New Museum Ensures Black History is Part of the American Story
Barack Obama, Calvin Butts and others take part in groundbreaking for National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, DC...
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Playwright Katori Hall Celebrates MLK’s Legacy with ‘The Mountaintop’
The Mountaintop's Katori Hall opens up about the true story behind her fictional account of Martin Luther King Jr. and a chamber maid....
Preview Our World: Activist & Scholar Dr. Angela Y. Davis
This week on a special edition of Our World with Black Enterprise, host Marc Lamont Hill visits with legendary political activist, scholar and author Angela...
A Dream Secured: BE Preview of Martin Luther King Memorial
Black Enterprise gets an early preview of the historical Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial site honoring the civil rights leader...
Power Moves: Today’s Revolution Will Be Tweeted
Social media continues to fire up global movements. Why Malcolm Gladwell may be surprised...
Influential Blacks Who Could Bend Presidents’ Ears
African American leaders whose advise, insights led to groundbreaking change...
The Measure of Greatness
The life story of Dr. Dorothy Height, who died on Monday, often reads like a fairytale. That sometimes happens when you live so long and...
We Mourn Dorothy Height’s Passing and Celebrate Her Life
How can one pay adequate homage to Dorothy Height? One can’t really, but we are obliged to try because tribute must be paid to a...
Obama Signs Law for Civil Rights Project
President Barack Obama signed into law Tuesday a bill that requires the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution to establish an oral history project...