Hamer was diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer in 1976 which halted her activism. She died of breast cancer complications ...
Young ran for Congress, winning in 1972 before being appointed as ambassador to the United Nations by President Jimmy Carter.
Former U.N. ambassador Andrew Young says that he was often responsible for “the dirty work” during his time fighting for ...
TCR Investigative Reporting Practicum alum Sara Cooper covers “A Day of Remembrance,” a community healing event hosted by ...
What does the great New York director Spike Lee consider the most iconic New York movie? Stephen Colbert wanted to know. “Well, it wasn’t actually shot in New York,” Lee told Colbert. “It was shot in ...
Civil rights activists and Freedom Riders were viewed as troublemakers. Nine months after Malcolm X’s assassination, “The ...
For the past few years the nonprofit has been working hard to rebuild and restore the house to what it was like when the ...
Dr. Jamie Campbell, associate dean of Penn State's Smeal College of Business, talks about how Malcolm X relates to business during the opening of the Malcolm X Centenary event. My Dad Was Gay — But ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Any time you set out to write a play, there is the foundational concept of the ...
It may seem like this level of political violence is unprecedented, but it’s not. Ask your grandparents about the 1960s — an ...
A BLACK STUDENT was visiting the Jim Crow South when he entered a barbershop. The white barber looked at him and reportedly told him, “I do not cut nigger hair.” The student responded, “I am not a ...