Tag: black history
PRESS ROOM: Fabian Broaden — Making Statements Through Photos
By ReShonda Tate Billingsley, Defender News Network
When Houstonian Fabian Broaden graduated from college at Southern University, he began a successful career as an architect...
55 Years After Riots, Watts Section of LA Still Bears Scars
BRIAN MELLEY | Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - There were no fires this time in Watts. There was no looting, no shooting and no...
‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ hymn ignites hope across nation
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. | AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ The Black national anthem was born more than a century ago, but the...
NASA Naming Headquarters for ‘Hidden Figures’ Engineer
WASHINGTON (AP) NASA is naming its Washington headquarters after Mary Jackson, the space agency's first African American female engineer whose story was portrayed in...
There’s No Way Around It, California. You Owe Descendants of Enslaved Black Americans
Hardy Brown, Founder California Black Media | Special to California Black Media Partners
Last year, I read a book titled “The Color of Law.” Every Californian should read it, too — especially if...
