There it was, a small co-operative store on a little-known island off the coast of South Carolina.

When you sit down at Ben’s Chili Bowl, cofounder Virginia R. Ali is apt to greet you and tell you she is glad you’re here. If ...

When you sit down at Ben’s Chili Bowl in Washington, D.C., cofounder Virginia R. Ali is apt to greet you and tell you she is glad you’re here. If you’re lucky, she’ll tell stories of her life that ...

When you sit down at Ben’s Chili Bowl, cofounder Virginia R. Ali is apt to greet you and tell you she is glad you’re here. If you’re lucky, she’ll tell stories of her life that intersect with every ...

Duke Ellington lived and played around the corner. Stokely Carmichael was right “across the street and came here every day,” as leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

When violence finally erupted in the sleazy streets of the Summerhill district, it came as a peculiar and perverse triumph for Stokely Carmichael, 25, the fiery Negro demagogue who leads the ...

In his new biography, David Greenberg tells the full story of the civil rights hero who became a long-serving U.S.

According to samplings made for Xerox's "Black America" television specials, for instance, only six percent of black people "approve" of Stokely Carmichael. For all the agitation over community ...

These congregations are struggling to attract younger members. That has consequences for social cohesion and Black political ...

Agnew lectured Black leaders for not standing up to militants such as Stokely Carmichael. Most of the people in the audience walked out in disgust as Agnew kept speaking. The next month ...

Activists and leaders like HU alumni Stokely Carmichael and Thurgood Marshall have spoken during past homecomings. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. even planned the March on Washington while dining at ...