Civil Rights Movement

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• Harry Reid Forgets Democrats’ History

  
  One Man's Thoughts — Authority: 135
  In light of Senator Harry Reid implying that the Republican party defended slavery, I’m republishing my review of Wrong On Race: The Democratic Party’s Buried Past , by Bruce Bartlett: “[V]irtually every significant racist in American political history was a Democrat.” On December 5, 2002, ...
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• Dazed and Confused

  
  Mombian — Authority: 130
  Amelie Gillette of The A.V. Club has a zinger of a post on the far-right and marriage equality. This qualifies as the quote of the week: Now they’re saying that we can’t have gay marriage because it would confuse the kids. But you know what else confuses kids? Everything: Time zones. Books without pictures. ...
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• A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

  
  The LA Progressive — Authority: 483
  Saturday, January 16, 20108pmNate Holden Performing Arts Center Join Ebony Repertory Theatre for its 2nd annual one night only celebration featuring noted actors, musicians and a gospel choir... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer: Great Courage

  
  Change the Wind — Authority: 425
  On August 6, 1964, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party was formed as an alternative to the segregated Mississippi Democratic Party. Organized in conjunction with the Freedom Summer voter registration drives of SNCC (the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) and COFO (the Council of Federated ...
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• Civil Rights Cold Case Trailer

  
  Hungry Blues — Authority: 103
  Since I first posted about The Civil Rights Cold Case Project , we’ve added the trailer for the documentary mini-series that we are currently developing in partnership with WNET.org and Paperny Films . I’m on there with the Clifton Walker Case a few times, starting at around 00:45.
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• Extending Afghan war terrible mistake: US author

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) Describing the US troop surge in war-torn Afghanistan as a “terrible mistake”, a Pulitzer prize winning American author and an ardent Gandhi admirer Saturday said war cannot be ended by war.“It was a terrible mistake to extend the war in Afghanistan,” said Alice Walker, an eminent ...
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• The Energy Crisis: A Conversation with Jonathan Schell About Invigorating the Climate Movement

  
  The Indypendent — Authority: 502
  Last June was the 27th anniversary of one of the largest protests in history, when upwards of one million people gathered on the Great Lawn in New York’s Central Park to rally against nuclear weapons while the U.N. held a Special Session on Disarmament. Two days later 1,600 demonstrators were involved in acts of ...
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• The Skirball Cultural Center | Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement | 1956–1968

  
  i.heart.art — Authority: 126
  LOS ANGELES - The largest exhibition in more than twenty years devoted to photography of the Civil Rights Movement opened at the Skirball Cultural Center on November 19, 2009, in its West Coast premiere. Organized by the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, ...
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• Solidarity Stories: An Oral History of the ILWU

  
  New Books In History — Authority: 106
  One of my favorite bumper stickers reads “Unions: the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend.” Indeed they did. Organized labor has had a rocky history in the U.S. It’s been hounded for leaning left, associating with mobsters, and being corrupt. But truth be told unions have made an enormous contribution to American ...
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• The Civil Rights Cold Case Project

  
  Hungry Blues — Authority: 103
  I am pleased to announce that The Civil Rights Cold Case Project website is now up and running at http://coldcases.org . My previous blog post, about my most recent trip to Mississippi, was cross posted from the Cold Case Project site . The Civil Rights Cold Case Project brings together the power of investigative ...
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• Picking Up the Trail from a 25-Year-Old Tip

  
  Hungry Blues — Authority: 103
  In October, I was in Mississippi again, following leads in my investigation of the 1964 murder of Clifton Walker, a black man from Woodville, MS. Driving home from the swing shift at the International Paper plant in Natchez, MS, Walker was ambushed by Klansmen, who stopped his car on a deserted road and blew his face ...
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• El-Hibri Peace Education Prize 2009 Award Winner

  
  Chris Abraham — Authority: 434
  The El-Hibri Peace Education Prize 2009 Award Winner this year is Dr. Mary Elizabeth King, “professor of peace and conflict studies at the United Nations-affiliated University for Peace, which has its main campus in Costa Rica, and distinguished scholar with the Center for Global Peace at American University in ...
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• The People Speak

  
  SmallTalk — Authority: 531
  Matt Damon, Josh Brolin and a great array of actors perform a dramatic presentation of Howard Zinns, A Peoples History of the United States .
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• Maggie Gallagher’s Sloppy, Slapdash Screed

  
  Democrashield.com — Authority: 134
  Over at The Corner yesterday, National Organization for Marriage’s Maggie Gallagher took issue with a piece by Ben Smith entitled Is gay marriage ‘inevitable’?Ignoring the fact that the title of the piece is a question–complete with a 24-point font question mark–and that Smith never claims that gay marriage ...
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• Recap of Last Night’s NY Marriage Rally

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 150
  Last night hundreds of New Yorkers met in Union Square to protest the 38-24 vote by the NY State Senate on marriage equality. While there was a profound sadness and anger that hung over the crowd, I could not help but notice that no one felt defeated. Not one person I spoke to in the crowd or one of the many ...
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• Marriage equality bill defeated in New York Senate 24-38

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 150
  Marriage equality took another hit today as the New York State Senate failed to pass a bill that would have legalized same-sex marriage in their state. From the NYT : The bill was defeated by a decisive margin of 38 to 24. The Democrats, who have a bare, one-seat majority, did not have enough votes to pass the bill ...
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• PERSONAL REFLECTIOINS:A TRIBUTE TO ROSA PARKS

  
  The Renaissance Gallery — Authority: 121
  Personal Reflections: A Tribute to Rosa Parks You Tube:therosaparksinstitute
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• Take a Stand: Give Your Female Character Something to Believe In

  
  Annette's Paper Trail — Authority: 91
  Don’t let your female characters be defined by weakness. Strong characters make history and enduring stories. Fifty-four years ago today, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus for a white man. (You go, girl! Sit down for what you believe in!) Her action set in motion the Montgomery Bus ...
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• Beyond ‘Diversity’: New Creation and a Mestizo Vision

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 660
  “Integration” and “diversity” do not express God’s purpose for reconciliation deeply enough. What we need is a fresh paradigm that declares our new culture in Christ. A workshop last month in Cincinnati at the Christian Community Development Association conference (CCDA) confirmed my conviction…
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• Overshadowed By Rosa Parks, Civil Rights Catalyst Finally Recognized

  
  NewsOne — Authority: 568
  From the New York Times: On that supercharged day in 1955, when Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Ala., she rode her way into history books, credited with helping to ignite the civil rights movement. But there was another woman, named Claudette Colvin, who refused to be ...
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