Our critic visits a museum whose story is still unfolding, from 1960s Jackson, to Ferguson and Charlottesville. It leaves us upset —and that’s good.
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Jesse Jackson says he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease | The Washington Post
The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, the civil rights leader and former presidential candidate, announced Friday that he has Parkinson’s disease.
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Winnie Mandela the movie: ‘She was volatile and uncontrollable, and that was punished’ | The Guardian
An award-winning documentary demystifies the image of the activist as ‘sinner’ to Nelson the saint, as part of a wave of films in African cinema breaking with the status quo on gender, race and politics
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33 Photos Of Segregation That Show A Country Divided By Race | ATI
In reality, some of the last of the major legal restrictions on African-Americans were torn down less than just 50 years ago with the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which disallowed racial discrimination in terms of housing opportunities.
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Remembering, Learning and Loving What Pan-African Activist Walter Rodney Did for Black People | Atlanta Black Star
Walter Anthony Rodney was an intellectual, a teacher, and an activist during the 1960s and 1970s; his life and work hold major importance for those of us who care about social justice and Black liberation today.
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Fannie Lou Hamer at 100: The Speeches That Made Her a Civil-Rights Icon | Time
As many NFL players across the United States make the decision to kneel or face away from the flag as the National Anthem plays before their games, as part of a protest movement that began as a statement about the belief that the U.S. does not live up to its ideals for African-Americans, many have found new meaning in the words of an icon of an earlier wave of protest.
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Lorraine and Eugene Williams: A civil rights power couple | The Daily Progress
Lorraine and Eugene Williams, the Charlottesville couple whose civil rights work helped desegregate city schools and whose business focused on fair and affordable housing, are the recipients of the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce’s 2017 award for diversity.
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[VIDEO] When James Baldwin Met Bill Buckley | The Atlantic
(2012) “The problem in Mississippi isn’t that too few Negroes can vote, it’s that too many whites can”
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The Forgotten Chinese-American Family that challenged Jim Crow | OZY
On the morning of Sept. 25, 1924, two sisters arrived for their first day of school in the small town of Rosedale, Mississippi. Martha and Berda, ages 9 and 11, were quickly summoned to the principal’s office, where they were informed that they were being expelled. Why?
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Dick Gregory, 84, Dies; Found Humor in the Civil Rights Struggle – The New York Times
“You know the definition of a Southern moderate? That’s a cat that’ll lynch you from a low tree.”
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