1) Parks was not the first African American woman to be arrested for refusing to yield her seat on a Montgomery bus. Nine months before Parks was jailed, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin was the first Montgomery bus passenger to be arrested…
The Losses of 2020… The Losses! Counted among them John Lewis. The 1998 release of “Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement” by John Lewis, contains this Praise from Time Magazine, “Of all the surviving saints of the…
It took the most life-altering event of the 21st century to finally mute the importance of one of the most significant figures of the second half of the 20th century. Joseph Echols Lowery, co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On January 6, 2020, the Black News Channel (BNC) will become the nation’s only 24-hour news and information television network focused primarily on African Americans. The historic launch of the BNC will fulfill the business dream and…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) has reintroduced a bill directing Congress to commission a statue of former U.S. Rep. Shirley Chisholm to be displayed in the United States Capitol. Currently, there are four statues and busts…
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded 110 years ago after a deadly race riot rocked the city of Springfield, Illinois. “Because of the riots in Springfield, that brought about serious conversations and meetings about…
