civil rights

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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.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  06/08/2019
  

  Montgomery embarks on effort to document civil rights sites

  by Associated Press

  Redocumenting and recreating civil rights history in Montgomery, Alabama.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  6/3/19
  

  A Black Feminist’s Response to Attacks on Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy

  by Barbara Ransby

  We should not become historical peeping Toms by trafficking in what amounts to rumor and innuendo.

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• SOURCE: House Committee on Education and Labor
  5/17/19
  

  Video of the Week: Brown v. Board at 65, A Promise Unfulfilled

  This six-minute video gives a powerful overview of the Supreme Court decision.

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• 5/19/19
  

  The History of Black Women Championing Demands for Reparations

  by Ana Lucia Araujo

  For black women, the fight for reparations is not a new opportunity, it is a long-lasting battle for social justice.

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• SOURCE: The Tennessean
  4/26/19
  

  MLK's prescription for healing hate was embracing 'agape'

  by Eli Merritt

  King spoke about the Greek concept of agape, or brotherly love and compassion, a social concept he defined as “understanding, creative, redemptive good will for all men.”

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  5/9/19
  

  Misery and memory in Glendora, Mississippi: How poverty is reshaping the story of Emmett Till’s murder

  by Dave Tell

  As Till’s story has been passed down through the generations and taken up by a range of memorials, its plot has been shaped by forces like poverty as much as by fidelity to historical fact.

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• SOURCE: Time
  5/1/19
  

  A Digital Way to Follow the Freedom Riders’ Journey Against Segregation During the Civil Rights Era

  The Civil Rights activists faced violence in multiple cities in their fight for equality.

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• SOURCE: Refinery 29
  4/24/19
  

  The Revolutionary Artist & Civil Rights Activist Pop Culture Forgot About

  "She was a feminist before the feminist movement,” remarked Imani Perry. 

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• 4/14/19
  

  Trump’s War on Civil Rights and Beyond: A Conversation with Acclaimed Political Analyst and Civil Rights Historian Juan Williams

  by Robin Lindley

  "We need to understand how much blood, sweat, and tears it took to create the thriving Black America of today and protect us from those who, like President Trump, couldn’t care less."

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  4/8/19
  

  From ‘40 acres and a mule’ to LBJ to the 2020 election, a brief history of slavery reparation promises

  by John Torpey

  Does the United States owe descendants of slaves reparations?

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/28/19
  

  Want to unify the country? A community organizer and a Klan leader showed us how.

  by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

  In the midst of the identity crisis we face as a nation, the organizing tradition that Ann Atwater embodied is the strong medicine we need.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  3/26/19
  

  Senator Doug Jones Writes Book on the Birmingham Church Bombing That Changed the Course of Civil Rights

  With this book, Jones invites us — indeed, challenges us — to look anew at the central paradox of the case.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/26/19
  

  The danger of denying black Americans political rights

  by Kellie Carter Jackson

  Without access to political rights, violence becomes a crucial tool in the fight for freedom.

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• SOURCE: Black Perspectives
  3/25/19
  

  Justin Rose's New Book explores how Martin Luther King Jr. transformed the Christian notion of service into a politically salient concept

  Dr. Rose’s book aims to fill an important gap in the literature on Martin Luther King Jr. by exploring King’s notions of political service.

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• 3/24/19
  

  Vernon Johns: An Often Forgotten Controversial Civil Rights Activist

  by M. Andrew Holowchak

  Johns was a critical figure in the push for racial equality, chiefly because he was not merely a pusher, but also a shover.

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• SOURCE: Associated Press
  3/13/19
  

  Medgar Evers' home established as a national monument in Jackson

  “Medgar and Myrlie Evers are heroes whose contributions to the advancement of civil rights in Mississippi and our nation cannot be overstated,” U.S. Sen Roger Wicker said in a statement.