Posts Tagged ‘activists’
103-Year-Old Civil Rights Icon: ‘Thank God I Learned That Color Makes No Difference’
Amelia Boynton Robinson was nearly beaten to death in 1965 during the first march in Selma, Alabama, led by Martin Luther King Jr. She was 53 years old at the time. A graphic photo of Boynton Robinson, severely beaten and collapsed, spread around the world and became an iconic image of the civil rights era. “Thank god I learned that color makes no difference,” Boynton Robinson said Friday at a private luncheon at the Soho House in West Hollywood, California. “My parents [were] an example for what they wanted their children to be.”
Read MoreFerguson Activists Predict Uphill Battle
While activists motivated by Michael Brown’s death are finally being heard about anti-Black violence, change will be slow.
Read MoreWho Were the White Folks of Freedom Summer?
These white allies joined in the fight for civil rights in the Freedom Summer of 1964.
Read MoreNew Malcolm X Diary Reveals a Revolutionary Optimist
The Diary of Malcolm X was recently published after being converted from microfilm. The activist’s daughter, Ilyasah Al-Shabazz, was the editor.
Read MoreWho Was the Unsung Hero of the 1964 Civil Rights Act?
Activist Clarence M. Mitchell Jr.’s name might not be known in every household, but his actions with the NAACP changed history.
Read MoreAn Original Freedom Rider Reflects on the Struggle
Hank Thomas was arrested in 1961, when he was just a teenager, for riding segregated buses in a south that ignored desegregation laws.
Read MorePress promotes ‘no snitching’ to slam Sharpton
Al Sharpton has responded to criticism from the press for his previous cooperation with the FBI against a crime family.
Read MoreGoogle Celebrates Black History Today
Google honored Civil Rights activist Dorothy Height with a “Doodle” on the search page today.
Read More8 Influential Women of 2014
Activists, police, and politicians are among the women who led and pushed for change around the globe in 2014.
Read MoreBernice King’s Perception of Dr. King’s Vision of Peace for Our World
By Bernice A. King, HuffingtonPost […] He reminded us that “the choice today is no longer between violence and nonviolence; it is between nonviolence or nonexistence.” Therefore, we are celebrating the 2014 King Holiday Observance with the theme, Remember! Celebrate! Act! King’s Legacy of Peace for Our World. This theme also pays homage to the fact…
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