Roi Ottley News Today

By GREG JORDAN

This is the last of four columns observing Black History Month.

For the past 13 years, I have been faithful. Faithful to what I believe, faithful to telling stories typically MIA from American journalism — stories of Black life, love, hope, humanity, even tragedy.

The new Railway Children film draws on a forgotten wartime episode: a skirmish between black and white US soldiers in Lancashire

Responses to Depression influenced later milestones

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This article was originally published on The Conversation. Hanging on the wall in my office is the framed cover of the inaugural issue of "The Brownies Book," a monthly periodical for Black youths created by W.E.B. Du Bois and other members of the NAACP in 1920. The magazine – the first of its kind – includes poems and stories that speak of Black achievement and history, while also showcasing childrens writing. Advertisement: Although much of American childrens literature published near the...

In his seven-year career at the paper, Roi Ottley distinguished himself as a keen observer of issues relating to race, voting and domestic migration.