Posts Tagged ‘Civil Rights’
Reggie Jackson: Why The Emmett Till Antilynching Act Is Mostly Just Another Empty Gesture
Many have celebrated the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, signed into law on March 29, 2022. I see no reason to celebrate a law that is one hundred years late and is not an anti-lynching bill, despite the name.
Read More‘Blank Slate’: Monument on display at Civil Rights Memorial Center honors Black suffering, endurance and hope
Ghanaian artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo’s Blank Slate Monument, a statue conceived as a figurative protest to the United States’ Confederate monuments, displayed at Civil Rights Memorial Center.
Read MoreMost Black Americans Remain Left Behind by Economic Progress 54 Years after Dr. King’s Assassination
While civil rights have progressed in the 54 years since Dr. King’s life was cut short, the progress sometimes seems unbearably slow.
Read MoreOverlooked No More: Louise Little, Activist and Mother of Malcolm X
Louise Little fought oppression in public and private spheres, and shaped her son’s education as he evolved into a powerful thinker and speaker.
Read MorePoor People’s Campaign holds multi-state rallies calling for the end of US poverty
The Poor Peoples Campaign addresses government inaction despite a staggering number of Americans experiencing poverty. Barber added that the rallies and the upcoming march on Washington will put front and center a Third Reconstruction agenda, also known as House Resolution 438, which has aims of addressing poverty and low wages from bottom up.
Read MoreChicago school renamed to honor civil rights activist Harriet Tubman
Chicago school changed namesake from racist scientist Louis Agassiz to instead honor the famous civil rights activist Harriet Tubman.
Read MoreIn Twilight of Life, Civil Rights Activists Feel ‘Urgency to Tell Our History’
As the Civil Rights activists from movements in the 70s, 80s, and before are getting fewer and fewer, it’s important for historians to rush to record their stories.
Read MoreIn ‘South to America,’ Imani Perry travels below the Mason-Dixon to shed light on the soul of a nation
By Elaina Patton, NBC News In her new book, “South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation,” Imani Perry engages with the long literary tradition of writing about one’s travels through the South. Joining writers such as Albert Murray, James Baldwin and V.S. Naipaul, the Alabama native charts…
Read MoreIda B. Wells, Black journalist and suffragist, honored with new Barbie doll
By Adela Suliman, Washington Post Black American journalist, suffragist and anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells will have her likeness transformed into a Barbie doll to honor her historic achievements. Wells, who was born into slavery in Mississippi in 1862 during the Civil War, went on to break boundaries as a prominent suffragist fighting to expand…
Read MoreOprah Set to Executive Produce Upcoming Sidney Poitier Documentary
Winfrey is set to executive produce a new documentary which will explore Poitier’s personal upbringing and professional rise to cultural preeminence, the latter of which cemented his place in history as the first Black man to ever win an Academy Award for Best Actor.
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