But for Karen Cooper, a black woman who was born in New ... s Civil War governor Zebulon Vance, an African American man stood nearby with a Confederate flag, defending it to anybody who would ...

The U.S. Mint has issued new quarters celebrating the contributions of African American women. Ida B. Wells, Maya Angelou, Bessie Coleman, and Pauli Murray are featured.

Also known as the UNIA flag, Afro-American flag, Black Liberation flag or simply the Marcus Garvey flag, this vibrant symbol of red, black, and green came to be in 1920. Marcus Garvey aimed to ...

As the name of the flag suggests, the Black American Heritage Flag is a symbol that represents the culture and history of ...

On this Memorial Day, some veterans were honored with banners in Manchester recognizing their years of service in our ...

Hammons’ use of the colors of Garvey’s flag calls attention to African American pride as well as a nation where Black people saw little validation of their contributions to history, culture and ...

It is also known as the Black Liberation flag and the Afro-American flag, and was adopted by the UNIA at a conference in New York City in 1920. The Pan-African Flag flies at Antioch City Hall for ...

WASHINGTON ‒ California Sen. Laphonza Butler is the lone African American woman in the Senate and only the third Black woman to ever serve in the chamber. Six months into the job, the Democratic ...

The City of Trenton raised the Pan-African ... a flag-raising ceremony at City Hall. (Courtesy City of Trenton) Council Vice President Jasi Edwards also spoke at the event. “Being a Black woman ...