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Nashville model of social change is replicable for today's movements


Nashville model of social change is replicable for today s movements
It shows that clearly articulated objectives are crucial to building credibility.  
By James M. Lawson Jr., Daniel B. Cornfield and Dennis C. Dickerson
April 7, 2021 11:49am
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White supremacists have violently opposed every advance toward racial justice and social inclusion in the United States since the Emancipation Proclamation. The violent, racist desecration of the Capitol by unmasked vigilantes during the pandemic on Jan. 6 was no exception.
The winning Biden-Harris team readily took the reins, answering the political will of voters to build a more inclusive society. The new administration gives us an opportunity to advance justice and social welfare, but it cannot on its own root out white supremacy and mobilize the diverse U.S. electorate. ....

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Q & A with Co-Author of C.T. Vivian's Memoir


Listen to an excerpt of the interview with Steve Fiffer
TS: To move down the road a little bit. so he went to Western Illinois University, and then he came to Peoria, Illinois to take a job at the Carver Center. And that was really the first time we hear about C.T. Vivian really engaging in nonviolent civil protests, with trying to integrate the lunch counters in Peoria back in the 40s, which I think was kind of it was an uncommon thing at that time. You don t really hear about things like that happening in the 40s too much. Can you talk a little bit about that? ....

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A guide to the sites of the civil rights era encourages travelers to engage with Black history


A guide to the sites of the civil rights era encourages travelers to engage with Black history
Derrick Clifton
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Nashville attracts countless tourists with its renown hot chicken dish and whiskey distilleries, along with the country, blues and jazz music scenes heavily influenced by Black traditions.
Yet a short walk from the state Capitol stands a site that honors the people who fought for desegregation at the city’s lunch counters in 1960, which included local student leaders such as John Lewis, C.T. Vivian and Diane Nash. The Witness Walls, a public art installation dedicated in 2017, doesn’t highlight specific people, yet it commemorates the many meetings, marches, sit-ins and the confrontation of Mayor Ben West outside City Hall, all of which gave way to historic changes. ....

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