voting rights
Closing wealth gap tops Obama’s State of the Union
January 29, 2014President Obama, in his 2014 State of the Union speech here last night, defined narrowing of the unprecedented wealth gap in America as a major task facing the nation.
Read moreToday in labor history: SNCC founder Julian Bond was born
January 14, 2014Today people from around the country and globe are wishing the long time civil rights giant, Julian Bond, a very happy birthday.
Read moreToday in labor history: KKK found guilty of conspiracy in death of Viola Liuzzo
December 3, 2013Liuzzo, who came from a working-class Detroit family and had lived in the South as a child, traveled to Alabama after the Selma to Montgomery marches and the "Bloody Sunday" attack at Edmund Pettus Bridge.
Read moreObama honors a true freedom fighter, Rev. C. T. Vivian
November 25, 2013Rev. C. T. Vivian is one of the nation's staunchest fighters for racial equality and voting rights.
Read moreJohn Conyers hailed as 50-year warrior for the people
October 1, 2013If ever someone merited a tribute, Congressman John Conyers Jr., the dean of the Congressional Black Caucus and second longest serving member in the history of the House, certainly fits the bill.
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