This Week in Black History
January 3, 1973 Yvonne Brathwaite Burke is sworn-in to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming California’s first African-American congresswoman. She…
January 3, 1973 Yvonne Brathwaite Burke is sworn-in to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming California’s first African-American congresswoman. She…
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Columnist “To ensure that underserved municipalities, neighborhoods and people, including low-income people and communities of…
January 3, 1973 Yvonne Brathwaite Burke is sworn in to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming California’s first African-American congresswoman….
Wave Staff and Wire Reports LOS ANGELES — U.S. Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, the first Mexican-American woman elected to Congress, announced…
Staff and Wire Report LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and a coalition of American mayors launched an…
Local panel to study Black reparations is part of a growing national movement By Janice Hayes Kyser Contributing Writer LOS…
By Jesse Jackson Sr. Guest Columnist The right to vote is the essential foundation of democracy. Yet today, across America,…
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — In 1915, the U.S. House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give…
Jan. 3, 1973 Yvonne Brathwaite Burke is sworn in to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming California’s first African-American congresswoman….