civil rights
Labor mobilizes to save Voting Rights Act
February 27, 2013Voting rights were high on the agenda of the AFL-CIO's executive council meeting February 27 as the Supreme Court heard a challenge to Section 5 of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act.
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Remember Trayvon Martin, with video
February 26, 2013One year ago, George Zimmerman shot and killed 17 year-old Trayvon Martin because he thought the young man looked suspicious. And one year later, what happened that night still outrages us.
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Today in black history: Malcolm X assassinated
February 21, 2013Malcolm became an influential figure to many African-Americans and supporters of civil rights and equality, and continues to be so today.
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Today in black history: Du Bois organized Pan African Congress
February 19, 2013W.E.B. Du Bois was an early proponent of Pan-Africanism and helped organize several Pan-African Congresses to free African colonies from European powers. The first of those was on Feb. 19,1919.
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INTERVIEW: Prof. Jamie Wilson, the Black Power Movement and lessons for today’s activists
February 17, 2013Prof. Jamie Wilson is giving a special People's World Black History Month teleconference presentation on Tues, Feb 19. This interview is a preview of the themes of his presentation.
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