Meet Bayard Rustin, often-forgotten civil rights activist, gay rights advocate, union organizer, pacifist and man of compassion for all in trouble
American Dreamer,” my biography of the 20th-century radical leader and activist, one of my colleagues cautioned me not to ...
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The Railroad Workers Behind the Civil Rights Movement
Pullman porters did more than carry bags, they paved the way for higher education opportunities, the professional working ...
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Advocating the Dream: 7 notable mass gatherings of the Civil Rights Movement
As part of the successful effort to advance racial equality, many mass gatherings and actions were performed over the ...
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Temecula Valley Museum features exhibit of photos from the Civil Rights Movement
Among the events in the exhibit photographs are James Meredith’s admission to the University of Mississippi, the Selma to Montgomery marches, the sanitation workers’ strike, Martin Luther King Jr.’s ...
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Meredith's name is breaking news again as he announces he may not stay at the university. Meredith is being relentlessly harassed and more soldiers are now on campus than students. The stage is set ...