By Pamela Newkirk
In this biography of Wells-Barnett, Giddings gives us the most definitive account yet of the journalist who, under the pen name “Iola” transformed the grotesque instances of lynching of blacks from an unpunished American past-time to the international disgrace and barbaric crime that it was.

By Stacey Patton
Here we showcase just a few women pioneers who have been instrumental to helping LDF fulfill its mission to defend, educate and empower African Americans and others seeking justice and equality in America.

LDF News and Media Today:
A sampling of Race, Justice, Equality and Democracy in the news.
By Mel Gagarin

Stanley Crouch: On Lady Obama

Few Blacks are graduating from HBCUs

Jack Cafferty says the war on drugs is “insane”

Obama’s aunt becomes face of immigration debate

Study finds bias among men in ‘08 election

Broken voter registration system disproportionately affecting minority voters

Eugene Robinson: [...]

LDF News and Media Today:
A sampling of Race, Justice, Equality and Democracy in the news.
By Mel Gagarin

Legal Times looks at four LDF cases before the Supreme Court

The Root: Why Michael Steele Must Stay

The confirmation fight awaiting Perez

NYT Editorial: Reviewing Criminal Justice

Washington Post:  Hope for Haitians?

One World, Under God. via The Atlantic

AP: Obama racial stereotypes, falsehoods [...]

Blues singer and guitarist McKinley Morganfield “Muddy Waters” is born.

Politician, pastor and activist Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. dies in Miami, Florida.

Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.

Poet and writer Maya Angelou is born in St. Louis, Missouri.

Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his “Mountaintop” speech.

Actor and comedian Eddie Murphy is born in Brooklyn, New York.