The legacy and dream of Martin Luther King Jr. lives on today but for so many African-American same-gender loving people that dream has been deferred. However, it's a new year and it's time for Black ...

In honor of Women’s History Month and the UN’s International Decade for People of African Descent, the African American Policy Forum (AAPF) is inviting you to participate in Her Dream Deferred, a ...

From March 23 to March 30, the African American Policy Forum (AAPF) will host the 11th annual Her Dream Deferred forum, a pivotal event dedicated to addressing the pressing issues that affect Black ...

Today, we will observe the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., born 92 years ago on Jan. 15, 1929. King did much to advance the cause of civil rights as the principal spokesman of that movement, ...

“What happens to a dream deferred?” (Langston Hughes, Harlem, 1951). Residents of public housing in New York moved in with the promise of affordable housing and a stepping stone to financial stability ...

Born into a family of nine and raised in poverty, life in Omanhinso village was a hard-fought journey from the start.

Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia is an immigration attorney, Samuel Weiss Faculty Scholar and founding director of the Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic at Penn State Law – University Park. She has served ...

Is the dream dead? And, if so, who killed it? On June 15, 2012, President Barack Obama stood in the Rose Garden of the White House to announce a massive change in immigration policy. For years, ...

“What happens to a dream deferred?” (Langston Hughes, Harlem, 1951). Residents of public housing in New York moved in with the promise of affordable housing and a stepping stone to financial stability ...

In 1997, Thabo Mbeki, then 54, succeeded Nelson Mandela as leader of the African National Congress (ANC). Two years later, he followed Mandela again when he was elected in a landslide as President of ...

As the 112th Congress gathers steam this month, a major immigration-rights bill, the DREAM Act — which enjoys broad Jewish support and passed in the lame duck Democratic House of Representatives last ...