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Voting Rights - March 15, 19652 comments

gordonskene wrote 2 months ago: And in Selma on this day, the struggle continued. Click on the link here for Audio Player: LBJ -1965 … more →

Tags: 1960s, 1965, Broadcasts, Capitol Hill, Cities, Civil Rights, Civil unrest, Congress, Day in History

Freedom Fighters, sharing the legacy in Siouxland

jerrymennenga wrote 2 months ago: This past week Western Iowa Tech Community College in Sioux City, Iowa, was host to a speaker who ad … more →

Tags: Life in Siouxland, Politics, Historical, Photography (2), lost in siouxland, Iowa, Sioux City (Iowa), siouxland, northeastern Nebraska

ATTABOY, LUTHER!

WilliamsProjects wrote 2 months ago: March 9th in history: On March 9th, 1965, more than two thousand civil rights demonstrators led by M … more →

Tags: Today in History, Trivia, March, MASH, Martin Luther King Jr., The Andy Griffith Show, Montgomery Alabama, Pettus Bridge, march on selma

The Voting Rights Act of 20062 comments

dwkcommentaries wrote 2 months ago: On February 27, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case challenging the constitu … more →

Tags: Politics, Law, History, Lyndon B. Johnson, George W. Bush, U. S. Supreme Court, Jesse Jackson, Alberto Gonzalez, Voting Rights Act of 1965

48th Anniversary Of Bloody Sunday Remembered In Selma, AL

praisephilly Staff wrote 2 months ago:  Vice President Joe Biden told a crowd gathered for the annual commemoration of Bloody Sunday in 196 … more →

Tags: National, Black History, Information, Bloody Sunday

48th Anniversary Of Bloody Sunday Remembered In Selma, AL

roneepowell wrote 2 months ago:  Vice President Joe Biden told a crowd gathered for the annual commemoration of Bloody Sunday in 196 … more →

Tags: National, Black History, Information, Bloody Sunday

Three To Redo (2013)2 comments

Mary Elizabeth wrote 2 months ago: 1. The couch covers. 2. Ready that garden. 3. That famous Civil Rights March. ====================== … more →

Tags: Three by M.E./Rhymes of the Times 2013, "Three by M.E./Rhymes of the Times", Society, rhyme, Voting, Mary Elizabeth Rumsey, redo, Garden, Poetry

Voting Rights March Reenacted

Brad Choat wrote 2 months ago: SELMA, Ala. (AP) — The vice president and black leaders commemorating a famous civil rights march on … more →

Tags: News, Joe Biden, Civil Rights, Martin Luther King III, John Lewis

Photos |Blood Sunday| Edmund Pettus Bridge Re-enactment 7 comments

SouthernGirl2 wrote 2 months ago: … more →

Tags: Current Events, Politics, Open thread, History, Civil Rights, Vice President Joe Biden, democracy, Jim Crow Laws, Black History

Video | 2013 Selma March Re-enactment: Bloody Sunday Edmund Pettus Bridge Showdown For the 1965 Voting Rights Act 4 comments

Ametia wrote 2 months ago: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks Sunday, March 3, 2013, during the Martin and Coretta King Unity … more →

Tags: Black History, Civil Rights, Current Events, empowerment, Jim Crow Laws, Justice, media, Politics, Bloody Sunday

Video | Rachel Maddow On SCOTUS & Voting Rights Act & HISTORY!9 comments

Ametia wrote 2 months ago: Worth watching. The segment speaks for itself. Interview with Rep. John Lewis- Scalia has opened old … more →

Tags: Current Events, Politics, media, racism, History, democracy, Justice, Jim Crow Laws, Voting Rights Act

Early Morning Open Thread: The Voting Rights Act18 comments

bostonboomer wrote 2 months ago: President Lyndon Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act, 1965 Lyndon Johnson: Voting Rights Act Address … more →

Tags: Morning Reads, U S Politics, Civil Rights, Lyndon B. Johnson, Voting Rights Act, George Wallace

SixPackSean - Hometown Dates! Sean Tells All!4 comments

racheldangerw wrote 3 months ago: I’m not sure shower scenes are necessary, but….if we must! Four women. Four hometowns. F … more →

Tags: Life, boys, Love, Being Single, Television, Women, As Seen On TV, Bachelor, Celebrities

My Response to Your Inaugural Speech, Mr. President4 comments

Lyn Leahz wrote 3 months ago: 1:00PM EST 1/22/2013 Michael Brown|CHARISMA MAGAZINE President Obama and Vice President Biden The pr … more →

Tags: Breaking News, End Times, Op-Ed, Political/Government, U. S. news, Barack Obama, united states, New York City, Stonewall Riots

"Complete Ignorance": Does Rush Limbaugh Think Civil Rights Activists Should Have Shot Cops?

raemd95 wrote 3 months ago: Under the guidance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the practice of nonviolence was an historic corne … more →

Tags: Guns, gun violence, Rush Limbaugh, Civil Rights, Martin Luther King, Gun Control, John Lewis, nonviolence, Edmund Pettus Bridge

LA Politicians are Destroying LA’s Gay Political Legacy 1 comment

dailyqueernews wrote 3 months ago: Joseph Mailander | City Watch LA | January 25, 2013 MAILANDER’S LA - It was a watershed moment for g … more →

Tags: News and politics, Barack Obama, Seneca Falls (village) New York, stonewall, selma, Los Angeles

Obama and the Future Present

dailyqueernews wrote 3 months ago: Sean Bugg | Metro Weekly | January 24, 2013 Not being a person who’s into large crowds, I didn … more →

Tags: Editorial/Opinion/Letters, Barack Obama, LGBTI, inauguration 2013, Seneca Falls (village) New York, stonewall

Obama’s Progressive Agenda: Missing a Main Ingredient

dailyqueernews wrote 4 months ago: Obama’s inauguration speech on Monday, January 21, never referenced organized labor. (Photo by … more →

Tags: Editorial/Opinion/Letters, LGBTI Rights, stonewall, Stonewall Riots, Stonewall Uprising, seneca falls

From Seneca Falls to Selma to Stonewall

dailyqueernews wrote 4 months ago: Melissa Harris-Perry | The Nation | January 23, 2013 Inaugurations are symbolic events, this year’s … more →

Tags: Editorial/Opinion/Letters, Barack Obama, LGBT, Seneca Falls (village) New York, stonewall, Stonewall Riots, Stonewall Uprising


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