An autobiography from national civil rights pioneer C.T. Vivian will be released March 16.
Raised in Macomb, Vivian began staging sit-ins against segregation in Peoria in the 1940s, successfully integrating Barton s Cafeteria a dozen years before lunch-counter protests by college students made national news.
Vivian, a close friend and lieutenant of Martin Luther King Jr., died at age 95 in Atlanta last year. We had to change the way the nation thought and felt and acted about its own humanity and the humanity of others, Vivian told the Journal Star about the civil rights movement as part of its Legacy Project series. This is far more than passing a law.
An autobiography from national civil rights pioneer C.T. Vivian will be released March 16.
Raised in Macomb, Vivian began staging sit-ins against segregation in Peoria in the 1940s, successfully integrating Barton s Cafeteria a dozen years before lunch-counter protests by college students made national news.
Vivian, a close friend and lieutenant of Martin Luther King Jr., died at age 95 in Atlanta last year. We had to change the way the nation thought and felt and acted about its own humanity and the humanity of others, Vivian told the Journal Star about the civil rights movement as part of its Legacy Project series. This is far more than passing a law.
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09:45 | Tumbes (Tumbes region), Mar. 5. An ISO tank truck carrying 20 tons of medical oxygen from Ecuador entered Peru s northern Tumbes region, following the import procedures carried out by the Special Legacy Project to treat COVID-19 patients in Amazonas region.
On Thursday afternoon, the vehicle entered the Binational Border Service Center (Cebaf), where it passed the respective customs controls.
Following completion of the procedures, the truck continued its journey to the provinces of Bagua and Utcubamba, where the COVID-19 Temporary Attention and Isolation Centers (CAATs) operate. These facilities had been set up and furnished by the Pan American Games Special Legacy Project.
When it comes to Women’s History Month, most of us have never quite been able to rely on a school curriculum, even pre-pandemic. Sadly, history and social studies books are still quite focused on the accomplishments (and failures) of cis white men. Which is why, though we’d like to celebrate women’s history and International Day of the Woman every day, we’re also happy to have this occasion to focus on the topic while making it
fun.
This year, with many kids spending more time out of the classroom than in it, parents and caregivers have an opportunity to talk to them about the accomplishments of women from Sojourner Truth to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, along with all the young female leaders we know will make the history books of the future. But just because we’re talking about history doesn’t mean we’re confined to sitting around reading books. Here we’ve gathered a few other ways to delve into the topic and actually get up and celebrate the fearless women and girls wh
Gilead Gives Yet More Money to Community Groups Combating HIV in Black and Latinx Communities
March 3, 2021
The panel for the Human Rights Campaign s National Black HIV Awareness Day Event on February 7, 2020.
Courtesy of the Human Rights Campaign
HIV drugmaker giant Gilead recently announced that, once again, they will be giving big money to grassroots groups combating the HIV epidemic, especially among Black and transgender communities. This time, $3.2 million will go to a variety of groups including one that works closely on HIV education and prevention with historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
The funding is being managed and disbursed through the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). The longstanding, powerful, Washington, D.C.–based LGBTQ advocacy group appears to have made more efforts to reach and serve Black and transgender queer people in recent years. In 2019, HRC named civil-rights attorney Alphonso B. David as its first Black president, and the group recen