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The answer is as proponents shifted from the just demand for equality to the unjustified demand for equal outcomes. When exactly this happened is more difficult to answer.But think of statements made five…

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Posted by Ashley Norwood, Mississippi Public BroadcastingOn May 25, 2021, a year after a police officer killed George Floyd, chants of “No Justice, No Peace” and “I Can't Breathe” filled the air at…

Healthcare needs a civil rights movement in which we reset our view of right and wrong. Getty Images In the not too distant future, there will be a time when we look back with shame and embarrassment at the health system as it…

The following is an excerpt from a podcast discussion on "The Commute," in which former Savannah Mayor Edna Jackson took part in the Tybee Wade-In civil rights protests as a teenager. Comments have been summarized in the interests of…

Sie sind aber auch Überlebende, die gesehen haben, wie einige ihrer engsten Freunde in der Bewegung während einer ernüchternden Strecke im vergangenen Jahr gestorben sind."Sie sind immer noch einige von uns, aber nicht wirklich viele", sagt…

HBO featured Lovecraft Country, a fantasy series that premiered in August and toured the United States from the 1950s along with the Korean War, space, and a number of moments in the distant past. “Them” recently hit Amazon and happily…

"From Attica to the 1978 Texas labor strike to the recent statewide prison strikes in 2016 and 2018," writes Robert Chase, associate professor of history at Stony Brook University, "prisoners have repeatedly suggested that…

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) - Martin Luther King Jr. is known for his influence in the United States, but he also had a strong connection with the Southland and made several trips to Los Angeles during the Civil Rights Movement. Dr. Martin Luther…

While the achievements of civil rights icons Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin are anchored in the history books, the lives of the three women who made a tremendous impact on their lives - their mothers - are less well…