In spring 1963, African American civil rights activists in Alabama started the Birmingham campaign, a series of sit-ins, boycotts and marches against segregation laws. The peaceful demonstrations were met with violence, teargas and police dogs. The...
Martin Luther King was assassinated 50 years ago. This is the powerful, prophetic speech he made to a packed church in Memphis, Tennessee, on 3 April 1968, just a day before he was assassinated. King called for unity, economic actions, boycotts and ...
Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement Friends and family. Kinfolks and loved ones. I appreciate the dedication to this movement and the love that is being shared for all black people inside of the Americas and across the...
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611 Shares Picture: mashable composite: Evan Vucci/ap photograph and Ron Sachs/picture-alliance/dpa/AP PicturesBy Nicole Gallucci2017-01-14 16:17:59 UTC If there's one factor Donald Trump has taught us since his presidential marketing campaign...