Tag Archives: Civil Rights Movement

Uncommon Knowledge With Peter Robinson: The Sixties With Christopher Hitchens & William F. Buckley (1998)

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Rik Schneider

. Source:The FreeState The 1960s is a generation that I would’ve liked to experienced as an adult, but I come from one generation up, so that’s not possible. But it was really a revolutionary decade both politically and culturally with … Continue reading →

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ABC News: Special Report: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Derik Schneider

Source:The Daily Journal The assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King the leader of the American civil rights movement, was tragic for so many reasons. But the biggest reason why it was so tragic because of the time he died and … Continue reading →

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NBC News: Meet The Press: Dr. Martin Luther King (1965)

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Derik Schneider

Source:The Daily Journal Dr. Martin Luther King and his movement, wasn’t marching for the exercise, or the fresh air of it. But they were marching for freedom and to have the same constitutional rights and freedom as Americans who were … Continue reading →

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Union Solidarity: Video: Dr. Martin L. King on Labor, Wealth and Inequality

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Derik Schneider

Union Solidarity: Video: Dr. Martin L. King on Labor, Wealth and Inequality Economic policy, is the part of Dr. Martin L. King’s message that I disagree with. And where he was lacking, because he sort of took this social democratic … Continue reading →

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Divinity: Martin L. King: ‘I Have Been to the Mountaintop Full’

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Derik Schneider

Source:The Daily Journal I don’t believe there are many people perhaps in the history of the world, but certainly in the history of the United States who had better timing than Martin L. King. And I say that for a … Continue reading →

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Mr. Holt History: Video: Martin Luther King Jr. On Love and Nonviolence

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Derik Schneider

Mr. Holt History: Video: Martin Luther King Jr. On Love and Nonviolence There were at least two reasons for Dr. King’s message of non-violence. One, that he actually believed in it. And I’m not trying to suggest that he didn’t, … Continue reading →

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CBS News: Walter Conkrite- Interviewing President John F. Kennedy (1963)

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Erik Schneider

Source:CBS News– President John F. Kennedy (Democrat, Massachusetts) being interviewed by CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite, in 1963. Source:The Daily Press “CBS-TV Interview With President John Fitzgerald Kennedy On Sept. 2, 1963” From President John F. Kennedy In September, 1963, CBS … Continue reading →

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WEWS-TV News: Dr. Martin Luther King in Cleveland, Ohio (1967)

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Derik Schneider

Source:Free State MD I wanted to write a blog about Dr. Martin Luther King’s Poor People’s Campaign that he launched in 1967-68. A few years after the Civil and Voting Rights Acts of 1964 and 65 respectfully were passed by … Continue reading →

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Emmanuel Goldstein: The Open Mind With Richard Hefner: Dr. Martin Luther King

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Derik Schneider

Source:The Daily Journal Liberal democracy, worked pretty well in America except for African-Americans and perhaps other racial minorities. Which is why the civil rights movement was so important and Reverend Martin L. King comes along in the 1950s part of … Continue reading →

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CBS News 1968, A Year That Changed America

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Erik Schneider

. Source:The Daily Press I think one thing that separates America and makes us stronger than anyone else is that we can go through a year like 1968 and get through it and survive it. And still remain one country, … Continue reading →

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