Category: Civil Rights
Just the Beginning
On this day in 1964, while the Reverend Martin Luther King looked on, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law. Intended to…
Medgar Evers and the Ghosts of Mississippi
On this day in 1963, African-American civil rights leader Medgar Evers is gunned down in front of his family’s Jackson, Mississippi home by white supremacist…
George Wallace and JFK
On this day in 1963, after defiantly blocking the door at the University of Alabama in open hostility to the United States government, George Wallace…
Democrats Need To Get Their Act Together
Defund: to prevent from continuing to receive funds. A recent CNN poll showed Trump’s approval rating at 38 percent; down seven points from a month ago….
Missing the Forest for the Trees
This week, Sacramento Kings TV play-by-play announcer Grant Napear was fired after he tweeted “All Lives Matter…Every Single One!” In the same week, New Orleans…
Burning Down the House
“A riot is the language of the unheard.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. When I see the images coming out of cities like Minneapolis, Louisville,…
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