By Kali Holloway, AlterNet — The Martin Luther King Jr. who is cynically trotted out every time racial unrest erupts in our cities is the MLK who can be conveniently…
Written By Alex from Libertas Bella — Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave. Slavery, regardless of whom is enslaved, is evil in one of its purest forms….
Happy Birthday to the Hon. Marcus Garvey and Happy Universal African Flag Day to the Black World! Marcus Mosiah Garvey (August 17, 1887 – June 10, 1940), was a Jamaican-born…
Editor’s Note: Historically, the Institute of the Black World 21st Century has celebrated August as “Marcus Garvey Month” and August 17th as “Universal African Flag Day”, a time to honor…
Born January 23, 1935 in Harlem, New York, Robert Parris Moses was an American educator and civil rights activist, known for his work as a leader of the Student Nonviolent…
By: Isheka N. Harrison— The topic of reparations was discussed heavily during the Democratic primary presidential race in 2019. The HR 40 bill, which seeks to create a commission to…
By Katie Halper, Raw Story — Happy Columbus Day! I hope you’re celebrating the holiday appropriately, by breaking into someone’s home and claiming that you discovered and now own it! Or you could…
Nelson Mandela, who died yesterday at age 95, was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary who served as President of South Africa from 1994-1999.