By: Stephanie Allen-Gobert On Friday, January 31, at 11:00 am, black elected officials and activists celebrated the legacy of Bed-Stuy native Shirley Chisholm, with the unveiling of a USPS forever stamp. The celebration and unveiling took place at Brooklyn’s Borough Hall. Chisholm is the country’s first black congresswoman who later ran for president in 1972. The stamp, … [Read more...] about First black congresswoman honored with postage stamp
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Newseum opens “1964: Civil Rights at 50” exhibit featuring powerful photographs of Freedom Summer
Student civil rights activists joined hands and sang as they prepared to leave Ohio to register black voters in Mississippi.The 1964 voter registration campaign was known as Freedom Summer. Photo Credit: Ted Polumbaum/Newseum collection WASHINGTON — On Friday, January 17, 2014 the Newseum will open “1964: Civil Rights at 50,” a yearlong exhibit about Freedom Summer, a bold … [Read more...] about Newseum opens “1964: Civil Rights at 50” exhibit featuring powerful photographs of Freedom Summer
I Have A Dream Speech
Milwaukee Honors The 5oth Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I Have A Dream Speech I Have A Dream - 50 Years Later - Fighting for Victory - One Milwaukee Saturday, August 24, 2013 11am to 2pm … [Read more...] about I Have A Dream Speech
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April 4 Marks 45th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination Thursday April 4, 2013 marks the 45th anniversary of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's. assassination in 1968. He was struck down by a sniper's bullet while standing on a hotel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. His death is one of the saddest chapters in world history What Dr. King did for … [Read more...] about Did You Know?
Remembering the ‘Bloody Sunday’ 1965 civil rights march
Vice President Joe Biden apologized twice Sunday, March 3, 2013, first to an audience in a college gym, then to a crowd at the foot of the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge. Both were gathered to commemorate "Bloody Sunday," when Alabama troopers and Selma, AL, law enforcement beat back civil rights marchers on March 7, 1965. "I feel a lot of guilt, like many in my generation, … [Read more...] about Remembering the ‘Bloody Sunday’ 1965 civil rights march