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Tag Archives: Civil Rights Movement

Algebra, Civil Rights, Immigrants: Why Sending Them Home Won’t Solve the Job Crisis

April 21, 2017by Sherie Labedis Leave a comment

From the book jacket of Radical Equations: Math Literacy and Civil Rights:  “Bob Moses went to Mississippi in 1961, a young man, drawn by the sit-ins.  By 1964, his work […]

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African American History, Civil Rights, Life in these United States, Personal Commentary, The Civil Rights Movement, Women's Issues

Could the Holocaust Happen Again?

June 7, 2015by Sherie Labedis Leave a comment

“It couldn’t happen again!” As a veteran of the Civil Rights Movement I feel that although there have definitely been gains since my experiences in 1965, we seem to be […]

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Personal Commentary

Martin Luther King and the Black Revolution

March 29, 2015by Sherie Labedis Leave a comment

One of the best parts about being involved in the civil rights community is that I am offered fascinating articles most folks don’t see. Some of them are esoteric, but […]

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African American History, Civil Rights, The Civil Rights Movement, U.S. History

Book Review at Columbia Star

June 25, 2014by Sherie Labedis

You Came Here to Die, Didn’t You By Warner M. Montgomery A pretty blonde 18–year–old girl left her disapproving parents in California in June of 1965 to join the Civil […]

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African American History, Civil Rights, Life in these United States, the Book, The Civil Rights Movement, U.S. History

50th Anniversary of the Schwerner, Chaney and Goodman Murders

June 16, 2014by Sherie Labedis Leave a comment

June 21st, 2014 is the 50th anniversary of one of the most horrendous murders of the Civil Rights Movement. Read the article on USA Today. Their murder and the March […]

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Civil Rights, Life in these United States, U.S. History

Fallen Through The Cracks

March 19, 2014by Sherie Labedis Leave a comment

In June of 1965, while canvassing for black voters in Charleston, SC, Sherie met Happiness Dingle. The day she found Happiness she also met Mrs. Gadsden, who didn’t know the […]

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African American History, Life in these United States, Personal Commentary, U.S. History
Virginia Festival of the Book

Festival of the Book Update: Day 1

March 22, 2012by Sherie Labedis Leave a comment

I over-filled my plate!  For all the events I intended to visit, I managed to make it to 3.  Luncheon on Wednesday was a Pictorial History of the Tuskegee Airmen.  […]

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Personal Commentary, Virginia Festival of the Book

Michelle Alexander: Jim Crow Still Exists in America

January 24, 2012by Sherie Labedis Leave a comment

I have just finished this book and found it mind-blowing for many reason.  I hope to blog parts of it.  Listen to the interview or read it below. This article […]

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African American History, Civil Rights, Life in these United States

Soul Searching in the South

July 9, 2011by Sherie Labedis Leave a comment

Please enjoy the article Sena Christian did on me in the Press Tribune.

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Civil Rights Travel Course, Personal Commentary, The Civil Rights Movement, U.S. History, Voting Rights

Afternoon Day 4 – Montgomery

June 16, 2011by Sherie Labedis Leave a comment

After lunch on the bus from Tuskegee we arrive in Montgomery. We have been to two museums, a college tour and a tour of Booker T. Washington’s home so far today. The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Civil Rights Memorial, The Children’s Museum and the Rosa Parks Museum lie ahead this afternoon.

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Civil Rights Travel Course, Personal Commentary

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