For nearly a century, the exclusion this series has documented was legal — a company or a union could refuse to hire someone because of race and face no federal employment-discrimination law at all. Part 5 of a 12-part series, covering 1964 to 1970.
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AT&T and Black America Sep 21, 2026AT&T and Black America, Part 4: A Radio Confession, and a 21-Year Wait
A Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company official told a Washington, D.C. radio audience, on the record, that the company would not hire Black operators until the city’s schools were integrated — and it would take, in his own estimate, two or three more generations. Part 4 of a 12-part series, covering 1952 to 1974.
Black News Sep 21, 2026Civil Rights Activist and Journalist Amanj Mohammadpour Arrested in Bukan
According to information received by the Hana Human Rights Organization, on Sunday evening, September 20, 2026, Amanj Mohammadpour, a 33 year old civil rights activist and journalist from Bukan, was arrested by Ministry of Intelligence forces and transferred to an undisclosed location.
Black News Sep 21, 2026Eagles Claim Third Place at HBCU National Tennis Championships
SOUTH FULTON, Ga. – North Carolina Central’s men’s tennis team concluded its run at the 2026 HBCU National Tennis Championships with a third-place finish.
AT&T and Black America Sep 20, 2026AT&T and Black America, Part 3: A Threatened March, a Wartime Shortage, and the First Black Operators
It took a Black labor leader threatening to put 100,000 marchers in the streets of the nation’s capital — and a war that made every available worker matter — to force the first real opening in the telephone industry’s hiring pattern. Part 3 of a 12-part series, covering 1941 to 1953.
AT&T and Black America Sep 20, 2026AT&T and Black America, Part 2: A Union That Excluded by Design
By the time the Bell System had grown into the largest private employer in the country, the union that represented most of its skilled workers barred Black membership outright — and the company’s own hiring pattern needed no written rule to produce the same result. Part 2 of a 12-part series, covering 1900 to 1945.
Black News Sep 20, 2026Caribbean nations call for reparations from UK for transatlantic slave trade
Caribbean officials are considering legal strategies in an effort to get the United Kingdom into a negotiation for a reparations deal.
Black News Sep 20, 2026As early voting begins, ACLU of South Dakota hosts voting rights education event
As the general election draws near, organizations like the ACLU of South Dakota are letting people know what their rights and responsibilities are when it comes to voting.