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Even Malcolm X misunderstood what King meant by non-violence as a revolutionary, according to historian Peniel Joseph.

/PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 5,000 delegates representing over 40 countries gathered at Operation HOPEs 9th Annual HOPE Global Forums | Annual Meeting (HGF). The...

In need of a last-minute gift? We suggest a book by a Black author—and we've compiled a list of our favorites of the year!

<p>"Till" shows that it is no longer possible for a movie about the civil rights era to put historical Black characters in the shadow of white protagonists. </p>

“Till” departs from many past movies about the civil rights movement in one crucial respect: It places its Black characters front and center in their struggle, rather than giving them roles subsidiary to white saviors.

Remember the role your forebears played in America’s first Reconstruction.

This wide-ranging list offers context for our rapidly changing world

After the election of President Obama in 2008, “the world looked and felt different,” writes University of Texas historian Peniel Joseph. That moment also marked the beginning of what Joseph calls America’s Third Reconstruction, a period of racial progress marked by the Black Lives Matter protests and the social justice movements they inspired. But the

When Nathan Connolly and his wife, Shani Mott, saw that their home in Baltimore had been appraised at $472,000, they knew something was wrong. They had bought it four years earlier, in 2017, for $450,000. They had made $40,000 in renovations. Home prices had been rising throughout the pandemic. It just didnt make sense. So a few months after that first appraisal, they applied to refinance again with another company and decided to try something different. This time, the African American family re...

When Nathan Connolly and his wife, Shani Mott, saw that their home in Baltimore had been appraised at $472,000, they knew something was wrong. They had bought it four years earlier, in 2017, for $450,000. They had made $40,000 in renovations. Home prices had been rising throughout the pandemic. It just didnt make sense. So a few months after that first appraisal, they applied to refinance again with another company and decided to try something different. This time, the African American family re...