Jim Crow
Physician, Nurse, And Baby
Museum To Honor Black Medical Pioneer

A museum will honor Black medical pioneer Dr. John A. Kenney.
by NewsOne Staff
03.31.20
CT Senator Chris Murphy Leads Gun Control Filibuster In The Senate
Cory Booker To Introduce Reparations Legislation

Other candidates are talking, the New Jersey Senator is adding action.
by NewsOne Staff
03.28.20
Black Lives Matter - Demonstration in Berlin
Americans Appear Ready To Support Reparations: Report

A new survey suggests that America is finally open to giving some form of reparations to African-Americans.
by Nigel Roberts
03.28.20
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary
Groveland Four Pardoned

Gov. Ron DeSantis grants a pardon to the Groveland Four.
by NewsOne Staff
03.27.20
Diamond & Silk
Diamond And Silk Bring Minstrel Show To Fox

The foolishness continues.
by NewsOne Staff
11.27.18
Diamond & Silk
Diamond And Silk Claim They're Living Under 'Jim…

Fix it, Jesus.
by NewsOne Staff
07.27.18
Clinton Watch Party
Sit-In Exhibit Brings Rep. John Lewis To Tears

Rep. John Lewis was brought to tears while visiting an exhibit centered on sit-ins at Atlanta’s Center for Civil and…
by NewsOne Staff
07.16.17
African American Soldier Reads Segregated Terminal Sign
Green Book Kept Blacks Safe During Jim Crow

For Blacks during the height of the Jim Crow Era (1877-mid-1960s), a primary concern was making it to and from…
by Brandee Sanders
11.24.16
Democratic National Convention
Blacks Live Under Systemic Oppression

Rep. Jeffries dissected the history of Africans in America and the Black experience in the United States.
by NewsOne Now
04.05.18
Jesse Owens
'Olympic Pride, American Prejudice'

The 1936 Olympics were well-documented and known for the success of track and field gold medalist Jesse Owens. A new…
by NewsOne Now
03.15.18
Cleveland Prepares For Upcoming Republican National Convention
Does The RNC Have 'White Elevators?'

If this sign spotted at Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena is any indication, things are going to get ugly at the…
by NewsOne Staff
07.18.16
Sunday new paper
How The Chicago Defender Newspaper Changed America

When America thinks about some of its greatest newspapers, publications like the New York Times, The Washington Post, and The…
by NewsOne Now
03.15.18
ABC's
Teacher Under Fire For Jim Crow Era Signs

A classroom experiment about discrimination at an Indiana high school turned into a nightmare after the teacher instructed students to…
by Lynette Holloway
04.25.16
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Proposes Bill To Restore Voting Rights To Ex-Felons
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Proposes Bill To Restore Voting…

NY Congressman Hakeem Jeffries recently sat down with Roland Martin, host of NewsOne Now, to discuss his proposed bill to…
by NewsOne Now
03.15.18
"Empire of Cotton"
NAACP Calls For Removal Of Alabama Court Mural…

JeffCo Commission considering removal of courthouse mural that depicts slaves picking cotton. @WVTM13 pic.twitter.com/NqDgQbSXdE — Meg Pace (@MegPace) September 22,…
by Christina Coleman
01.29.16
A Look At The "Rosenwald" Documentary, One Of Julian Bond's Final Projects
A Look At The “Rosenwald” Documentary, One Of…

Aviva Kempner, director of the new documentary "Rosenwald," discuss the movie and Julian Bond's involvement in the film.
by NewsOne Now
04.05.18
The Return Of Jim Crow? Millions Threatened By…

A special election investigation by Al Jazeera America and journalist Greg Palast uncovered a series of Republican lead anti-voter fraud…
by NewsOne Now
04.05.18
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Record Number Of Lynchings Reported On This Day…

Few crimes raise the ire in African-Americans more than the outlawed practice of lynching. Used primarily as a tool of…
by D.L. Chandler
06.19.19
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Congratulations! Chokwe Lumumba Elected New Mayor Of Jackson,…

Former Ward 2 Councilman and Chokwe Lumumba, 65, is the new mayor of  Jackson, Miss., winning the general election with…
by Kirsten West Savali
06.19.19
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Jim Crow: Mississippi’s ‘School to Prison’ Pipeline Targets…

Mississippi is a state long recognized for it’s systemic and systematic racism and bigotry, particularly towards Black Americans. The findings…
by NewsOne Staff
06.19.19
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