Since the American colonies declared independence from Great Britain in 1776, there have been questions of what that independence means for America’s black citizens. As…
Diddy Wows Crowd In Emotional Commencement Speech At Howard University Graduation Chants roared from the crowd as attendees of Howard University’s 146th commencement waited to…
President Barack Obama’s (pictured center) new “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative, aimed at addressing employment and education challenges for young men of color, has been lauded…
The Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) regretfully announced today that President Obama and Vice President Biden’s nomination acceptance speeches, originally planned for Bank of America Stadium on Thursday, September 6, will be moved to Time Warner Cable Arena due to severe weather forecasts. More than 65,000 Americans obtained community credentials to attend the event. They […]
CHARLOTTE, Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) today announced that convention programming, originally planned for Bank of America Stadium on Thursday, September 6, would be moved to Time Warner Cable Arena, the site of the first two days of the 2012 Democratic National Convention, due to severe weather forecasts. The […]
Members of the public can now sign up for the chance to hear President Barack Obama speak during the upcoming Democratic National Convention. On Thursday, convention and Obama campaign organizers launched a website to let people sign up for one of the “community credentials” being offered for the Sept. 6 speech at Bank of America […]
Sojourner Truth’s (pictured) extraordinary journey from slave to abolitionist and women’s right activist was captured most pointedly during a speech she delivered at the Ohio…
1. By Any Means Necessary 2. Ballot or the Bullet 3. House Negro Vs. The Field Negro 4. Speech on Police Brutality 5. Speech at Oxford University
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of […]
