Fifty Years After Ole Miss Is Integrated, the School’s History Is Recalled
The history of James Meredith, the first Black student at the University of Mississippi 50 years ag...
This Day in Black History: Sept. 21, 1947
On Sept. 21, 1947, Archbishop Joseph E. Ritter threatened to excommunicate church members who plann...
Tennessee Schools Struggle With Modern-Day Integration
A federal court has ordered the mostly Black Memphis, Tennessee, public schools to merge with the m...
Commentary: No, Integration Is Not Bad for Black Children
An African-American activist is attempting to make the case that segregated schools were actually b...
Barbour Explains Remarks About Desegregation
WASHINGTON – Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, a potential Republican presidential candidate, s...
Russell Simmons Planning New TV Network
The hip hop icon aims to deliver a product that offers more integration....
Commentary: Two Arkansas Republicans Caught Defending Slavery
Jon Hubbard, a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, said in his book that sl...
Commentary: A Supreme Court Decision that Remains a Benchmark
The anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education by the Supreme Court is cause for reflection....
Meharry Remains Big Producer of Black Doctors, Dentists
Meharry Medical College continues to be a large educator of the nation's Black doctors and dentists...
Italy’s First Black Cabinet Member Faces Racism
After making headlines for her historic ascent into Italy’s cabinet, Congo-born Italian citizen Cec...
Black Segregation in U.S. Drops to Lowest in Century
Black segregation in U.S. drops to lowest point in at least 100 years....
Kenya arrests 3 politicians under hate-speech law
Kenya arrests 3 politicians under hate-speech law...
North Carolina: Fear of "Resegregation" Sparks Unrest
North Carolina: Fear of resegregation sparks unrest....
Major League Baseball Looks to Increase Black Presence
The commissioner of the league has established a diversity task force to study how to increase the ...
News| Race In America | Judge OKs End to Desegregation in San Francisco
Posted Nov.11, 2005 – It's a done deal. A judge on Tuesday Ok’d the end to a 22-year-old cour...
White Students Trick Black S. Africans to Eat Stew With Urine | News | BET.com
Posted Feb. 28, 2008 – White students at South Africa ’s University of Free State are now fac...
John Lewis, Civil Rights Icon, Urges Americans to Vote
Congressman John Lewis condemns voter ID laws and urges Americans to vote....
Ole Miss Riots Over Obama Win
After Tuesday’s election was called in favor of President Obama, a group of students at the Univers...
Black Students Becoming More Segregated
More than a half-century after the Supreme Court banned racial segregation, Black and Latino studen...
MLB, NCAA Want to Increase Scholarships Amid Low Black Involvement
Major League Baseball is considering an ambitious partnership with the NCAA that would open the doo...
