For time, Robeson was the most African American in U.S., possibly, the world. ..…

When then Vice President Joe Biden said to a mostly African American audience that the Republicans would put “y’all back in chains”, this notwithstanding that Abraham Lincoln led the process of getting African Americans out of what was mostly Democratic government chains, what did the..…

Smith’s African American Museum and Black Veteran Archives,” directed by Brad Lichtenstein, which is screening in this year’s festival. “I want to make films here … and it’s good to know that my work can speak for itself and that my identity as a woman or as an..…

At the front of large, wood-paneled room, the board, sits in black leather chairs at semi-circular table flanked by American flags.. ..…

.; and the first female and first African-American graduates of the university. . ..…

Lights and Shadows, the column of Chicago Defender, African- American newspaper. ..…

Hayes is looking to make history by becoming the first African-American woman to represent Connecticut in Congress. . ... If she is successful, she would become the first African-American woman to represent Colorado in Congress. . ..…

His relationship with Jell-O lasted decades, and Cosby was inducted into Advertising Hall of Fame in 2011 at the ceremony, he was the very first recipient of American Advertising Federation's President's Award for lifetime contributions to advertising.. Cosby's team told Black Enterprise..…

Just months six members of Presidential Advisory Council on HIV AIDS quit in protest. ..…

An aspiring police officer made the cut, and only one member of the jury is African-American. . ..…

Previously, African-American and feminist activists, having switched from indignation to resistance, had reclaimed political ground from autocrat. ..…

., state and county governments evaded Amendment, poll taxes and even thuggish poll workers to block African- American voters from casting ballot. ..…

The second African-American to sit on the Supreme Court, Thomas is a quiet, towering figure who has been known to break with established orthodoxy if he thinks such orthodoxy goes against the constitution. ..…

“From my standpoint, as Black-American, as far as I am concerned this . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 'From my standpoint, as Black-American, as far as I am concerned this is a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks who in any way dain to think for themselves.' . ... . ..…

The other three categories, European, African and American, already had established — albeit arbitrary — colors: white, black and red. ... That included adopting socialist policies and supporting the Black Liberation Movement, the Women's Liberation Movement, and anti-Vietnam..…

Following the battle at the fort, U.S government used the defeat as pretext for the wholesale removal and genocidal policies toward Native Americans .. ..…