The modern rhetorical and political resistance to racial equality finds its roots in the conspiratorial segregationists of the civil rights era.
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The fragile global economy could fuel the boycotts of companies that have aligned themselves with the policies of Donald Trump.
By putting financial pressure on white businesses – often in a highly organized way – Black civil rights leaders achieved social change.
As the “Queen” of gospel music, Mahalia Jackson sang two songs during the historic March on Washington. But her most famous line may have been a suggestion to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Bayard Rustin led a long and complicated life dedicated to the fight for equal rights. Targeted by the FBI, Rustin became a close adviser to Martin Luther King Jr.
In his brief life, Martin Luther King Jr. had a variety of interests that informed his work as leader of the civil rights movement. His alma mater has collected some objects that tell his story.
As British journalist and author, Reni Eddo-Lodge, writes, the US civil rights movement too often becomes “the story of the struggle against racism”.
How far we’ve really come since two very different individuals took a stand against racism 60 years ago.
Dillard University, a historically black college, asked students to wear ties and suits on the first day of class. But if history is a guide, this conformity could actually enable radical thought.
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