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Setting a Precedent: The African-American 54th Regiment Ships Out

Storming of Fort Wagner by Kurz & Allison February 16, 1863 recruitment ad from Boston newspaper Today, June 3rd 28 marks the anniversary of when one of the first African-American […]

Newly released short story by Langston Hughes

June 1, 2016/in 1960s African American History All American History Arthur Ashe Authors /by Joe

Photo by Gordon Parks for US Office of War Information Originally written in 1961, “Seven People Dancing” by Langston Hughes was just published this week in the New Yorker. Arnold Rampersad, […]

Celebrating the Legacy of Lorraine Hansberry

May 19, 2016/in 1960s African American History All American History Authors Civil Rights Protest /by Joe

Today is the birthday of playwright and writer Lorraine Hansberry, born on May 19, 1932. She is most famous for her celebrated work A Raisin in the Sun, a play […]

On Display

May 5, 2016/in 1960s African American History All American History Arthur Ashe Civil Rights Education History Reconstruction Tennis UCLA /by Joe

As the school year winds down and people take advantage of vacation time and holidays, there are some new cultural activities relating to Arthur Ashe that might be of interest […]

The Enduring Legacy of Andrew Young

February 29, 2016/in African American History All American History Apartheid Arthur Ashe Civil Rights Education History Opportunity Protest Service /by Joe

Photograph by Warren K. Leffler Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy and Andrew Young in 1965 For ArthurAshe.org’s final Black History Month installment, we turn our attention to Andrew Young. […]

More than Just Words: Barbara Jordan’s Strong Politics

February 25, 2016/in 1960s African American History All American History Civil Rights Education History Opportunity Service Womens History /by Joe

Photo by Thomas J. O’Halloran. Photo by Warren K. Leffler. The AALC Black History Month celebration continues with our profile of Barbara Jordan: an American politician, lawyer and educator who, […]

Behind the Scenes: The Work of Augustus Hawkins

February 23, 2016/in 1960s African American History All American History Civil Rights Education History Opportunity Service US Congress /by Joe

Augustus Hawkins’ congressional portrait Hawkins in 1962 Today for Black History Month, we honor Augustus F. Hawkins, a well-known Democrat politician and the first African-American from California to serve in […]

Public Defender: Shirley Chisholm’s Lonely Battle

February 19, 2016/in 1960s African American History All American History Civil Rights Education History Opportunity President Obama Service Womens History /by Joe

Shirley Chisholm in 1965. The next profile for Black History Month is about Shirley Chisholm: an American politician, educator, and author. Chisholm was the first African American woman elected to […]

The Bold Strokes of Edward Brooke

February 17, 2016/in 1960s African American History All American History Civil Rights History Opportunity Service US Congress /by Joe

Senator Edward Brooke with President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Oval Office, 1967. Edward Brooke Edward Brooke was an American Republican politician who, in 1966, became the first African-American popularly […]

The Mixed Legacy of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

February 15, 2016/in African American History All American History Civil Rights History Opportunity Protest US Congress /by Joe

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. with President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965. Our next subject is Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., a minister, activist and congressman from New York who would come […]