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Dr. King’s Vision Actualized Through Black America’s Achievements Today

Sherri Kolade - January 14, 2022

From a National Black History Month Proclamation being signed and issued by President Joe Biden that recognizes Black America’s achievements and challenges through a...

Dr. King’s Vision Actualized Through Black America’s Achievements Today

Sherri Kolade - January 14, 2022

From a National Black History Month Proclamation being signed and issued by President Joe Biden that recognizes Black America’s achievements and challenges through a...

The Women Behind King

Megan Kirk - January 14, 2022

Jacqueline Robinson, Vice President of The People’s Action As the saying goes ‘behind every good man is a great woman.’ This could not hold more...

Almost 54 Year AD: What Would MLK Do in Today’s America if He Were Alive?

Donald James - January 13, 2022

As America and the world celebrate the late Martin Luther King Jr. on his federal holiday, Monday, January 17, two days after his actual...

‘Karen Mom And Son Duo’ Caught On Video Assaulting Black Worker

Black Information Network - December 1, 2021

A viral video shows a "Karen" mother-son duo tag teaming an assault on Black man who was working at a parking garage of a...

Civil Rights Icon Claudette Colvin Petitions To Expunge Arrest Record

Black Information Network - October 28, 2021

Months before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on an Alabama bus, a teenager by the name of Claudette Colvin did the...

NAACP Launches Investigation After Police Drag Paraplegic Man From Car

Black Information Network - October 12, 2021

The Dayton, Ohio chapter of the NAACP is pledging to get involved after police pulled a Black man with paraplegia out of his car,...

The Power of Us: Confronting a Nation in Denial

Site Editor - August 9, 2021

We stand at a pivotal time in history, where the “Power of Us”, the collective energy and wisdom of our community, can be the...

The Story of Pauli Murray. Where Civil Rights, Gender Equality and Feminism Intersect.

Danielle Sanders - June 17, 2021

Fifteen years before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat and a full decade before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned separate-but-equal legislation; Pauli...

DCASE Artist, Maxwell Emcays, Raises $10,000 for Activist Organizations in Chicago.

Site Editor - February 26, 2021

Maxwell Emcays, 1 of 50 prequalified DCASE chosen artist is giving away $10,000 to push organizational unity in Chicago. He has been giving back to...