70 years ago, Truman integrated the armed forces
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (Special from Blackmans-Street Today.com) – President Harry S. Truman issued an executive order 70 years ago June 26, 1948, desegregating the United States armed forces, which ...
Getting steeped in N.O. Black history
[caption id="attachment_25575" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Leon Waters of Hidden History Tours talks about the post-Katrina recovery efforts in the Lower Ninth Ward during the Steeped in History Tour on April 6. ... A little defense goes a long way
An MSNBC host had some great advice last week for those fretting over the prospects of spending the next four years with President Donald Trump as the leader of the ... MLK’s legacy for Black America in 2017
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. President/CEO, NNPA As the United States of America and the global community salutes, recognizes and commemorates the 88th birthday of The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, ... The MLK legacy, 49 years later
By Edmund W. Lewis The Louisiana Weekly, Editor Nearly a half-century ago, an assassin’s bullet extinguished the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the balcony of the Lorraine ...
Contemporary Arts Center to fly flag of Dread Scott
[caption id="attachment_23556" align="aligncenter" width="479"] Dread Scott’s flag, “A Man Was Lynched By Police Yesterday,” on view at Jack Shainman Gallery (2016). Photo courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery. ... Violence erupts after latest series of fatal cop shootings
Nearly two years after police in Ferguson, Mo. gunned down 18-year-old Michael Brown and several other officer-involved killings led to nationwide protests, two more Black men have been fatally shot ... Heavily armed white man arrested after firing at cop
A recent incident underscores the racist double standard in U.S. law enforcement with regard to the way Blacks and whites are viewed and treated by the authorities. Last week, at least ...
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By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (Special from Blackmans-Street Today.com) – President Harry S. Truman issued an executive order 70 years ago June 26, 1948, desegregating the United States armed forces, which ...
[caption id="attachment_25575" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Leon Waters of Hidden History Tours talks about the post-Katrina recovery efforts in the Lower Ninth Ward during the Steeped in History Tour on April 6. ... A little defense goes a long way
An MSNBC host had some great advice last week for those fretting over the prospects of spending the next four years with President Donald Trump as the leader of the ... MLK’s legacy for Black America in 2017
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. President/CEO, NNPA As the United States of America and the global community salutes, recognizes and commemorates the 88th birthday of The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, ... The MLK legacy, 49 years later
By Edmund W. Lewis The Louisiana Weekly, Editor Nearly a half-century ago, an assassin’s bullet extinguished the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the balcony of the Lorraine ...
[caption id="attachment_23556" align="aligncenter" width="479"] Dread Scott’s flag, “A Man Was Lynched By Police Yesterday,” on view at Jack Shainman Gallery (2016). Photo courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery. ... Violence erupts after latest series of fatal cop shootings
Nearly two years after police in Ferguson, Mo. gunned down 18-year-old Michael Brown and several other officer-involved killings led to nationwide protests, two more Black men have been fatally shot ... Heavily armed white man arrested after firing at cop
A recent incident underscores the racist double standard in U.S. law enforcement with regard to the way Blacks and whites are viewed and treated by the authorities. Last week, at least ...
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