Posts Tagged ‘Black Panthers’
Washington state Black students played key role in the Civil Rights Movement
Students at one college in the Pacific Northwest actively played an important but sometimes overlooked role in the Civil Rights Movement.
Read MoreThe FBI monitored Aretha Franklin’s role in the civil rights movement for years
Aretha Franklin’s activism was as important to the singer as her music career. Apparently, the FBI agreed because they watched her for years.
Read MoreBlack August uplifted as alternative Black History Month
For over 40 years, some Black Americas have celebrated “Black August” in recognition of Black Panther George Jackson’s fight for freedom.
Read MoreThe National Park Service expands its African-American history sites
By John Burnett and Marisa Peñaloza, NPR On a cool spring day, Fredrika Newton — the widow of Black Panther co-founder, Huey P. Newton — stands next to a bronze bust of her late husband. It’s situated in a wide, landscaped median in the west end of Oakland that the Panthers called home. “The Black…
Read MoreMadeleine L’Engle’s Private Correspondence With Ahmad Rahman
When Ron Irwin and Madeleine L’Engle became pen pals, neither knew how their correspondence would change both of their lives.
Read MoreSome Exhibits to Come – I Am Somebody! The Freedom Struggle
A sample list of exhibits planned for this gallery.
Read MoreMilwaukee museum pulls black people ‘out of the shadows of history’
By Sophie Bolich, Max Nawara, and Aly Prouty, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service Editor’s note: This is one of an occasional series of articles about the people and places of 53206. The museum sits behind a locked door in an inconspicuous red brick building on the corner of 27th and Center streets. To enter, visitors have to ring the…
Read MoreA radical archive arrives at Harvard
Harvard University acquired and is currently in the process of archiving educator and activist Angela Davis’ work. The archivists estimate the collection will be available in 2019.
Read MoreFear of a Black Gun Owner
Edward Wyckoff Williams examines why Americans are so uncomfortable with certain people exercising their second amendment rights.
Read MoreSocial Movements and Organizations of the 1960s, 70s and 80s
The 1960s saw an upsurge in civil rights and other organizations promoting freedom and equality for blacks and women. The 1970s brought a backlash against those movements by well-funded and well-placed organizations of the Right seeking more freedom for corporations and a return to traditional roles for women. In the 1980’s, hip-hop and punk rock music expressed anger at “The Power” through their lyrics instead of through actions to change laws.
Read More