Posts Tagged ‘Civil Rights Movement’
Rev. Jesse Jackson Honors the Late Civil Rights Stalwarts Fred Shuttlesworth and Derrick Bell
This week, the Civil Rights movement lost two of its torch-bearers. Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth died at the age 89 and Derrick Bell died at the age of 80. Rev. Shuttlesworth led the struggle to end segregation in Birmingham, Alabama. He was the last of the civil rights [Read More]
Celebrating Angela Davis’ Birthday, And Four Decades of Hard Work – COLORLINES
On January 26, Angela Davis celebrated her 67th birthday. A political activist, scholar and author, Davis was a leader in the fight for social justice starting in the ’60s and continuing on into the present day. She was part of the Communist Party, the Civil Rights [Read More]
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in His Own Words
While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader, he also championed the cause of the poor and organized the Poor People’s Campaign to address issues of economic justice. Dr. King was also a fierce critic of US foreign policy and the Vietnam War. We play [Read More]
Odetta, Voice of Civil Rights Movement, passes at 77
Odetta, the singer whose deep voice wove together the strongest songs of American folk music and the civil rights movement, died on Tuesday at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. She was 77. read more | digg story [Read More]
Myrlie Evers-Williams: on Medgar Evers 45 Years Later
Forty-five years ago, civil rights leader Medgar Evers was assassinated outside his home in Jackson, Mississippi. read more | digg story [Read More]
