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Rosa Parks, seen here circa 1955 with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the background (National Archives)

Black History, Stacy M. Brown, Women's Suffrage Movement

Remembering Rosa Parks: A Civil Rights Icon and Black Women’s Suffrage Champion

by Stacy M. Brown April 15, 2020December 21, 2021

From left: DuBois Circle members Evelyn McClarry, Judith Smith, group President Sandye A. Wilson and Beverly Carter celebrate the unveiling of a marker honoring Baltimore suffragists on Druid Hill Avenue. (Jean Thompson via The AFRO)

Black History, Stacy M. Brown, Women's Suffrage Movement

Baltimore Honors Neighbors Instrumental in Women’s Suffrage Movement

by Stacy M. Brown April 1, 2020December 21, 2021

Rev. Joseph E. Lowery (Courtesy photo)

Black Experience, Black History

Rev. Joseph Lowery, Civil Rights Icon, Dies at 98

by Hamil R. Harris March 28, 2020December 21, 2021

Mary McLeod Bethune memorial in D.C. (Robert Berks via the Library of Congress)

Black Experience, Black History, Stacy M. Brown

Bipartisan Resolution Introduced for Mary McLeod Bethune Statue in Statuary Hall

by Stacy M. Brown March 25, 2020December 21, 2021

Today, the Black Press continues to tackle domestic and global issues, including the new novel coronavirus pandemic and its effects on all citizens — particularly African Americans. (NNPA Newswire)

Black Experience, Black History, Stacy M. Brown

Black Press of America Celebrates 193 Years of Freedom-Fighting Journalism

by WI Guest Author March 19, 2020December 21, 2021

Daisy Elizabeth Adams Lampkin (Courtesy photo)

Black History, Stacy M. Brown, Women's Suffrage Movement

Daisy Elizabeth Adams Lampkin: A Suffragist Leader Everyone Should Know

by Stacy M. Brown March 11, 2020December 21, 2021

On the road again (Courtesy photo)

Black Experience, Black History, Stacy M. Brown

Filmmaker Documents Grandparents’ Travel in RV During Civil Rights Era

by Stacy M. Brown March 11, 2020December 21, 2021

Donney Rose performs excerpts from "The American Audit." (Photo by Josh Hamzehee via NNPA Newswire)

Black Experience, Black History

‘The American Audit’ Exposes America as a 400-Year-Old Business and Its Toll on Black Humanity

by WI Guest Author March 10, 2020December 21, 2021

Courtesy of gsu.edu

Black Experience, Black History

Georgia State Honors Black Students Who Forced Racial Integration

by WI Guest Author March 6, 2020December 21, 2021

“The National Colored Convention in Session at Washington, DC.” Harper’s Weekly (February 6, 1869). Courtesy of the Library Company of Philadelphia

150 Years After Ratification of the 15th Amendment, Black Votes Are Still Contested

by WI Guest Author March 5, 2020December 21, 2021