The AFRO knows what it’s like to endure challenging times. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy. Together they ...

The magnet book incorrectly labels W.E.B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington and Carter G. Woodson Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working in journalism ...

But Washington's philosophy of racial uplift was bitterly opposed by some African American intellectuals, most notably W.E.B. Du Bois. In 1903, Du Bois published the essay, "Of Mr. Booker T.