Civil Rights movement
A personal remembrance of two civil rights giants
July 20, 2020Two giants of the struggle for equality and human rights died this weekend, Rep. John Lewis and the Rev. C.T. Vivian, both lifelong fighters for voting rights.
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Voting Rights Act of 1965 may have to be passed again
February 19, 2019The Voting Rights Act produced an enormous change for both African-Americans and U.S. politics.
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Amazing Aretha: L.A.’s Black community and others gracefully honor Queen of Soul
September 10, 2018LOS ANGELES—Hollywood is known around the world as a “company town” for the motion picture industry and television, but Los Angeles is also a music mecca. In January 1972, Aretha Franklin recorded the live album “Amazing...
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Bayard Rustin: The gay union organizer who helped MLK change the world
April 5, 2018As America observes the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, there is one name you may not hear: Bayard Rustin.
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Honoring Black History Month: “The Children’s March” documentary film
February 27, 2018Dateline Birmingham, Alabama, May 2nd, 1963. One of the most racist and unequal cities in America is witness to an extraordinary show of boldness.
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