Black allies praise Trump weeks after video depicting Obamas as apes

"I love him," Forlesia Cook said of Trump at the Black History Month event. "I don't want to hear nothing you got to say about that racist stuff."

'People loved Jesse Jackson': Black figure's campaign manager, and Omaha native, celebrates his friend

“I think the Lord has kept me around to be a witness to all of this,” Love said adding that he hopes no one forgets the groundwork Jackson and Martin Luther King Jr. laid for the community to succeed.

Chicago Public Schools honors the legacy of two historic Bronzeville schools during Black History Month

Chicago Public Schools hosted a panel discussion to explore the history and legacy of two Bronzeville high schools, Phillips and DuSable, in honor of Black History Month and in memory of civil rights
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On the line with Jesse Jackson: Lessons from a voice that changed history

BAFRO Managing Editor I never imagined Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. would pick up the phone. It was 2012. On June 14 of that year, Adidas, the international shoe and sports apparel company, boldly unveiled a pair of sneakers that came complete with a pair of orange,

The Latest: The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson's death prompts vows to 'keep hope alive'

Many people who knew and worked with the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. are vowing to ‘keep hope alive’ in honor of his legacy. Jackson, who led the U.S. Civil Rights Movement for decades, died Tuesday. The protege of the Rev.