civil rights
A personal remembrance of two civil rights giants
July 20, 2020Two giants of the struggle for equality and human rights died this weekend, Rep. John Lewis and the Rev. C.T. Vivian, both lifelong fighters for voting rights.
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Tributes pour in for civil rights icon John Lewis
July 20, 2020“We want our freedom and we want it now,” the young John Lewis said at the Great Civil Rights March in 1963.
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‘John Lewis: Good Trouble’: A fine new documentary about a courageous life
July 6, 2020Elder Lewis told his young grandson that sometimes good trouble would be needed to do what is right.
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Civil Rights Movement memories: Marching from Selma to Montgomery in 1965
February 7, 2020The experiences of witnessing Jim Crow in Houston in the mid-fifties, soon after migrating with my parents and sister from Buenos Aires, were forever implanted in my conscience. Doing whatever necessary to help eradicate the U.S....
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AFL-CIO to the nation: Make King’s dream America’s reality
January 17, 2020With an eye to defeating Trump labor leaders and activists gather in Washington and launch a campaign to end voter suppression and restore voting rights.
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