ROSA LEE STARNES was recognized by the Senate of the State of Texas on Dec. 2, the occasion of her 100th birthday. Born Dec. 2, 1914 in Upshur County, she
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The 2015 Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday should have a different impact on the collective consciousness of Black America. Why?
Some years ago, a retired military officer was looking forward to a vacation on the famous train ride from San Francisco through Oregon to Seattle. Amtrak used to
By Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson The new highly acclaimed motion picture ”Selma” suggests that former President Lyndon Baines Johnson was not an ardent supporter of the Voting Rights
In the mid-1900s Des Moines, Iowa was where she had high hopes of settling, until a bishop with the black Methodist church shared his harsh feelings striping away
Sitting from left to right, Minister Lillie Coleman Beck, and her mother Gertrude Coleman, 91 year old proud mother of 20 children. Back row Melvin Coleman, First lady Minister
What: The Dallas Civil Rights Museum at the MLK, Jr. Community Center will host a press conference on Thursday, January 15, 2015 for the grand opening of “Pathway to