Winfrey giving $12M to new African-American museum
8 days ago
The National Museum of African American History and Culture announced the gift Tuesday and said the museum's 350-seat theater will be named after Winfrey.
Charlotte remembers 1963 desegregation 'eat-in'
31 days ago
In the spring of 1963, a prominent civil rights leader led dozens of protesters on a march from a predominantly African-American college campus to the center of Charlotte's downtown.
In entire court term, justices see 1 black lawyer
38 days ago
"The more problematic question is, why is civil rights litigation one of the few pathways available to African-American litigators when clearly they have distinguished themselves?"
Local African-American pharmacist became unlikely civil rights leader
110 days ago
Sanders Marshall Jr., one of the first African-American pharmacists in Fort Worth to work alongside white pharmacists, found early on that his talents would never change the color of his skin.
New museum will celebrate both the pain and triumph of African-American history
128 days ago
"So much of our history is in the basement, attics and trunks of people," said Lonnie Bunch, a historian and the museum's director, and who is African-American.
Confronting the plight of African-American children
132 days ago
African-American children are punished more severely, they are negatively profiled more and they are placed in some of the most unfair, unhealthy and unsafe learning environments.
Commentary: Black history's lessons are doubly important today
133 days ago
Thanks to noted African-American scholar Carter G. Woodson, the nation celebrates Black History Month in February as a tribute to the birthdays this month of President Abraham Lincoln and Fredrick...
David Haugh: Lack of diversity still big problem in NFL
143 days ago
But in a league trending toward offense, where 70 percent of the players are African-American, any rule expanding the network of potential minority coaching candidates remains an absolute necessity.