Jim Crow

Rep. Jeffries dissected the history of Africans in America and the Black experience in the United States.

The 1936 Olympics were well-documented and known for the success of track and field gold medalist Jesse Owens. A new documentary titled Olympic Pride, American Prejudice shares the experiences of the other 17 African-American athletes “who defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to win hearts and medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.”   The film’s […]

A classroom experiment about discrimination at an Indiana high school turned into a nightmare after the teacher instructed students to post "Whites only" and "Blacks only" signs near bathrooms and drinking fountains.

NY Congressman Hakeem Jeffries recently sat down with Roland Martin, host of NewsOne Now, to discuss his proposed bill to give released prisoners who have…

JeffCo Commission considering removal of courthouse mural that depicts slaves picking cotton. @WVTM13 pic.twitter.com/NqDgQbSXdE — Meg Pace (@MegPace) September 22, 2015 The NAACP chapter in…

Aviva Kempner, director of the new documentary "Rosenwald," discuss the movie and Julian Bond's involvement in the film.

A special election investigation by Al Jazeera America and journalist Greg Palast uncovered a series of Republican lead anti-voter fraud actions that may be targeting…

Descendants of two black women who appeared as “Aunt Jemima” have filed a $2 billion lawsuit against PepsiCo, (owner of Quaker Oats) and the Aunt Jemima brand, saying they deserve cash and a share of revenue from future sales. Heirs of Nancy Green, who was the first Aunt Jemima in 1890, and two great-grandsons of Anna Short Harrington, filed the lawsuit, […]

Few crimes raise the ire in African-Americans more than the outlawed practice of lynching. Used primarily as a tool of justice and to incite fear…

Former Ward 2 Councilman and Chokwe Lumumba, 65, is the new mayor of  Jackson, Miss., winning the general election with 87 percent of the vote,…

As we recall the civil rights gains that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. worked so hard for, noted legal scholar Michelle Alexander claims there’s still a long way to go before blacks achieve true social equality. SEE ALSO: Will Obama Outsmart Everyone? In her book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, […]

A new report by the Center of Social Inclusion shows that Jim Crow still exists today in the job market. The report titled, From Jim Crow Jobs to Employment Equity, reveals many startling statistics. In the market, six of the seven occupations with the highest salaries are overrepresented by whites, while conversely, three of the […]