Voting Rights: Time For Biden To “Be This Generation’s LBJ”
Photo: Twitter In America, of all places, your right to vote shouldn’t depend on where you live. But states where…
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Congressman John Lewis: “Keep the Faith”
[John Lewis] Donita Judge: “Congressman John Lewis’s final public appearance was on June 7, at Black Lives Plaza in Washington,…
Fifty Years After Kerner — “Two Societies, One Black, One White—Separate and Unequal”
Roy Wilkins and Otto Kerner, Jr. Photo: Wikimedia “In 1968, the Kerner Commission concluded that America was heading toward…
The Ballot And American Democracy: One Step Foward One Step Back?
President Johnson and Dr. King seal the deal [Witness for Justice] I graduated from high school just a few months…
SELMA: Audacious Freedom, Heritage And Obligation
SELMA — David Oyelowo as Dr. King [Film Review] Selma, Directed by Ava DuVernay Running time: 2 hours Selma, directed…
The Civil Rights Act – 50 Years Later
President Johnson and Dr. King Many died. Millions suffered. On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a Civil…
Limited Upward Mobility: 50 Years After Civil Rights Act Millions Still Trapped In Poverty
The party of “no.” Fifty years ago, the U.S. Senate passed the version of the Civil Rights Act of…
Maya Angelou: Master Of Condensing Centuries Of Black Oppression
Maya Angelou This week marked the loss of a powerful voice in Maya Angelou. Fortunately, many in the nation…
Cutting Food Assistance: Republicans ‘Spare’ Our Children From Debt By Starving Them Today
Scene from Oliver Twist. Children from low-income families must be asking Boehner and Republican leaders — have you no pity?…