“The Black Power Movement provided the energy and talent for black progress for 30 years. Whether you’re talking about affirmative action for higher education, minority participation in economics or ...

The spiral group : defining African American art during the civil rights movement / Sharon Pruitt -- Jazz musicians in Europe : 1919 to 1945 / Larry Ross -- Black power, Chicago politics, and social ...

The Black Power movement was more than just a protest group; it was a watershed moment in American history and a coming-together of enormous importance and influence – not just socially and ...

H. Rap Brown, a vocal leader of the Black Power movement who was charged with inciting a riot on Maryland’s Eastern Shore in 1967, has died in a prison hospital while serving a life sentence for the ...

He popularized the term “institutional racism" and, with Stokely Carmichael, wrote a book in 1967 that was seen as a radical manifesto. By Sam Roberts Charles V. Hamilton, a philosophical godfather of ...

Kujichagulia encourages us to “define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves, and speak for ourselves." This is consistent with current agendas of Black organizations such as Black Lives ...

Revolution can be a last resort. It may possess a utopia in its sights, but the path to peace is often fraught with brutality. The personal cost of revolution grips “Kingdom of No Tomorrow,” a ...

H. Rap Brown, one of the most vocal leaders of the Black Power movement, has died in a prison hospital while serving a life sentence for the killing of a Georgia sheriff’s deputy. He was 82. Brown — ...

Each summer, the ESSENCE Festival of Culture brings together Grammy-winning artists, grassroots organizers, political leaders, and everyday changemakers to celebrate and advance Black culture and ...

(The Conversation) — In 1966, the assertion of Black power was grounded in an appeal to the founding principles of the United States. Black church leaders called for healing internal divisions through ...

What does the black fist mean? To some, a clenched fist is just a fist. At its worst, it’s something capable of inflicting bodily harm. But beyond a clenched fist’s ability to pummel lies its capacity ...

The fervent protests over the Israel-Hamas conflict that have gripped the nation’s conscience in the past weeks, engulfing American college campuses, exemplify deeply held convictions among young ...