Jubilant crowds are flocking to New Orleans this weekend for Carnival parades and to celebrate the Saints' first-ever Super Bowl appearance. Oh, and ...
Haiti's history as first black republic creates a special bond with many African-Americans A terrible earthquake anywhere in the Caribbean would have hit ...
Predominantly black New Orleans could elect first white mayor in 30 years New Orleans' black political base is one more victim of Hurricane Katrina. The storm decimated once-thriving black, middle-class neighborhoods, undercutting efforts by black candidates to raise money and build voter ...
Michael Strahan 41st NAACP Image Awards nomination announcements and press conference held at The SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills Los Angeles, California - 06.01.09 Copyright 2010 WENN
NAACP, 3 ex-workers sue US Airways, allege hostile workplace, wrongful firings in Philadelphia Three fired employees are suing US Airways, alleging the airline operated a racially hostile workplace in Philadelphia and fired black employees without grounds. The local chapter of the National ...
From left, Attallah Shabazz, eldest daughter of Malcolm X, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, and Hazel Dukes, president of the New York State NAACP, attend the funeral of Percy Sutton in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010. Thousands of mourners filled Riverside Church ...
APNewsBreak: Smiley ending his State of the Black Union conference to focus on other projects After 10 years, Tavis Smiley is ending his annual State of the Black Union conference, which spawned best-selling books and his critical stance toward Barack Obama. The ...
Analysis: Obama transformed discussion of race in 2009, but it remained a volatile issue The year began with a harmonious glow at the inauguration of the first black president, as America marked a stunning victory over its racial demons. "That lasted about ...
Candidate to become 1st black Ala. governor faces opposition from entrenched black leadership The man vying to become Alabama's first black governor is battling some unlikely critics — black Democratic leaders who were on the front lines of the civil rights movement. ...
Percy Sutton, pioneering Malcolm X lawyer, political power broker and media mogul, dies at 89 Percy Sutton, the pioneering civil rights attorney who represented Malcolm X before launching successful careers as a political power broker and media mogul, has died. He was ...
Black advocates seek training programs and public job creation to address unemployment gap In the battle against black unemployment, places like the Opportunities Industrialization Center are ground zero. Savory aromas wafted from a king-size kitchen one recent day as the instructor demonstrated ...
President Barack Obama on Monday rebutted critics who say he isn't showing enough compassion toward black America, citing his health care effort as one example he says "will be hugely important" for blacks. Obama said another example is the billions of dollars ...
