civil rights
Enshrine voting right in the Constitution
August 7, 2013On August 5, 48 years ago, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, announcing, "This right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless."
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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela on his 95th birthday
July 24, 2013Former South African President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela celebrated his 95th birthday on Thursday, July 18.
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Oakland’s Trayvon Martin rally: “Keep fighting” for justice
July 23, 2013Oakland youth took leadership of the event, spotlighting the effects of the shooting and verdict. They took turns to speak movingly of their reactions to hearing of the death of Martin.
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Today in labor history: S.C. hospital workers win union recognition strike
July 18, 2013For over three months, 400 African-American hospital workers, mostly women, walked off their jobs in protest over discrimination and the right to form a union.
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“Liberation Music”: Defining an era of protest through jazz
July 16, 2013The music is representative of the free style era that bore it, but there is nothing obsolete about this compilation. It illuminate a period when musical expression played an important role in progressive politics.
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