What do we get wrong about the March on Washington?
Today marks 60 years since the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. One of the most well-known in
Read MoreThe Atlanta Washerwomen’s strike of 1881: a bold action for justice
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The Atlanta Washerwomen’s Strike of 1881 stands as one of the earliest and most significant labor movements led by African American women in post-Reconstruction America. This bold and organized resistance
Read MoreFor enslaved people, the holiday season was a time for revelry – and a brief window to fight back
During the era of slavery in the Americas, enslaved men, women and children also enjoyed the holidays. Slave owners usually gave them bigger portions of food, gifted them alcohol and
Read MoreHow a league of Black housewives changed the Detroit workforce in the 1930s
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The Detroit Housewives League (DHL), founded in 1930 by Fannie B. Peck, was a pioneering organization that played a crucial role in promoting economic empowerment within Detroit’s African American community
Read MoreHow a coup ended Black prosperity in a North Carolina city
In the late 1890s, Wilmington, North Carolina, a port city between the Atlantic’s barrier islands and the banks of the Cape Fear River, became an island of hope for a
Read MoreNotable Works of the Black Arts Movement: A Creative Revolution
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The Black Arts Movement (BAM) was a flourishing era of artistic innovation that sought to redefine Black identity and resist systemic oppression. Through poetry, prose, visual art, music, and theater,
Read MoreWhy civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer was ‘sick and tired of being sick and tired’
It wasn’t called voter suppression back then, but civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer knew exactly how white authorities in Mississippi felt about Black people voting in the 1960s. At a rally with
Read MoreWomen in the Black Arts Movement: Pioneers of Justice and Creativity
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The Black Arts Movement (BAM) is often heralded as a transformative era in African American cultural history, yet the contributions of women to this movement deserve distinct recognition. While BAM’s
Read MoreWho were the United Socialists: The Black anarchist squatters you’ve never heard of
On March 26, 1907, a White police officer named John Cofield visited a home on the north side of Muskogee, Oklahoma — the largest town in what was then called
Read MoreThe Black Arts Movement: A Revolution in Black Expression
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The Black Arts Movement (BAM), often referred to as the artistic arm of the Black Power Movement, emerged during the mid-1960s as a bold and transformative force in American cultural
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