A half-century ago marching at Selma
Sixty years ago today the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March concluded with Martin Luther King Jr. speaking before a ...
Bayard Rustin: Still Speaking Truth to Power
A high-impact exhibition on the civil rights activist—who orchestrated the 1963 March on Washington—opens at the National ...
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OAS to observe Week for People of African Descent in the Americas
The Organization of American States (OAS) will observe the Inter-American Week for People of African Descent in the Americas ...
From Hiroshima to Fukushima, Yuko Tsushima’s novel Wildcat Dome is strangely riveting
Now in English translation, Yuko Tsushima's novel explores radiation, racism and personal conflict against a backdrop of nuclear disaster Japan's three historic nuclear events - the atomic bombings of ...
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The Vindicator4dOpinion
60 years later, we have not overcome
The 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday was commemorated on March 7. On that day in 1965, civil rights marchers, led by then-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee leader John Lewis and Southern ...
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National Civil Rights Museum: Our April 4th Dr. King Commemoration Will Focus On His Call For Collective Power For Social Change
The National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel will present a commemoration in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s ...
National Civil Rights Museum Remembers Dr. King with an April 4th Commemoration inspired by his collective power for social change
The National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel will present a commemoration in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life and legacy on Friday, April 4, the 57th anniversary of his death with ...
The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle6dOpinion
American Jews must not give an inch on free speech
But as an American Jew and free speech lawyer, I can tell you that protest alone isn’t illegal — and that giving the ...