today in black history

March 29, 2024

Football great Emlen Tunnell, the first Black player inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame was born on this date in 1925 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

Today in Black America - March 4

POSTED: March 04, 2013, 8:00 am

  • POST
    • Add to Mixx!
  • SEND TO FRIEND
  • Text Size
  • TEXT SIZE
  • CLEARPRINT
  • PDF

Today in Black History: J. Ernest Wilkins is named Undersecretary of Labor by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on this date in 1954.

The New York Times

In Medical First, a Baby With H.I.V. Is Deemed Cured

National Attention and Cash in Los Angeles School Vote

Banks Find More Wrongful Foreclosures Among Military

EDITORIAL: Bleeding the Borrower Dry

G.O.P. Clings to One Thing It Agrees On: Spending Cuts

As Automatic Budget Cuts Go Into Effect, Poor May Be Hit Particularly Hard


Obama Picks Foundation President for Budget Chief


To Stem Juvenile Robberies, Police Trail Youths Before the Crime


The Christian Science Monitor

Why juvenile incarceration reached its lowest rate in 38 years


Obama, Republicans maneuver over sequester, government shut-down


Sequester blues: Morning-after hangover hits Washington


The Star Ledger

Romney: Don’t blame Christie for election loss


Game on: Geraldo fires first shot against Booker as both mull U.S. Senate run

$200k in Trenton city funds spent to refurb, operate Mayor Tony Mack's "learning center" libraries in 2012

Newark Public Schools eliminate more than 100 administrative positions


Baraka sets stage for Newark mayoral run with ward speech


The Detroit Free Press

White people fear becoming U.S. minority, says Louis Farrakhan

Michigan Democrats: Restore low-income tax break


Rochelle Riley: Program to honor Detroit teachers is long overdue

DPS Volunteer Reading Corps enlists more volunteers


Frustration grows over lack of cops on Detroit streets

Detroiters want a leader who understands impact on residents


The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Biden, John Lewis re-enact voting rights march

Thurmond says parents are supportive, want district to make turnaround

Uncertainty in DeKalb schools continues after federal court hearing


DeKalb DA: Special grand jury probe may not be over


The Chicago Tribune

City's red-light camera vendor outlines 'unacceptable conduct'


Their pensions, your taxes: Will the pols fix their fiasco?


Leadership conflict latest in string of woes for Chicago State

Cook County jail population nears capacity again


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Charter school money is big question mark in Gov. John Kasich's education budget


As cardinals prepare to pick the next pope, some Catholics wonder if he will be black or Hispanic

Ohio legislator wants a law to allow parents to spy on their kids' texts, social media and other electronic communications


Cleveland city lawyers want to join Teamsters, citing years of low pay and job insecurity



The Los Angeles Times

Push-back on school tests turns into election issue


Some ugly numbers for California's GOP

Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris wants funds to track prescriptions

Standardized testing becomes the great divide in schools policy

Profiles of candidates for Los Angeles Board of Education


The Washington Post

Obama’s diverse picks remold federal courts

Deal to avert shutdown likely, Boehner says

Burwell expected to be nominated as White House budget director

Obama grants pardons to 17 people for nonviolent offenses

Despite the tremendous risk, African American women marched for suffrage, too

Tyrant or leader: Annapolis’s ‘Mr. Chairman’ gets a new challenge

Sequester likely to hurt most vulnerable, despite protections


USA Today

'Sequester' kicks in, but no compromise in sight

Biden: 'Can't let guard down' against voting limits




Some clips might require your registering for the paper's website. Sites like The Chicago Tribune are free while The New York Times and others have a pay wall that will allow you to see a specific number of articles per month for free and require a paid subscription for further reading.

Related References