To Inspire You

No people can more exactly interpret the inmost meaning of the present situation in Ireland than the American Negro. The scheme is simple. You knock a man down and then have him arrested for assault. You kill a man and then hang the corpse.

W.E.B. Dubois »

Today In History

• In 1922 - Springarn Award given to Mary B. Talbert, former president of National Association of Colored Women for service to black women and restoration of the Frederick Douglas home
  
• In 1962 - Robert C. Weaver awarded Springarn Award for his leadership in the movement for open housing