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Thursday Open Thread: Unsolved Civil Rights Era Murders
Good Morning POU. Continuing with our somber look at the domestic terrorism perpetrated upon the African-american citizens for simply wanting to be treated with respect and dignity. Louis Allen (April...
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Sunday Afternoon Thread: Songs of Selma
The documentary Freedom Songs: Selma, Alabama, is a recording that chronicles civil rights protesters singing during a march from Selma, Alabama, to the State Capitol in Montgomery, to demand fair...
View ArticleLIVE STREAM: President Obama Speaks At #Selma50 (UPDATED w/FULL SPEECH)
President Obama walks across The Edmund Pettus Bridge, in Selma, Alabama on the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday pic.twitter.com/rtIlVRgW0W — Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) March 7, 2015 President Obama...
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Friday Open Thread: Incredible Investigative Journalists of Color
Happy Friday POU! Today we feature another head of the NAACP that risked his life to expose working conditions in 1930s Mississippi. “Images of what I’d seen in Mississippi – the grim little river...
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Wednesday Open Thread: Lesser-Known African-American Actors & Actresses
HAPPY HUMP DAY, P.O.U.! JANE WHITE Jane White (October 30, 1922 – July 24, 2011) was an actress of African-American descent. Born in New York City, she attended Smith College and The New School.[1]...
View ArticleTuesday Open Thread: Dr. King Meets The Press (Revisited)
GOOD MORNING P.O.U.! Here’s Part II of Dr. King’s 1960 appearance on “Meet The Press”:
View ArticleThursday Open Thread: Dr. King Meets The Press (Revisited)
GOOD MORNING P.O.U.! We continue our look at Dr. King’s appearances on NBC’s “Meet The Press”. In this 1963 appearance, Dr. King and Roy Wilkins discuss their planned March on Washington: PART I:
View ArticleSaturday Open Thread: Dr. King on Black Pride
GOOD MORNING, P.O.U.! Here’s an excerpt of a speech Dr. King gave on Aug. 11, 1967 in Atlanta, GA, where he talks about Black Pride…
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Tuesday Open Thread: Civil Rights Attorneys
Fred David Gray (born December 14, 1930) is a civil rights attorney, preacher and activist who practices law in Alabama. He litigated several major civil rights cases in Alabama, including some that...
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Thursday Morning Thread: Black and Red – The History of African-Americans and...
I admit that I had never heard of the National Negro Congress (yesterday’s topic) or its youth affiliate organization, The Southern Negro Youth Congress. HIStory would have you believe black people...
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