Tag Archives: Civil Rights Movement

3 Chics Politicians’ “Revisionist” History Watchlist During the Obama Presidency

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

REVISONIST HISTORY: Revisionist history carries both positive and negative connotations. Each has its own entry. Historical revisionism, the reinterpretation of orthodox views on evidence, motivations, and decision-making processes surrounding a historical event Historical revisionism (negationism), either the legitimate scholastic re-examination … Continue reading →

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‘Four little girls’ of Birmingham remembered: Bill seeks to award ’63 church bombing victims

Posted on April 25, 2013 by

MSNBC It’s been nearly 50 years since four young girls were killed after members of the Ku Klux Klan planted a bomb at their Sunday school in Birmingham, Ala., simply because of the color of their skin. But five decades … Continue reading →

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Saturday Open Thread | Freedom Riders: History

Posted on February 2, 2013 by

A 36-year-old Baptist minister from Howard, MO, the Reverend Cordy “C.T.” Vivian was the oldest of the Nashville Riders. A close friend of James Lawson, he had gained the trust of the students involved in the Nashville Movement by participating … Continue reading →

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Friday Open Thread | Freedom Riders: The Movement

Posted on February 1, 2013 by

Charles Person was a freshman at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia when he was selected to take part in the 1961 Freedom Rides. While he was the youngest of the thirteen original Riders who departed from Washington, DC, Person had … Continue reading →

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Thursday Open Thread | Freedom Riders: The Turning Point

Posted on January 31, 2013 by

Bernard Lafayette, Jr. was twenty-two and enrolled as an undergraduate at Nashville’s American Baptist Theological Seminary when he took part in the 1961 Freedom Rides. Lafayette endured jail time in Birmingham, Alabama, riots and firebombings in Montgomery, an arrest in … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Open Thread | Freedom Riders:The Student Leader

Posted on January 30, 2013 by

Diane Judith Nash  (born May 15, 1938) was a leader and strategist of the student wing of the 1960s Movement. A historian described her as: “…bright, focused, utterly fearless, with an unerring instinct for the correct tactical move at each … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Open Thread | Freedom Riders:The Fresh Troops

Posted on January 29, 2013 by

John Robert Lewis (born February 21, 1940) is an American politician and civil rights leader. He is the U.S. Representative for Georgia’s 5th congressional district, serving since 1987, and is the dean of the Georgia congressional delegation. The district includes … Continue reading →

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Monday Open Thread | Freedom Riders: The Strategy

Posted on January 28, 2013 by

Throughout the summer of 1961, more than 400 black and white young Americans traveled together on buses and trains throughout the Deep South, deliberately violating Jim Crow laws in an effort to overturn them. Led by Diane Nash, the Freedom … Continue reading →

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Civil Rights Tribute: Celebrating The Dream..

Posted on January 21, 2013 by

The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (or “The Great March on Washington“, as styled in a sound recording released after the event)[1][2] was one of the largest political rallies for human rights in United States history [3] and … Continue reading →

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Friday Open Thread | Curtis Mayfield Week!

Posted on November 30, 2012 by

Curtis Lee Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the … Continue reading →

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