Posts Tagged ‘Civil Rights’
WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER: NEW DOCUMENTARY CELEBRATES THE LIFE OF FATHER JAMES GROPPI
2020 will see the premiere of a new documentary movie about Milwaukee’s own civil rights leader, Father James Groppi. The demand for equal rights and justice he spotlighted in the 1960s remains as relevant and controversial today as it was over 50 years ago.
Read MoreByron Allen on the 400th Anniversary Of Slavery In America
Reconstruction law meant to protect civil rights of black businesses is being challenged by Trump DOJ in the Supreme Court.
Read MoreAmericans Won’t Be Free Until We Face Our Racist History
“True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality,” a new HBO documentary coming out June 26, digs into Stevenson’s work with the Montgomery, Alabama-based Equal Justice Initiative, fighting racism in the criminal justice system for over 30 years, largely by defending poor, black people on death row.
Read MoreIda B Wells: the unsung heroine of the civil rights movement
Civil Right’s activist and lynching reporter, Ida B. Wells is finally getting the recognition she deserves.
Read MoreMinnesota finally gets an African-American museum, thanks to two visionary women
An African American Museum finally comes to Minnesota.
Read MoreGeorgia election board plots Jim Crow-like assault on black voting
Nine polling locations in predominately black and rural areas may be shut down. The Voting Right Act itself is in danger of being gutted, as well.
Read MoreUnraveling the hidden Black history of Appalachian activism
Appalachia is often misrepresented and whitewashed by popular media. This article details some of the people who are often forgotten.
Read MoreHow Enslaved Chefs Helped Shape American Cuisine
The southern United Stated is known for both its food and hospitality, both of which can be traced to slavery.
Read MoreWitness a history of racial injustice at two new museums in Alabama and Mississippi
This article is about the anti-lynching and racial injustice museums opening across the country, most notably The National Memorial for Peace and Justice and The Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama, and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson, Mississippi.
Read MoreAmerica’s nonviolent civil rights movement was considered uncivil by critics at the time
The backlash to the current fight for civil rights for immigrants, people of color, sex workers, and other marginalized groups mirror the backlash from demonstrators of the Civil Rights era. This article elaborates on the response then and today.
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