Richard G. Hatcher became the first African American mayor of Gary, Indiana in 1968 after a bitter, hard-fought campaign. He ran without party support in a city

Richard G. Hatcher became the first African American mayor of Gary, Indiana in 1968 after a bitter, hard-fought campaign. He ran without party support in a city

For three days in 1972 in Gary, Indiana, eight thousand American civil rights activists and Black Power leaders gathered at the National Black Political Convent

In Listen, Whitey! The Sounds of Black Power 1965-1975 author Pat Thomas examines rare recordings of speeches, interviews, and music from the Black Power Party,

When Richard G. Hatcher became the first black mayor of Gary, Indiana in 1967, the response of Gary's white businessmen was to move the entire downtown to the s