Amend Traces the Fight for Equal Rights for All
The documentary series deals with the Fourteenth Amendment s impact on voting rights, desegregation, marriage equality, and more. February 02 2021 9:57 PM EST
From left: Jim Obergefell, Laverne Cox, and Will Smith will be among those exploring the Fourteenth Amendment s significance.
Laverne Cox, Samira Wiley, Mahershala Ali, Diane Lane, Randall Park, and more will be featured in a new Netflix documentary series,
Amend: The Fight for America, which explores the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution as the nation’s most enduring hallmark of democracy.
The Fourteenth Amendment, ratified in 1868, promised equal protection of the laws to all citizens, which it defined as those born or naturalized in the U.S. Its most important purpose at the time was to assure the rights of Black Americans, most of whom had been enslaved until a few years earlier. But it has resonated in many fights for civil rights; for instance, it has b
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In honor of Black History month,
Stars in the House is dedicating all Tuesday episodes during February to Black Theatre United.
Stars in the House launched March 16 to promote support for The Actors Fund and its services in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. It has also raised funds for the NAACP s Legal Defense Fund in support of the Black Lives Matter movement as well as Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
New showsâstreaming TuesdayâSaturday at 8 PM ETâfeature performances by stars of stage and screen, in conversation and song with Rudetsky and Wesley. Peter Flynn serves as streaming director.
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund was founded back in 1940. At the time, it was one of the nation’s first civil rights law firms, and the goal was for the organization to serve as the “legal arm” of the civil rights movement.
After more than 80 years of doing this work, on this year’s Martin Luther King Day, the LDF launched a new initiative.
The Marshall-Motley Scholars program will provide scholarships to law students who aspire to become civil rights attorneys.
Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, joined “Closer Look” to share how the program will help remove barriers for students.