Census data on city populations made headlines this week. Washington, DC can apparently only barely be described as “chocolate city” since the African American population is only a scant majority…
IBW/Black Family Summit National Black Leadership Dialogue In conjunction with the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2010 5:00 PM TO 7:00 PM AT THE HOUSE OF PRAYER…
The Shirley Chisholm Presidential Accountability Commission The Institute of the Black World 21st Century SUMMARY: Report Card on President Obama: Year Two – Policy and Legislative Impacts on the Black…
Congressman Meeks to Join Pilgrimage to Citadel in Haiti Group Pushes Cultural Historical Tourism to Promote Development – Press Advisory – October 7, New York – The Haiti Support Project…
June 16, 2010 IBW Launches Shirley Chisholm Presidential Accountability Commission Congressional Black Caucus Members to Offer Tributes Symposium to Focus on Black Economic State of Emergency Press Release The Institute…
Daisy Elizabeth Adams Lampkin dedicated her life to supporting women’s and civil rights. Lampkin began hosting local suffragette meetings at her home near Pittsburgh…
A prominent African American educator, church leader and suffrage supporter, Nannie Helen Burroughs devoted her life to empowering black women. Burroughs helped…
Mary Church Terrell attended Oberlin College as a young woman where she became one of the first African American women to earn a college degree. After moving…
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was an early abolitionist and women’s suffrage leader. She was one of the few African American women present at conferences…
Mary Ann Shadd Cary was born in 1823 to parents dedicated to the abolition of slavery. Her parents taught her much about fighting for equality and often…
Queen Mother Audley Moore was an African-American civil and human rights leader and a black nationalist who allied with such civil rights leaders as Marcus Garvey…