activism
St. Louis fast food workers fight discrimination
August 27, 2013St. Louis fast-food chains - among others across the nation - are attempting to intimidate low-wage activists, as they gear up for the nationwide strike. planned for this Thursday, August 29.
Read moreKing’s dream confronted “giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism and militarism”
August 27, 2013After Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. opposed the U.S. war in Vietnam, he received a barrage of criticism from editorial boards, donors and even other civil rights leaders.
Read moreCivil rights 2013: a cautionary tale from Alabama
August 23, 2013In July of 1963, I was preparing for my senior year at Nashville's Pearl High School. For me, news about the civil rights movement became an unsettling blend of darkest tragedies and heady victories.
Read more1963 March on Washington transformed my town
August 23, 2013This is the story of one direct outcome of the 1963 March on Washington, to which I went as a member of the Huntington Township Committee on Human Relations in Suffolk County, Long Island.
Read moreThree generations march on Washington
August 23, 2013I'm very proud that my father and uncle, Joe and Dennis Mora, were both at the 1963 March on Washington, one of many demonstrations and activities they participated in during the civil rights heyday.
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