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Civil Rights Movement

American singer, acclaimed actor of stage and screen, political activist and civil rights campaigner Paul Robeson rehearses at the piano on July 22, 1958.
Review
Culture & Media

Graphic Biography Highlights the Life of Actor and Activist Paul Robeson

“Ballad of an American” tells the tale of Paul Robeson’s role in the earliest civil rights movement to a new generation.
by
John Pietaro,
Truthout
January 5, 2021
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Interview
Racial Justice

Remembering the 1968 Orangeburg Massacre

The 1968 Orangeburg massacre is one of the most violent and least remembered events of the civil rights movement.
by
Amy Goodman,
Democracy Now!
November 8, 2019
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Frank Chapman speaks into a microphone during a rally
Review
Prisons & Policing

A Lifelong Organizer’s Story Comes to Life in “The Damned Don’t Cry”

Former prisoner and organizer Frank Chapman Jr.’s remarkable memoir offers hope far beyond his own story.
by
Paul Buhle,
Truthout
November 8, 2019
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One of the students posted a photo to his private Instagram account in March showing the trio in front of a roadside plaque commemorating the site where Till’s body was recovered from the Tallahatchie River.
News
Racial Justice

Students Face Investigation After Posing With Guns Next to Emmett Till Monument

One of the students posted a photo of the pose to his private Instagram account in March.
by
Jerry Mitchell,
ProPublica
July 28, 2019
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Screenshot from "The Issue of Mr. O'Dell," a documentary about the life and work of Jack O'Dell, veteran African-American civil rights activist.
Politics & Elections

New Film Reveals Life of Civil Rights Activist Jack O’Dell

“The Issue of Mr. O’Dell” offers a rare glimpse at the shaping of the civil rights movement amidst the Red Scare.
by
Paul Buhle,
Truthout
August 25, 2018
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Environment & Health

Activists With Diabetes Take on the Global Insulin Crisis

T1 International has flipped the script on health care advocacy with patients leading the fight for accessible insulin.
by
Fran Quigley,
Truthout
August 18, 2018
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Politics & Elections

Aretha Franklin Was an Icon of the Civil Rights and Feminist Movements

Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, died Thursday at her home in Detroit at the age of 76.
by
Amy Goodman,
Democracy Now!
August 17, 2018
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MLK’s Final Days: The Rev. James Lawson Remembers King’s Assassination & Support for Memphis Strike
Human Rights

MLK’s Final Days: The Rev. James Lawson Remembers King’s Assassination and Support for Memphis Strike

Rev. James Lawson discusses his experience with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
by
Amy Goodman &
Juan González,
Democracy Now!
April 3, 2018
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Review

Trapped in a Burning House: A Review of “I Am Not Your Negro“

Raoul Peck’s documentary on James Baldwin is deeply moving because it is, in essence, a sermon.
by
Nicholas Powers,
Truthout
July 30, 2017
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Op-Ed

Moving the Needle on Black Liberation

“We need to center incarcerated people in the conversations about Black lives,” writes incarcerated organizer Emile DeWeaver.
by
Emile DeWeaver,
Truthout
July 9, 2017
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