Wessyngton Plantation: A Family's Road to Freedom | NPT A descendant of Wes­syngton slaves, John F. Baker Jr., has written the most accessible and ex­citing work of African American history since R

Black History Month Feature:Emmett Till

Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win Wimbledon On this day in 1975, Arthur Ashe defeats the heavily favored Jimmy Connors to become the first black man ever to win Wimbledon, the most cov

Ruth E. Carter From "Black Panther" Is The First Black Person To Win An Oscar For Costume Design "Marvel may have created the first black superhero, but through costume design, we turned him into a

Educating Our People To Who We Are As A People Begins The Journey Let me share these words of wisdom so, that I may enlighten and enrich your thinking because you are somebody. Knowing Who You Are

United States Presidential Election of 2008 United States government On November 4, 2008, after a campaign that lasted nearly two years, Americans elected Illinois senator Barack Obama their 44th

Charleston Church Shooting: White Gunman Kills 9 At Historic Black Church By Kelly Chen A heartbroken nation’s tension turned to mourning Thursday afternoon as news broke that the suspected gunman

Oprah awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom

What does a traffic jam in Atlanta have to do with segregation? Quite a lot. By Kevin M. Kruse AUG. 14, 2019 Atlanta has some of the worst traffic in the United States. Drivers there average two