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Celebrating a Death Knell for Discrimination—The Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education
But while the war was over and the Constitution amended, the South’s support of slavery would continue for the next 100 years.
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Civil Rights Icon Hank Aaron: A Tough Out, On and Off the Field
His legacy is a lesson to all of us when faced with the bitter fruit of discrimination, hate and intolerance: Be your own “tough out.”
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“If You Want A Taste Of Freedom, Keep Going”—200 Years Later, Harriet Tubman Lives On
“If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there’s shouting after you, keep going. Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.”
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After 75 Years, Jackie Robinson Still Shows Us We Can Do Better, In Spite of Ourselves
On April 15, 1947—75 years ago this week—a Black man stepped onto a major league baseball diamond and into history.
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Race, Religion & Bridges to Understanding
A group of almost 600 people, mostly African-Americans, gather on a road leading east out of a small southern town. They begin to walk. Their destination is the state capital, 54 miles away. They have only come six blocks when they arrive at the bridge that marks the edge of town.
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Sidney Poitier Risked His Life for Equality and Human Rights
Had there been no Freedom Summer, and no national attention focused on civil rights, would bigotry and hate have continued to flourish unabated?
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Why Black History IS History
“Won’t it be wonderful when black history and native American history and Jewish history and all of U.S. history is taught from one book. Just U.S. history.” - Maya Angelou
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Women’s History Month: Celebrating the Voice That Sang a Nation Into Change
When one thinks of women who pushed the boundaries of civil rights, one seminal figure is rarely mentioned. Her name was Marian Anderson.
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Los Angeles Celebrates a Legend—Rev. Dr. Cecil “Chip” Murray Turns 92
Known as a man of courage who embraces, uplifts and unites people of every race and religion, Rev. Murray continues to inspire and set an example for this nation and the world. STAND today joins religious leaders and civil rights champions to thank Rev. Dr. Cecil “Chip” Murray for his decades of dedicated service to humankind.
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MLK Day—Honoring the Memory of an American Hero
He told the crowd, famously, that he had a dream that day. A dream “that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.”
