Obama Makes History in Denver
Barack Obama made history in more ways than one last night.
Besides being the first Black American to win the nomination of a major political party, the Illinois senator accepted the Democratic Party nomination in front of a cheering crowd of about 80, 0000 people. His was the largest audience to witness a presidential nomination acceptance [...]
Marcus Garvey’s Great-Grandson Charged With Rape
The name Marcus Garvey still carries some serious weight in Jamaica and elsewhere. But a descendant of the early-20th-century civil rights leader (above) has been charged with a crime that threatens to diminish the family name.
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Grassroots Effort Under Way to Put Chamberlain on Commemorative Stamp
PHILADELPHIA — Wilt Chamberlain’s next enduring stamp on basketball is likely to come on the upper right-hand corner of an envelope.
Wilt the Stilt could become Wilt the Stamp if a grassroots effort to get the Hall of Famer and the only NBA player to score 100 points in a game on a commemorative U.S postage [...]
King’s Final Crusade: The Radical Push for a New America
(CNN) — The Rev. Bernard LaFayette Jr. was resting at his Chicago, Illinois, home one autumn weekend in 1967 when the phone rang. The caller didn’t identify himself, but LaFayette immediately recognized the baritone voice.
“Bernard, I need you,” the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said. “This may be my last campaign. We’re going for broke.”
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FBI Tracked King’s Every Move
(CNN) — FBI wiretaps have “given us the most powerful and persuasive source of all for seeing how utterly selfless Martin Luther King was,” as a civil rights leader, according to a leading civil rights scholar.
“You see him being intensely self-critical. King really and truly believed that he was there to be of service to [...]
Basketball Pioneer E.B. Henderson’s Ticket to Hoops Fame is Yet to be Punched.
Edwin Bancroft “Ed” Henderson II has spent the last few years campaigning for his late grandfather’s induction in the Basketball Hall of Fame.
That would be Edwin Bancroft “E.B.” Henderson, who was 93 when he died in 1977. The elder Henderson led a life that would fascinate anybody interested in D.C. sports or racial history. But [...]
When Harlem Came to Paris - 2/23/08! Click Image to View Flier
On Saturday, February 23rd, Washington will experience something so bold and different, it will be transported to another time and place just like…
WHEN HARLEM CAME TO PARIS
LiL SoSo Productions, a Maryland-based artist management and event planning firm and Alliance Française de Washington, a French culture and language center will present, “When Harlem Came to Paris,” [...]
Jackie Robinson: First Class Citizen
There was a time that African-American male athletes fancied themselves citizens of the world with intellectual accomplishments, professional aspirations, athletic prowess and, most importantly, a willingness and commitment to racial justice in America. The great Paul Robeson is in this group as is the tennis legend Arthur Ashe. There are countless others who could be [...]
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