voting rights
Today in women’s history: International Women’s Day
March 8, 2013March 8, International Women's Day, grew from two sources -- the struggle of working women to form trade unions and the fight for women's right to vote.
Read moreInaugural address was a massive unity rally
January 29, 2013What a beautiful image of the first family and the president guiding our nation to a better place.
Read moreLabor launches annual King observance tonight
January 17, 2013The labor movement is celebrating its ties to the civil rights movement here this weekend as the AFL-CIO gathers to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Read moreToday in labor history: NAACP appeals to UN on denial of voting rights
October 23, 2012On this day in 1947 the NAACP at the initiative of W.E.B. Du Bois presented an "Appeal to the World" to the United Nations, charging systematic discrimination against African Americans. The Appeal noted that "three-fourths of...
Read moreToday in labor and peoples history: Voting Rights Act of 1965
August 6, 2012Today in 1965 in the presence of Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks and others, President Lyndon Johnson passed the Voting Rights Act. The Voting Rights Act forbid the discriminatory voting practices against African Americans and...
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