African Americans

A violent history: New report reveals extent of racist lynchings

The Equal Justice Initiative published a report entitled “Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror” on Feb. 10.…

February 20, 2015

Long live the legacy of Malcolm X

February 21 marks the 50th anniversary of the martyrdom of Malcolm X, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, who was gunned down by…

February 12, 2015

African-American jockeys battle racism

The Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2013.  It  opened in 1863, and became a…

February 9, 2015

Louisiana’s African slave revolt of 1811

Some writers today note that an often hidden and misrepresented anti-slavery rebellion in 1811 along the German Coast in Louisiana…

February 6, 2015

Anti-racist struggle continues in 2015

An upsurge in mass demonstrations and rebellions across the United States portends much for developments in 2015. The federal government…

January 14, 2015

Fifty years after the Selma to Montgomery march, anti-racist struggle continues

An upsurge in mass demonstrations and rebellions across the United States portends much for developments in 2015. The federal government…

January 6, 2015

Eric Garner killed by police and capitalism

It is an outrage that Eric Garner was killed by a wolfpack of racist cops and a chokehold. It is…

December 21, 2014

Growing incarceration rates for African Americans

Beyond police bullets and chokeholds Since the police killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., on Aug. 9, and…

December 18, 2014

Rev. Pinkney jailed for fighting racist power structure

St. Joseph, Mich. -- Another racist injustice has been committed. Here on Dec. 14, Berrien County Judge Sterling Schrock sentenced…

December 16, 2014

Ferguson rebellion and history of resistance

Taken from a talk given by Lamont Lilly at the Nov. 15-16 Workers World Party national conference.   In 1865,…

December 8, 2014