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The Relentless Pursuit

Lawyers for Civil Rights' Oren Sellstrom explains how vital evidence revealed in the Havard case can now be used

Lorraine Hansberry, who wrote “A Raisin in the Sun," was the first Black woman to have a show produced on Broadway. Don't overlook her 1964 town hall speech.

The university’s wealth of building memorials and live oak dedications are a familiar site to students and faculty. They give our campus a kind of visible history—a heritage in the

Trump does, he gives permission for people to engage in behavior. >> be your worst self. >> at the point of questioning. i do think you see this in the context of a new white backlash, the kind of thing we saw as you have pointed out on the show over and over again of reconstruction. >> yeah. >> and this is basically just the fill in for the term they use to provide them the context. >> absolutely. they dont want to be reconstructed. they say i want to be my worst self-and accept it and i dont c...

50 Important Civil Rights Speeches From History By Karen Johanson, Stacker News On 2/8/21 at 8:00 PM EST Activists, athletes, actors, and preachers with sometimes-fiery presentation skills are just a few of the people whove communicated the message of civil rights to the masses. When many people think of civil rights, the path to equality for the Black community comes to mind, but oration has been part of other civil rights movements too, including those trying to secure equality for women, ...

LOOKING BACK AT OUR HISTORY: King’s final book: Both political roadmap and passionate sermon, Part II By Fred Zilian Note: This is the second part of an essay on Martin Luther King, Jr.’s final book before his assassination, “Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?”  Suggested by the pages he devotes to it and the emphasis he places on it, King’s second main purpose in writing the book is to make the argument for his strategy of nonviolence and challenge the strategy of Black P...