Meet Mia McLeod: State Sen. Makes History as South Carolina’s 1st Black Woman to Run for Gov.
*Since the birth of this nation, no Black woman has ever served as governor in the United States. But South Carolina …
White Trash! The Untold Story of Class in America: The Journal of Steffanie Rivers / VIDEO
*Memorial Day, which we just celebrated, marks the unofficial start of summer. People are leaving the confines of their …
Hundreds Gather at New Prayer Wall at Tulsa’s Historic Vernon AME Church (Video)
*Hundreds gathered Monday for an interfaith service dedicating a prayer wall outside historic Vernon African Methodist …
Tulsa Reparations Event President Biden Possibly Attending Canceled; Offer Too Low (WATCH)
*Attorney Antonio Moore discusses the now canceled Tulsa reparations event. John Legend, Stacey Abrams, and possibly Joe …
Karine Jean-Pierre Becomes 2nd Black Woman to Lead White House Briefing (Watch)
*History was made inside of the White House briefing room today as principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre …
VIDEO: ‘I’m Asking My Country to Acknowledge What Happened’: Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors Testify on Capitol Hill
*Viola Fletcher, who at 107 is the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, testified Wednesday before a …
First Look: New Maya Angelou Quarter Among 20 Women Featured in ‘American Women Quarters’ Program (Video)
*Last month, it was announced that poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou and NASA astronaut Sally Ride will be …
LOUD AND WRONG: Tenn. GOP Lawmaker Claims ‘3/5 Compromise’ Aimed to End Slavery (Watch)
*Although the claim has been debunked a multitude of times, Republican lawmakers in recent days have given new voice to …
Steven Ivory: For a Moment, Justice
*“Well, that’s enough guilty for me,” said my buddy after the second “guilty.” He mumbled it almost to himself, with …
Louisiana GOP Lawmaker Says Schools Should Teach the ‘Good’ Aspects of Slavery (Watch)
*During a session of the Louisiana House of Representatives Tuesday (Aprl 27), GOP lawmaker Ray Garofalo raised some …
Erika Alexander (‘Living Single’) on What White Folks Owe Black Folks and Being Newly Single / VIDEO
*In the latest Spotlight interview, the beautiful woke Erika Alexander dishes the dirt on the racism she encountered …
GOP Senators Try and Fail to Rattle Stacey Abrams During Senate Hearing on Voting Rights (Highlights)
*While the world was watching Derek Chauvin being hauled to jail in handcuffs Tuesday, Stacey Abrams was quietly, …
Harriet Tubman’s Family Home Found: Archaeologists Have Been Digging Since Last Fall (Video)
*Maryland archaeologists have been combing through the woods in Dorchester County, Maryland since last fall looking for …
New Film Stresses Importance of Identifying Unmarked Graves of Enslaved People (Trailer)
*A passion to uncover family history is in the blood for Chris Haley. The actor, writer, filmmaker and director of the …
Eleven Days After the Assassination of MLK, Aretha Franklin Records ‘Think’ [EUR Video Throwback]
*Her voice was as bold and thunderous as her civil rights support quiet and discreet. Jesse Jackson wrote of Aretha …
