Tag Archives: Civil Rights

Reason Party: Video: Oxford Union Debate, The American Civil Rights Movement

. This post was originally posted at FRS Daily Post on WordPress Bill Buckley seemed to be making the case that Africans were better off in America than they are in Africa or anywhere else in the world. Which may … Continue reading

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TWR EFLECT: ‘Who is the Nigger? -James Baldwin (Clip)’

Source:TWR EFLECT– author James Baldwin I believe in 1965. “A clip from, “Take this Hammer”… KQED’s mobile film unit follows author and activist James Baldwin in the spring of 1963, as he’s driven around San Francisco to meet with members … Continue reading

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California Newsreel: James Baldwin- ‘The Price of The Ticket’

Source:California Newsreels– James Baldwin’s: The Price of The Ticket. Source:The Daily Post “James Baldwin (1924-1987) was at once a major twentieth century American author, a Civil Rights activist and, for two crucial decades, a prophetic voice calling Americans, Black and … Continue reading

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Frantz Kebreau: Malcolm X: ‘Black Democrats Are ‘Traitors’

Source:Frantz Kebreau– talking about African-American Democrats. Source:The Daily Press “The second from the Malcolm X series. Although I do not agree with his early philosophy, he sets the record straight and reveals the Truth about the Democratic Party!! Correction Sen. … Continue reading

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Malcolm X Network: James Baldwin on Malcolm X

This post was originally posted at FRS Daily Post Plus James Baldwin was from the Martin L. King school of civil rights. That African-Americans needed to work with other Americans in order to get their freedom. Which is what separated … Continue reading

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Liberty Pen: Walter E. Williams & Ron Walters Debate Affirmative Action (1988)

Source:FreeState Now The problem with affirmative action in a country that’s supposed to be a liberal democracy like America, that claims to be color-blind and that all people are created equally under law, is that affirmative action simply contradicts those … Continue reading

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The New York Times: Can Diversity Survive Without Affirmative Action?

Source:Free State MD You only achieve a colorblind, or racial-blind, which is what this is really about, or ethnic-blind, or gender-blind society, if you actually practice those things. And simply say dammit, (or use your own word) we are simply … Continue reading

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The Open Mind With Richard Heffner: Race Relations in Crisis (June 12, 1963)

. Source:Real Life Journal Without Malcolm X and Martin L. King we probably never get the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s. At least not until someone in the African-American community stepped up and demanded their freedom and … Continue reading

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Malcolm X Debate With James Baldwin (September 5, 1963)

. Source:Real Life Journal This is the perfect debate to have because what is integration worth if it doesn’t come with freedom. You could have different races and ethnicities integrated in the same community, city, state or even country. But … Continue reading

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New York City Public Radio: Interview of Malcolm x (March 10, 1960)

. Source:Real Life Journal This interview was very important because Malcolm X was being interviewed about one of the key aspects that he preached about during his movement. Which was African-American identity and what it means to be an American … Continue reading

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