Haitian and Mexican Farmworkers in Immokalee: A Story of Black History and Labor Solidarity
Decades ago, Haitian and Mexican farmworkers in Immokalee, Florida, sparked a powerful movement that is reshaping US agriculture today.
Black Prisoners Organize for Dignity in Angola, Louisiana’s Modern-Day Plantation
Louisiana State Penitentiary is nicknamed after the former plantation site that it sits on. Those incarcerated at the prison say the practice of slavery is still alive and well.
What Is It About Black History That Frightens the Hell Out of the Far Right?
Scholar Molefi Kete Asante discusses the radical origins of Black History Month and how it confronts cultural hegemony.
The ‘Black Chronicle’ Offers an Unprecedented Look at Black History
Compiling articles, essays, and other historical documents over 178 years, the ‘Black Chronicle’ is a treasure trove of rare, firsthand accounts of Black history.
When the WPA Created Over 400,000 Jobs for Black Workers
By Algernon Austin / CEPR In response to the Great Depression, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) created jobs for over 8 million people between 1935 and 1943. While data on…
New Advanced Placement African American Studies Course is Watered Down Version of Itself
By Suneal Kolluri, University of California, Riverside / The Conversation On February 1, 2023– the first day of Black History Month – the College Board released the framework for its…
‘Freedom’
Can Oppressed People Ever Truly Be Free In America?
Music and Black America’s Continuous Struggle for Freedom
Kevin Cooper explores the music that was created seemingly for the purpose of helping Black America's historic struggle find a language of its own and shares some of his all-time…
Battling White Supremacy in the Ring
Boxing, the historian Gerald Horne argues in his engaging and meticulously researched new book, was effectively weaponized by Blacks in the battle against white supremacy.