Alabama
SPLC: Schools Named After Confederate Soldiers Should be Renamed
[Montgomery Public Schools] SPLC: “Enough is enough. Our children should not be hurt or forced to reckon with imagery that glorifies those who fought ...
My Activism For Justice Was Inspired by Dr. King
Photo: Dr. King Portrait by Betsy G. Reyneau–Wikipediacommons I was marching on Broad St. and Market St. in downtown Newark, NJ with 100 other ...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.–Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Photo: Wikimediacommons Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered this sermon on April 30th, 1967 in New ...
100th Anniversary of Fannie Lou Hamer’s Birth — Keep Fighting for Voting Rights
Fannie Lou Hamer testifying at the Democratic Party convention in Atlantic City in 1964. Photo–Wikipedia Fannie Lou Hamer once said: “You can pray until ...
Les Payne: A Journalist in Full
Les Payne. Photo. SUNY Oswego-Flickr [From The archives] Originally published in Northeast Magazine, 1986 For a young black student fresh from “separate but ...
Hillary Clinton: Why Employers Should Give Ex-Offenders A Second Chance
Hillary Clinton [Elections 2016] Joe Madison’s interview with Hillary Clinton on SiriusXM Urban View this past weekend. Joe Madison: Let me welcome Secretary Hillary ...
As Dr. Martin Luther King Said If We Can Spend Billions On Unjust Wars We Should Spend Billions On Full Employment
More than 50 years ago Dr. King warned about income inequality and poor wages [Commentary: The Economy] In 1954, when the U.S. Supreme Court ...
Dr. John Henrik Clarke Centennial Celebration At Medgar Evers Oct. 10
John Henrik Clarke [Education] John Henrik Clarke was born in Union Springs, Alabama on January 1, 1915 to humble parents who affectionately called him, ...
Voting Rights Act: Our Votes Matter
Medgar Evers and many other paid the ultimate price to register Black voters–murder [Op-Ed] Today as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Voting ...
The Texas Case: Confederate Flag – A Symbol of Terrorism And Free Speech
How would Black civil war soldiers feel about the Confederate flag? The Confederate flag represents racial oppression to many. Yet, it is a mere ...
