Evanston, Ill. Leads Nation With 1st Approved Reparations Program For Black Residents (Video)
The Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, became the first city in the United States to approve a reparations program …
Missouri Casts Black Woman to Lead Tourism Campaign 4 Years after NAACP Travel Advisory (Watch)
*A Black woman has become the face of Missouri’s tourism campaign, nearly four years after the NAACP warned travelers …
Vernon Jordan, Civil Rights Leader and Former National Urban League President, Dies at 85
*Vernon Jordan, the longtime civil rights leader and close adviser to former President Bill Clinton, died Monday …
Royal Oak: 200-Year-Old Michigan Town Still Struggles with Racial Inequity
*If you live in one of 10 contiguous South Oakland County, Michigan suburbs (one of the wealthiest counties in the …
‘Don’t Sit Back and Think You Can Rest’: Angela Davis Talks Racial Justice with ASU Students (Watch)
*Some lucky Arizona State University students got a chance to sit down (virtually) with Angela Davis on Thursday. The …
Donzaleigh Abernathy: Soloist on ‘The Listening’ Inspired by 1967 Martin Luther King Jr. Speech
*Actress, author, and civil rights advocate, Donzaleigh Abernathy, daughter of the late civil rights icon Rev. Ralph …
Utah Jazz Keeps Promise to be ‘Actively Anti-Racist’ With New Program (Watch)
*In his first media availability as the official owner of the Jazz, Ryan Smith made a promise to his team and to the …
Lawmaker Wants Racism Declared a Public Health Crisis in Georgia (Video)
*A Georgia state representative has proposed a resolution to declare racism a public health crisis in the state. The …
CBS’ James Brown Uses Super Bowl Pre-Game to Blast NFL’s ‘Pitiful’ Hiring of Black Coaches (Watch)
*Facts: Just two of the last 20 NFL head coaches hired are African-American and there are zero Black owners. This was …
How Ben & Jerry’s Ensured That Colin Kaepernick Would Have a Presence at Super Bowl LV
*Colin Kaepernick’s activism is being celebrated in a mural and on billboards throughout Tampa ahead of Super Bowl …
Patti LaBelle, Verdine White Part of Rock Hall’s Black History Month Screening of ‘Mr. Soul’ (Trailer)
*The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is celebrating Black History Month with a series of virtual and in-person …
From Carter G. Woodson to Kendrick Lamar: Smithsonian Honors Black ‘Men of Change’ in Outdoor Exhibit (Watch)
*On the first day of Black History Month, Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum opened “Men of Change: Taking it to …
Meet Deborah Archer, First African American President of the ACLU (Video)
*The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced that its national board has elected Deborah Archer as its …
Steven Ivory: How We Get Through This
*When I was eight years old, I witnessed a murder. Still in my cowboy pajamas that Sunday morning, November 24, 1963, I …
The Irony! Robert E. Lee Monument Turned into Community Gathering Place For BLM / PHOTOS
*RICHMOND, Va. — As fencing is installed around the 130-year-old Robert E. Lee monument in Richmond, Va., in …
