In August 1791, two years after the French Revolution began, enslaved Africans revolted in the French slave colony called St. Domingue (Haiti).  Africans and some …

For more than a thousand years, Native Americans, the Taino people, inhabited the island they called Ayiti. These peaceful people also lived on neighboring islands …

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have really screwed up. First of all, the two congressional Democratic Party leaders discounted the …

Before African Americans created the blues and gospel music, work songs and spirituals were their mainstays. The phenomenal history of black survival from the Middle …

Audrey and Frank Peterman are our nation’s authorities on how to get minorities involved in experiencing the 391 units of the National Park System. In …

I don't know of anyone who would get into a losing argument with black women about the virtue of birth control, and, by extension in …

Do not back up; do not back down, black America. Do not give in another inch, not one iota. Hold the line! To do this, …

A moderate Colin Powell-type Republican Party would probably attract significant numbers of independents, non-Cuban Hispanics and African Americans. Such a happening is especially likely among …

The Mississippi-born black protest writer Richard Wright, a master craftsman, utilized the novel form of expression to elucidate through theme, characters and setting what he …

Clinging activism sometimes takes one step backward to propel two steps forward. It has produced awareness among urban and rural minority populations, including the elderly …