Giving voice to all communities
Giving voice to all communities
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In honor of Black History Month, an exhibit showcasing the contributions of African Americans will be on display at the California State Archives.
Beatrice Dixon, founder of the feminine care product maker The Honey Pot Company, joins "CBS Mornings" to talk about their use of plant-based ingredients in menstrual products, wipes and washes.
"CBS Mornings" co-host Nate Burleson and his wife, Atoya, embarked on an emotional quest to reconnect with her family's history, forever intertwined with the tragic Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.
"CBS Mornings" co-host Nate Burleson and his wife, Atoya, go on a journey to explore her ancestral roots and the impact of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.
An exhibition at the City Lore museum in New York City focuses on the power and history of African American doll making. Michelle Miller talks to the curator and artists about the meaning and goals of the exhibit.
More than 100 Black children and teens got the chance to hit the slopes in New Hampshire thanks to a Boston group dedicated to exposing underrepresented communities to winter sports.
In 1917 in Houston, where the all-Black 24th Infantry Regiment was stationed, 110 soldiers were convicted following a race riot; 19 were sentenced to death and hanged. More than a century later, the Army has moved to make amends.
In 1917, at an Army training camp in Houston where members of the all-Black 24th Infantry Regiment were stationed, a series of run-ins with white police and a false rumor that Black soldiers were about to be attacked set off a race riot. One-hundred-and-ten soldiers, all Black, were convicted; 19 were sentenced to death and hanged. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin talks with families of the executed men, and with Army officials about its decision, more than a century later, to reverse all convictions and restore honor to the Black soldiers who suffered a miscarriage of justice.
Celebrated for romantic roles that earned him a nickname as "the Black Clark Gable," and for playing the swashbuckling Lando Calrissian in the "Star Wars" films, the actor admits it has been easier for him to be someone else than to be Billy Dee Williams.
The actor celebrated for romantic roles (such as in "Lady Sings the Blues") that earned him a nickname as "the Black Clark Gable," and who brought swashbuckling to his performance as Lando Calrissian in the "Star Wars" films, admits it has been easier to be someone else than to be Billy Dee Williams. He talks with Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz about his new memoir, "What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life," and why the 86-year-old actor has always been – all evidence to the contrary – rather shy.
