Protests and Voting
The following is an “essay” by President Obama about the actions that will shape our future if we are wise enough to use both: As millions of people across […]
Category Archives: Civil Rights
The Threat of Tribalism by Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld
One of my favorite magazines is The Atlantic. Their 2018 issue, Is Democracy Dying is an amazing study of America today. I intend to comment on other articles, but I […]
America’s segregated shores: beaches’ long history as a racial battleground
In 1965 when I was a volunteer for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference, I worked in rural South Carolina. That summer nine civil rights workers, SCLC and […]
On May 21, 1961
National Guard called to disperse several thousand whites threatening to set fire to First Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Freedom Riders inside. Read […]
On May 20, 1961
Freedom Riders arrived in Montgomery, Alabama, where local police allow a mob of angry whites to attack; several people are severely injured, including a U.S. Justice Department official. Read more […]
On May 8, 2009
Members of the Ku Klux Klan burn a cross in an African American neighborhood in Ozark, Alabama, to intimidate lack residents. Learn more Me: This was only nine years ago. […]
On May 7, 1955
In Belzoni, Mississippi, NAACP member Rev. George Lee is fatally shot after angering local whites when he attempted to register to vote. Read more A History of Racial Injustice Calendar […]
On May 2, 1963
More than 700 black children protesting racial segregation in Birmingham, Alabama, are arrested, blasted by fire hoses, clubbed by police and attacked by police dogs. For more information A […]
On April 24, 1877 and 2013
On April 24, 1877, Federal troops withdraw from Louisiana marking the end of Reconstruction. On April 24, 2013, Alabama man sentenced to jail for consensual homosexual sex. A History of […]
125 years late, Chinese lawyer admitted to bar: STATE’S TOP COURT SAYS IT ERRED IN 1890 RULING
Lest it seems like I only write about black Americans, here is an article about the plight of the Chinese in California. I think the Chinese were the first group […]
