He thought their ideas about nonviolence and disobedience could be used together to win equal rights for black Americans.

VOA: special.2011.01.17

Doctor Johnson established a tennis camp for black children who were not permitted to play on tennis courts for whites.

VOA: special.2010.02.07

In nineteen forty-one, a leader in the black community,A.Philip Randolph, threatened to lead a giant march on Washington for civil rights for blacks.

VOA: special.2011.06.30

He is the man who broke a major color barrier for black singers of classical music.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

She then started her own business of developing and selling hair-care products for black women.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

In receiving the prize, Johnson thanked Ralph Ellison for leading the way for black writers.

VOA: special.2010.09.19

So some people say reading it is too painful and insulting for black children.

VOA: special.2010.03.21

It was a South filled with injustice for black people.

VOA: special.2010.01.03

They demanded more jobs and freedom for black Americans.

VOA: special.2009.01.16

He says the future is bright for black astronauts.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

"And we think the issue for black women is they are more likely to be obese and have chronic illnesses, like high blood pressure, which put you at higher risk for complications during pregnancy."

VOA: standard.2010.06.23

"Not even this much." This resistance did not stop government efforts to get the Black Hills for the miners.

VOA: special.2010.04.08

The owner of Sun Records, Sam Phillips,had been looking for a white performer who could sing black rhythm and blues.

VOA: special.2010.04.04

So the black players on the team were forced to ask their white teammates to buy food for them.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

Some of the writers of the Harlem Renaissance criticized her for writing about black culture instead of relations between the races.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

And every year on January nineteenth -- Poe's birthday -- people watch for a man dressed in black to appear.

VOA: special.2009.02.02

In nineteen eighty-seven, she founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development to improve the lives of black children.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

She was famous for her beauty. Madame Pierre Gautreau is wearing a low-cut black dress that shows off her pale skin.

VOA: special.2010.08.04