Giving voice to all communities
Giving voice to all communities
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"i know i have a huge task ahead of me and i am beyond grateful and excited to get back out on the floor," Douglas wrote.
Winston K. Walker was iconic in breaking down barriers that shut out people of color from outdoor activities.
The museum, built on the site where millions of enslaved Africans arrived in the U.S., is not about slavery. Instead, it is a monument to freedom.
The new International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, doesn't just teach about America's past, but also its present. CBS News' Mark Strassmann visited the museum to see how the community transformed the arrival point for nearly half of all enslaved Africans shipped to the U.S. into a symbol of the strength of African Americans today.
Chef Maya-Camille Broussard believes everything is baked into a buttery crust, and she's turned that belief into business with her bakery "Justice of the Pies." She's also the author of a cookbook and works to expand access to the culinary world to all bakers. Michelle Miller has more.
McCray-Penson won gold medals at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics. She was a three-time WNBA All-Star while playing for the Washington Mystics.
A new CBS Reports documentary, "Fighting for Haiti," looks at the political crisis in Haiti and the remarkable strength of its people.
After a federal judge rejected an earlier version of the case, attorneys for Florida A&M University students this week filed a revised lawsuit alleging that the historically Black university "remains separate and unequal" to other schools in the state.
Yusef Salaam, a member of the "Exonerated Five," was 15 years old when he was wrongfully convicted of rape of a jogger in Central Park in New York City in 1989. Salaam joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss his first run for office as he is on track to join the New York City Council.
A day dedicated to ending race-based hair discrimination
