To Inspire You

If the problem of the twentieth century was, in W. E. B. Du Bois's famous words, the problem of the color line, then the problem of the twenty-first century is the problem of colorblindness, the refusal to acknowledge the causes and consequences of enduring racial stratification

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Today In History

• In 1906 - Alpha Phi Alpha founded as first Black Greek Letter Fraternity at Cornell University
  
• In 1927 - Anthony Overton given Springarn Award for his achievements as a businessman
  
• In 1969 - Pulitzer Prize for photography awarded to Moneta Sleet Jr of Ebony Magazine. First black male cited by the Pulitzer committee