With the election of Barack Obama to the presidency, the United States Senate is now without a Black member among its ranks. Despite the success Blacks have had getting elected as mayors, members of state legislatures, and to the House of Representativ…
The tale of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is not unique to the “Land of Lincoln,� but is becoming an increasingly regular commentary on the state of electoral politics and government.
The release of November’s unemployment numbers today clearly illustrates the challenge facing Barack Obama. Come January 20 he is faced with a challenge perhaps unlike any other that has confronted an American president in modern times.
It seems as though not a day passes when a mayor of a major city or county executive announces drastic cuts in government programs and services due to budget shortfalls as a result of the economic downturn.
When President-elect Barack Obama held his first press conference he made clear that his priority was addressing the nation’s economic crisis.
The bad news about high unemployment is not new news for Blacks.
Executive Editor Walter Fields suggests the Republican Party made a turn for the worse at their conv
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…
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