by AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler and AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond
America’s unions mourn the passing of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, a towering moral force whose...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — On behalf of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) representing the Black Press of America, we extend our sincerest condolences to...
NY AMSTERDAM NEWS — In the early 1960s when young activists were fighting against race-based discrimination Jackson was among them, unaware of the role...
Shaun White, HBCUNEWS.com
In February 1837, the African Institute was established in Cheyney, Pennsylvania, at the bequest of Quaker philanthropist Richard Humphreys. He had designated $10,000,...
By Matt Brown, HBCUNEWS.com
The press gallery overlooking the U.S. House chamber has been renamed after the abolitionist, writer and presidential adviser Frederick Douglass in a...