By Shirley Hawkins Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — As Los Angeles celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month, retired African-American history professor Ron Wilkins is on a mission to publicize the little-known history of solidarity between African Americans and Mexicans that he says dates back for centuries. “Believe it or not, there is a long and shared history Read More…
July 14, 1987 The Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award is renamed in honor of Jackie Robinson, 40 years after Robinson broke the baseball color barrier and won the 1947 Rookie of the Year Award. Robinson was the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball with the Brooklyn Dodgers. For more information Read More…
President Donald Trump has a knack for diverting attention from his failures, often using race as the vehicle. So when Sen. John McCain came out against the cruel Graham-Cassidy Republican health care bill Oct. 6, guaranteeing its well-deserved crash, Trump went speeding down the racially divisive low road. At a virtually all-white campaign rally in Read More…
