Posts Tagged ‘Civil Rights’
Unraveling 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.
Read MoreHidden Herstory: The Leesburg Stockade Girls
Children and youth were an important group during the Civil Rights movement. Often times, this group is not discussed in relation to the movement, and this article touches on some of the times youth organized.
Read MoreHow the 14th Amendment’s Promise of Birthright Citizenship Redefined America
The 14th Amendment was ratified 150 years ago. Here’s how it attempted to stop plans to make the U.S. a white man’s country.
Read MoreNAACP sues Connecticut over ‘prison gerrymandering’
The suit coming from the NAACP is part of larger effort to fight practices that the NAACP argues are attempts to suppress minority voting via prison-based gerrymandering.
Read MoreBetsy DeVos and the Department of Education Get Sued for Abandoning Discrimination Complaints
Betsy DeVos abandons discrimination complaints from the Dept. of Education. NAACP sues as a result.(See link to their complaint in this article.)
Read MoreBlack Women Leaders, Then And Now
This article touches on some of the radical black women who have been apart of the Black Power Movement all the way to the current women leading the Black Lives Matter movement. Over the past decades, these women have also been left out of recorded history.
Read More‘You can’t just gloss over this history’: The movement to honor Ida B. Wells gains momentum
Ida B. Wells was an anti-lynching activist whose name is often forgotten. Her great-granddaughter is looking to change that. This article details how activists are remembering Wells.
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