civil rights

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  8/14/19
  

  Our democracy’s founding ideals were false when they were written. Black Americans have fought to make them true.

  by Nikole Hannah-Jones

  Without the idealistic, strenuous and patriotic efforts of black Americans, our democracy today would most likely look very different — it might not be a democracy at all.

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• SOURCE: History Channel
  July 26, 2019
  

  Red Summer of 1919: How Black WWI Vets Fought Back Against Racist Mobs

  When dozens of brutal race riots erupted across the U.S. in the wake of World War I and the Great Migration, black veterans stepped up to defend their communities against white violence.

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• SOURCE: Chicago Tribune
  July 21, 2019
  

  ‘Ready to explode’: How a black teen’s drifting raft triggered a deadly week of riots 100 years ago in Chicago

  100 years ago riots broke out across Chicago. 

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  7/16/19
  

  Not Everyone Wanted a Man on the Moon

  by Neil M. Maher

  Protesters in the late ’60s and early ’70s pushed for spending at home on the same multibillion dollar scale as the moon race.

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• SOURCE: History
  7/11/2019
  

  Why Civil Rights Activists Protested the Moon Landing

  In 1969, NASA was spending millions on the Apollo space program. Some argued that money could be better spent.

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• 7/14/19
  

  Say It Ain't So Joe: Strategies of Segregation in Ventura County

  by Frank P. Barajas

  The desegregation busing laws that Joe Biden opposed in the 1970s have given way to "a more insidious segregation" in this California community today.

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  July 7, 2019
  

  James Monroe Enslaved Hundreds. Their Descendants Still Live Next Door.

  A small African-American community has existed less than 10 miles from the president’s former plantation for generations. Only recently has the full extent of their relationship been revealed.

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• SOURCE: Black Perspectives
  July 3, 2019
  

  Before the Central Park Five, There Was the Trenton Six

  by Denise Lynn

  Read about the "Trenton Six" and their similar story to the Central Park Five. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  7/1/19
  

  There’s a Generational Shift in the Debate Over Busing

  by Matthew Delmont

  Kamala Harris took part in a bold experiment as a child—and the experiences of her generation may transform the debate over desegregation.

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• SOURCE: Vox
  6/28/2019
  

  Joe Biden’s record on school desegregation busing, explained

  The former vice president once called busing “an asinine policy.”

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  06/30/2019
  

  Kamala Harris and Classmates Were Bused Across Berkeley. The Experience Changed Them.

  Read how the history of busing impacted Kamala Harris, and what she did to combat her experiences. 

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• SOURCE: Intelligencer
  6/30/2019
  

  Two MLK Scholars Discuss Explosive, Disputed FBI Files on the Civil-Rights Icon

  Professor Michael Honey, who teaches civil-rights history at the University of Washington Tacoma, took strong issue with historian and former University of Pittsburgh professor David Garrow’s framing of the newly discovered file.

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• SOURCE: NPR
  06/30/2019
  

  A History Of School Busing

  Read interview about the history of busing.  

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  6/21/2019
  

  Three civil rights workers were missing. Sen. Eastland said it was fake news.

  "I don’t believe there’s three missing,” Eastland said. “I believe it’s a publicity stunt.”

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• 6/23/19
  

  Stonewall's Legacy and Kwame Anthony Appiah's Misuse of History

  by Alan Singer

  What Appiah misses in his dismissal of the Stonewall Rebellion’s historical importance is that symbols like Rosa Parks sitting down and Stonewall are crucial to social movements as they mobilize and move from the political margins to the center of civic discourse.

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• SOURCE: NPR
  6/18/19
  

  NPR Identifies 4th Attacker In the Civil Rights-Era Cold Case of James Reeb's Murder

  A four-year NPR investigation, led by Alabama-based reporters Chip Brantley and Andrew Beck Grace, found an eyewitness to the attack who has never spoken publicly about what she saw. 

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• SOURCE: NY Daily News
  6/12/19
  

  We need to face the whole truth about Martin Luther King, Jr.

  by Jonathon Zimmerman

  The reactions to this latest episode smack of a different kind of conspiracy, which historians should both recognize and resist: the conspiracy of silence.

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• SOURCE: Atlantic Journal-Constitution
  6/7/19
  

  Enhancing the historical record is scholars’ foremost task

  by David Garrow

  David Garrow defends his recent controversial article about Martin Luther King, Jr. 

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• SOURCE: The Bulwark
  5/30/19
  

  What Are We Supposed to Think of Martin Luther King Jr. Now?

  by Rod Radosh

  Some thought Garrow should keep his discoveries under wraps, but it is the job of the historian to tell the truth. 

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  6/8/19
  

  A historian's claims about Martin Luther King are shocking – and irresponsible

  by Donna Murch

  A recent essay claims the civil rights leader was present during a rape, but the evidence is shaky and there’s reason to be skeptical.