February is Black History Month and it seems an appropriate time to look at the civil rights struggles and Montreal particularly after a year when Black Lives Matter came to the fore and a greater focus on inequities relating to black, indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC) have come into more acute focus. In the tangled urgency of the moment, the American civil rights movement is being harkened back to. Only a few are aware of Montrealâs major links with the civil rights movement.
There were occasions when Montreal played host to major figures in the American civil rights movement. By invitation of Rabbi Harry Joshua Stern, the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at Temple Emanu-El (renamed Temple Emanu-El â Beth Sholom) in March 1962. More than a thousand people attended the Templeâs sanctuary to hear King speak about a âdemocracy devoid of segregationâ. Eulogizing Reverend King, six years later, Rabbi Stern at a Temple Sabbath service, Rabbi Stern said
‘Son of the South’ director: ‘To me, Montgomery is a character, too’
Updated Feb 05, 2021;
First things first: Barry Alexander Brown, the writer, director and editor of “Son of the South,” was wearing a Montgomery Biscuits cap during a recent phone interview with AL.com.
How do we know? Brown mentioned it, pointedly and proudly, while discussing the creative viewpoint for his new film. The cap wasn’t just window dressing Brown, 60, regards Montgomery as his hometown and although he no longer lives in Alabama, his roots here run deep.
“I love the South,” Brown said. “I’ve always wanted to do something about the South, where I grew up, and this was a very good story. This was a very inspiring story.”
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The Post and Courier of Charleston reports the $1 coin depicts Septima Poinsette Clark marching with three Black students carrying books and an American flag, “representing that education and literacy among oppressed people is necessary for empowerment and enjoyment of civil rights."
According to a statement from Trump’s office, Alabama lawyer David Schoen and Pennsylvania attorney Bruce L. Castor Jr. will lead President Trump’s impeachment defense in the Senate trial. The two lawyers, according to Trump, will bring “national profiles and significant trial experience in high-profile cases to the effort.”
“The strength of our Constitution is about to be tested like never before in our history,” Castor was quoted as saying in Trump’s statement. “It is strong and resilient. A document written for the ages, and it will triumph over partisanship yet again, and always.”
Schoen is a Jewish Democrat Civil Rights lawyer.