Tag Archives: Civil Rights

The Daily Signal: Kay C. James- ‘Why Conservatives Should Be Leading the Civil Rights Movement’

“Conservatives should be leading the civil rights movement,” says Kay C. James, president of The Heritage Foundation. James joins the “Problematic Women” podcast to explain that the answers to many of the issues plaguing the African American community, such as … Continue reading

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National Constitution Center: NCC Staff- How Dr. Martin L. King Cited The Constitution in His Mountaintop Speech

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat Dr. King used the Constitution to make his case for the civil rights movement all the time and did it in a very intelligent and accurate way. Saying that African-Americans had … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Opinion- Clint Smith: Affirmative Action As Reparations

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat The main reason why I oppose affirmative action at least in the sense of reward any American or Americans based on race, ethnicity, or gender, is because I have this old … Continue reading

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Constitution Daily: Staff- Debating Affirmative Action: The Case Against Racial Preferences and For Equal Rights and Protection

Source: Constitution Daily: Staff- Debating Affirmative Action: The Case Against Racial Preferences and For Equal Rights and Protection As a Liberal, I’m against racial preferences regardless of who they’re tended to favor over any other race and in favor of … Continue reading

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TIME: Blog: Charlotte Alter: Here’s What All Successful Student Protests Have in Common

Source: TIME: Blog: Charlotte Alter: Here’s What All Successful Student Protests Have in Common What separates the student protest movements of the 1960s from today, is that the 1960s protesters were protesting for freedom. Protesting for civil and equal rights … Continue reading

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CSPAN: John Birch Society- Anarchy U.S.A. (1966)

Source:CSPAN– A John Birch Society film about the 1960s civil rights movement. Source:The New Democrat “Anarchy U.S.A. This anti-communism film, produced in 1966 by the John Birch Society, uses narration and news footage to detail the methods of communist revolutionaries … Continue reading

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Foreign Affairs: Opinion- Graham K. Brown and Arnim Langer- Lessons From Affirmative Action Around The World

Source: Foreign Affairs: Opinion- Graham K. Brown and Arnim Langer- Lessons From Affirmative Action Around The World Imagine fifty-years ago when the U.S. Government under the Johnson Administration had a federal policy designed to empower racial and ethnic minorities in this … Continue reading

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Lenny Kravitz: Dream- Martin Luther King Day

“A compilation of footage and photos of Dr. King in honor of Martin Luther King Day. Song: Dream (Music & Lyrics by Lenny Kravitz) from the album “Black And White America.” Download here:I-Tunes.” From Lenny Kravitz I think it is pretty … Continue reading

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DCCAH: Video: Bayard Rustin and James Baldwin, Freedom Fighters and Friends

. James Baldwin and Bayard Rustin both had two strikes against them and really in Bayard’s case three. But I guess he didn’t strike out because the umpire felt charitable or what have you. But they were both Black and … Continue reading

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The LBJ Library: Video: President Lyndon Johnson’s Meeting With Governor George C. Wallace, 3/18/65

This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger President Lyndon Johnson talking about the need for Alabama Governor George C. Wallace’s need to enforce the law in Alabama. And in this case the law was a Federal … Continue reading

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