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For many people in America, yesterday was a day off school or work. The holiday became official on the third Monday of January in 1986, after President Ronald Reagan had signed it into law more than two years earlier. But in recent years, the U.S. go
Study: Latino Students Most Segregated in California LOS ANGELES Even though legal school segregation ended in the United States 60 years ago, one study finds segregation still occurs in the U.S. based on income and race. The University of California
Marshall Chapman Shows No Signs of Slowing Down Blaze of Glory isnt just the title track to Marshall Chapmans latest CD, its a premonition she once had. Living the hard life of a rock-and-roller, Chapman never figured shed live past 40. But at 39, af
50th Anniversary of Civil Rights Act Remembered 美国纪念民权法案诞生50周年 WASHINGTON A milestone in American history is being remembered this week as the nation marks the 50th anniversary of the signing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act (July
When Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was born to a white mother and a black father in 1961, marriage between blacks and whites was illegal in some parts of the United States. That's no longer the case, but as VOA's Susan Logue reports
By Chris Simkins Washington, DC 01 March 2006 watch Black History report Frederick Douglass Over the last 80 years millions of people have observed African-American History Month in the United States
By Michael Bowman Washington 04 June 2008 Late Tuesday, Illinois Senator Barack Obama made history as the first African American to win the presidential nomination of a major U.S. political party, becoming the presumptive Democratic standard bearer.
By Rosanne Skirble Washington 01 August 2007 Eleanor Holmes Norton Eleanor Holmes Norton is a third generation Washingtonian who says she was shaped by her hometown. My great-grandfather, Richard Holmes, was a run-away slave. Born in 1937, Norton gre
Israeli Society Facing Religious Extremism, Backlash For some time now, Israeli women have been protesting against what they see as efforts by some ultra-Orthodox Jews to exclude them from public spaces. Ultra-Orthodox Jews counter it is they who are
Whatever her mood, from sultry blues ballads to fiery jazz classics, Lena Horne was adored by audiences the world over, especially when she delivered her signature song, Stormy Weather. Lena was born the great-granddaughter of a freed slave in Brookl
Former head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was an outspoken activist for racial equality and justice Adam Philips | New York 16 April 2010 Benjamin Hooks (seen here in July 2009) led the National Association
Obama Helps Dedicate King Memorial Delayed by Hurricane Irene in August, the day finally came. U.S. President Barack Obama, the countrys first black president, dedicated a $120 million statue and memorial park Sunday to the slain civil rights leader
Obama Visit to Soweto Seen as Bow to Struggle for Freedom The images from a 1976 student uprising in the township of Soweto remain searing to this day: apartheid police firing at, and beating back, black students rebelling against a deliberately raci
Israeli-Palestinian Tensions High Following Attacks 袭击事件后以巴关系高度紧张 JERUSALEM More Israeli security forces were deployed Tuesday after clashes with Palestinian demonstrators and knife attacks in which an Israeli soldier and ci
Economic Disparity Persists on Old Civil Rights Battleground SELMA, ALABAMA Thousands of people are gathering Saturday in the small U.S. Southern City of Selma, Alabama, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a historic voting rights march. The 1965
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: This is the day in 1954 that the Supreme Court issued its famous ruling desegregating schools, Brown versus Board of Education. Today, schools remain largely segregated, and the author Richard Rothstein argues that's because housin
Millions of Africans are exhausted after staying up all night watching expectantly to see whether a man of African descent will elected to the America's highest office. An all-night party of journalists and political enthusiasts in Addis Ababa where
By Barry Unger Washington, D.C. 15 January 2007 watch MLK Holiday report Americans are celebrating the life of African-American civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday today (1/15) with ceremonies and tributes across the nation. K
Every year the Smithsonians National Portrait Gallery in downtown Washington adds new works to its vast collection. 每年,位于华盛顿市中心的史密森尼国立肖像馆都会为其浩如烟海的收藏集锦中添加新的作品。 Ann Shu
Martin Luther King 马丁路德金 Martin Luther King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. His father was the minister of the Ebenezer Baptist Church, as was his father before him M.L, as he was called, lived with his parents, his sister