July 28, 2020

Library of Congress Announces 2020 Homegrown Concert Series: Homegrown at Home American Folklife Center to Present Music and Dance on Wednesdays Online through September 16th Each concert is pre-recorded at the home of the featured artists and presented on the American Folklife Center Facebook page on the scheduled date at noon Eastern time. During the concert premiere,…

Pentagon effectively bans Confederate flags on all military property The flags we fly must accord with the military imperatives of good order and discipline, treating all our people with dignity and respect. Defense Secretary Mark Esper By LARA SELIGMAN The Pentagon on Friday unveiled a new policy that effectively bans the display of the Confederate flag…

Historic Public Affairs Series “Black Journal” Now Available Online at the American Archive of Public Broadcasting Interviews from the 1960s and 1970s Include Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, John Lewis, Angela Davis, and others A collection of episodes from “Black Journal,”the first nationally televised public affairs program produced for, about, and by Black Americans has been released by The…

How a party spent decades making itself white. By Clare Malone Published Jun. 24, 2020 Editor’s note: This story includes a historical quote that uses a racial slur. Election Day 1981 was ugly in some largely Black and Hispanic districts of Trenton, New Jersey. Ominous signs hung outside several polling places: WARNING THIS AREA IS BEING PATROLLED BY…

Library of Congress Awarded Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity to Danielle Allen Allen, Director of Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Will Work with the Library to Share Expertise on Justice, Citizenship and Democracy with a Wide Audience “We are proud to honor Danielle Allen, a leading expert on justice,…

There’s nothing else to say. With the deaths of Rep. John Lewis and the Rev. Cordy Tindell “C.T.” Vivian, the U.S. has lost two civil rights greats who drew upon their faith as they pushed for equality for Black Americans. Vivian, an early adviser to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., died July 17 at the age of…