Civil Rights and Black Power Movements
“Get up, Stand Up!” Peter Tosh: A revolutionary life

“Get up, Stand Up!” Peter Tosh: A revolutionary life

On September 11, 1987, unidentified assailants ambushed and assassinated the Rasta musician and revolutionary Peter Tosh in Kingston, Jamaica. The very poverty and violence Tosh dedicated his life to speaking out against ultimately claimed his life. Armed with a...

Sixty years after Brown v. Board of Ed

Sixty years after Brown v. Board of Ed

What is the legacy of this historic civil rights victory? Nearly sixty years ago, on May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court issued the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, declaring segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional, after an intense...

Communism and Black resistance in the 1930s South

Book review: "Hammer and Hoe" Photo: Univ. of North Carolina Press “Hammer and Hoe,” a 1990 book written by historian Robin D.G. Kelley, chronicles the development of a communist movement in Alabama during the Great Depression. It highlights the struggles communists...