African American political activists
Oct 24, 2010 — Octavius Catto led the fight to desegregate Philadelphia's horse-drawn streetcars, raised all-black regiments to fight in the Civil War, and pushed for black voting rights — all before the age of 32. Despite all that, he's barely remembered today. But a new book sheds life on his groundbreaking work.
Nov 19, 2008 — Vernon Jordan, prominent D.C. power broker and former Executive Director of the National Urban League, talks about his book, Make it Plain: Standing Up and Speaking Out. The former Clinton adviser discusses his phenomenal career, politics, and what's next for him.
Nov 12, 2008 — Vernon Jordan, former head of the National Urban League and the United Negro College Fund, discusses the power of the African-American oral tradition and his new book Make It Plain: Standing Up and Speaking Out.