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We, The People: Remembering Freedom Summer
Bob Moses Preamble to the U.S. Constitution: We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ...
Inspiring Initiative: John Lewis Urges Youth To Get in ‘Necessary Trouble’
Rep. John Lewis Not every speaker tells a crowd of young leaders that their job is to get into trouble. But that’s part of ...
Building On Civil Rights Movement: From Freedom Summer to Freedom Schools
[Comment] As a brand-new law school graduate in 1963, I was fortunate enough to receive one of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF)’s first ...
Ella Baker Was My Civil Rights Generation’s “Fundi”
Ella Baker [Women’s History Month Tribute: Ella Baker] This is how Ella Baker put it: Until the killing of Black men, Black mothers’ sons, ...
With SCOTUS’ Recent Gutting of VRA, Is Dr. King’s Dream Deferred Or Derailed?
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Dr. King –surely his ideals still resonate? [Race Matters: Op-Ed] I dream of the beautiful day when racism in America is a thing of ...
Obama Calls For High Voter Turnout As He Vows To Fight Republicans’ Suppression Schemes
Barack Obama at NAN’s annual convention with Rev. Sharpton [Publisher’s Commentary] President Barack Obama yesterday said the best way for people to protect the ...