LBJ’s War on Poverty still only Partly Won
“The work of what Johnson called ‘the next and more profound stage of the battle for civil rights’ — equal economic opportunity — remains to be done,” says Jackson. By Jesse Jackson NNPA Columnist...
View ArticleBeyond the Rhetoric: Why is there still Discrimination?
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist I was being interviewed by two French citizens whose mission is to end discrimination in France. Their mission is very difficult because it is illegal to denote...
View ArticleSelma: White Savior Not Required
By Walter L Fields NNPA Columnist The fierce and aligned, if not coordinated, campaign to smear the motion picture “Selma” by suggesting it inaccurately portrays the role of President Lyndon Johnson...
View ArticleLBJ Doesn’t Deserve Credit for Selma
By Diane Nash NNPA Guest Columnist Joseph Califano’s statement that Selma was Lyndon B. Johnson’s idea is patently false. Although the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) had come to...
View ArticleLBJ’s War on Poverty still only Partly Won
By Jesse Jackson NNPA Columnist Fifty years ago, Medgar Evers, the NAACP regional secretary in Mississippi, was murdered by a member of the White Citizens’ Council. Evers’ death received national...
View ArticleBeyond the Rhetoric: Why is there still Discrimination?
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist I was being interviewed by two French citizens whose mission is to end discrimination in France. Their mission is very difficult because it is illegal to denote...
View ArticleSelma: White Savior Not Required
By Walter L Fields NNPA Columnist The fierce and aligned, if not coordinated, campaign to smear the motion picture “Selma” by suggesting it inaccurately portrays the role of President Lyndon Johnson...
View ArticleLBJ Doesn’t Deserve Credit for Selma
By Diane Nash NNPA Guest Columnist Joseph Califano’s statement that Selma was Lyndon B. Johnson’s idea is patently false. Although the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) had come to...
View ArticleCOMMENTARY: Facebook Pearls Of Wisdom
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — Recently I saw something about voter suppression on Facebook. The subject’s been on my mind a lot recently since viewing a CNN report on voter suppression in America. The post...
View ArticleCOMMENTARY: A Dream Deferred — Is the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Just...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Parents must get engaged to hold legislators and educators accountable for their ESSA State Plans. Parents must also hold themselves accountable in prioritizing the education of our...
View ArticleCongressman Bobby Scott Refused to Be Distracted as he Spearheads Two...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The congressman’s comments and the advancement of the Rebuild America’s School Act comes as a new report revealed that white school districts receive $23 billion more in funding than...
View ArticleCommentary: Remembering Dr. King and Adam Clayton Powell
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Today, 51 years later, we have a generation that knew not Dr. King nor Congressman Powell. And what is even more tragic is that this generation is so social media-addicted that they...
View ArticleOP-ED: How one decision set voting rights back 50 years
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Ray Curry, Secretary-Treasurer, UAW — “What a lot of people don’t realize is that many aspects of the VRA are not permanent law. Many of the provisions are temporary and must be renewed...
View ArticleNNPA to Honor Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA) for Contributions in Education
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "If we are going to prepare our country's youth for their future properly, we must ensure that we are giving them the fundamental tools necessary to grow into skillful and productive...
View ArticleFILM REVIEW — John Lewis: Civil Rights Lion Gets into Good Trouble in Dawn...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — On what would be called Bloody Sunday, Lewis, who at the time was Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) along with other civil rights lions like Reverend...
View ArticleCELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY: The St. Augustine Four is a Vital Part of Black...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — It was while in St. Augustine that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., urged President Lyndon B. Johnson to send federal troops to protect peaceful protestors, and to restore order. The Ku...
View ArticleDr. Ralph Bunche: A Hero of U.S. Diplomacy
NNPA NEWSWIRE — A valedictorian at UCLA in 1927, Dr. Bunche earned a master’s in political science in 1928 and a Ph.D. in government and international relations in 1934 from Harvard University. He...
View ArticleNAACP, Black Leaders Demand Congress Act on Voting Rights
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Nearly six decades after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and civil rights activists led the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, that helped establish voting rights for millions of...
View ArticleVIDEO: Civil Rights Leader opens up about the only time he saw MLK cry
The post Civil Rights Leader opens up about the only time he saw MLK cry appeared first on The Atlanta Voice.The post VIDEO: Civil Rights Leader opens up about the only time he saw MLK cry first...
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