How the clenched fist came to define Black power. Smith and Carlos's use of the raised fist was a symbolic precursor to NFL player Colin Kaepernick's bent-knee protest in 2017, and the reaction ...

This story was part of a special Juneteenth project originally published in 2022 with Vox that explored the ongoing struggle ...

There are a few things Black people love: a color-themed party (usually white), a good cookout, and symbols of freedom/resistance. From the raised “Black Power” fist to the North Star ...

North Country organizations plan Juneteenth tour of historic sites Underground Railroad in Champlain Valley and Adirondacks ...

WGN-TV Chicago. Freedom Rider shares his story at Black History celebration in Markham. Posted: February 16, 2025 | Last updated: March 8, 2025. A south suburban city council chamber filled with ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- The black power freedom salute at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics was a protest felt across the world and it remains a symbol against racism and for equality.

During Freedom Summer, we honored the elders’ call for our generation to pursue the righteous path toward Black liberation. Our efforts echoed the 1964 Freedom Summer voting rights drive that ...

The organization hosts its third annual Black Girl Freedom Fund Week with special guest 'The Woman King' director Gina Prince-Bythewood to highlight the need to invest in Black girls.

In "Brooklynites," history professor Prithi Kanakamedala of Bronx Community College and CUNY's Graduate Center examines the histories of Black Brooklyn residents in the 19th century and their ...

Black freedom has never been on the ballot. Every four years we are told ‘change is coming’ and then made to wait for it, again and again. Yannick Giovanni Marshall.