The first Indian American journalist to land a job in the U.S. was hired by the Black press during a period of intense racial terror across the country. In 1922, after being roundly rejected by ...

The exhibit also highlighted the remarkable role women have played in America’s history. It included a 1931 edition of the ...

Eventually a Royal African Company ship was sent to Barbados and the rescued Sessarakoo taken to England, where he could finally learn the ‘white man’s book’. Sessarakoo was known not for his ...

Marcus Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association in 1914 ... in history with millions of members across the world advocating for black independence. His call for Africans to ...

Today, racism in this country is still a central force that progressives are working to change. We are, after all, living in ...

By Eden Omari I am constantly reminded and put in my place each time I open a Eugene Weekly, university newspaper, or ...

Urban Ore Workers voted to join the Industrial Workers of the World, and are now with local chapter IU 670. The IWW is one of ...

Word In Black This post was originally published on Defender Network (WIB) - In 1827 the Black Press was founded with ...