Blogs about: Civil Rights History
Featured Blog
Justice Scalia and the politics of racial resentment
By Alan Bean According to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court needs to rescue Washington politicians from the scourge of political correctness. Sure, the Senate voted 98-0 to keep… more →
Friends of Justice
Josephine Returns
wrote 5 days ago: Josephine Baker performing after a 25-year absence in New York City, 1950. Photo by Eve Arnold. Jose … more →
MLK's Letter from Birmingham Jail - Reflections at 50 Years
— 1 comment
wrote 1 month ago: When the hour came we lived up to our promise ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrot … more →
Amazing How A Photo from 1957 Can Still Make You Scared
— 2 comments
wrote 2 months ago: This is a photo taken in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957, during the Little Rock Crisis. The crisis w … more →
Justice Scalia and the politics of racial resentment
— 2 comments
wrote 2 months ago: By Alan Bean According to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court needs to rescue Wa … more →
Huffington Post's 'Black History Photo of the Day' for Feb 22
wrote 2 months ago: This is a photo from the funeral of Medgar Evers, a Civil Rights activist who was assassinated by a … more →
History Buzz January 18, 2013: Birmingham celebrates 50 years of civil rights history
wrote 4 months ago: HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Birmingham celebrates 50 years of … more →
US Postal Service Commemorates 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation with New Stamp
— 1 comment
wrote 4 months ago: Emancipation Proclamation Stamp dedication at The National Archives by (left to right) Danny Davis, … more →
US Postal Service commemorates 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation with new stamp
wrote 4 months ago: The U.S. Postal Service has released a limited-edition stamp to commemorate the 150th anniversary of … more →
Haunted by America
— 5 comments
wrote 6 months ago: By Alan Bean It’s 3:41 am, but sleep eludes me. I am haunted by America. A few hours ago I wa … more →
Mitt, Moochers, and Mormonism
wrote 7 months ago: Mary Barker is a professor of political science at Syracuse University’s campus in Madrid, Spain as … more →
Calling all teachers...
wrote 9 months ago: The Mesa Arts Center has plenty of options for school and family outings I love getting lost in the … more →
Leonard Pitts Jr.'s Freeman
— 14 comments
wrote 10 months ago: Imagine a man walking from Philadelphia to Mississippi, hoping to unite with the woman he loves and … more →
Southern Baptists poised to elect a black president; is this significant?
— 1 comment
wrote 11 months ago: The Rev. Fred Luter The Southern Baptist Convention is poised to elect its first African-American pr … more →
Book Review: Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock
wrote 11 months ago: Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock by David Margolick. 2011. Yale University Press. 3 … more →
"Brooker's Place" opens a window on Mississippi civil rights history
— 1 comment
wrote 1 year ago: By Alan Bean Those who felt “The Help” whitewashed the social realities of civil rights- … more →
Will Trayvon Martin's death spark the movement to end mass incarceration?
— 1 comment
wrote 1 year ago: After news spread about the killing of 17-year old Trayvon Martin, many began comparing Martin … more →
Franklin Graham and the black-white gap in American evangelicalism
— 3 comments
wrote 1 year ago: Franklin Graham impersonates his famous father By Alan Bean I have never met Lisa Sharon Harper, but … more →
"The Power to Make us One": Heather McGhee's One-People America
— 6 comments
wrote 1 year ago: Heather McGhee By Alan Bean Heather McGhee, the Director of Demos’ Washington Office, was the … more →
Arizona: In the Shadow of the Klan
wrote 1 year ago: The burning of "outlawed books" in Nazi Germany THE BURNING Of THE BOOKS, by Bertolt Brec … more →
