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Rosa Parks & Race Relations in Early Hollywood

By sunnynash on  From sunnynash.blogspot.com
Search Blog   & Follow Buttons on Right Sidebar  Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, led by Dr. Martin Luther King, affected race relations in America and early Hollywood, in that, studios had to change with the new racial climate that had relegated black actors to servants' roles and mirrored pre-civil rights America.   Tweet Race Relations in Hollywood and America before the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s  Rosa Parks (1913-2005)  Going to Court a fter Arrest The Montgomery...Read Full Story

Parable of Mother Coretta Scott King

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Parable of Mother Coretta Scott King I remember sitting in the pew of Riverside Church at the memorial for Dr. Betty Shabazz , listening and looking at Myrlie Evers -Williams and Coretta Scott King standing at the podium. I wondered at the great suffering they had endured as a result of America assassinating their husbands, Malcolm, Medgar and Martin. The combined tragedies of Shakespeare, Macbeth, Othello, King Lear and Hamlet, cannot match the tragic dramas of these grand men and women...Read Full Story

Dec. 1, 1955: Rosa Parks sparks Civil Rights Movement

By derrick920 on  From renwl.org
From the Montgomery Advertiser : Parks’ quiet courage helped change the world Rosa Parks, the world’s beloved mother of the civil rights movement, is dead but her spirit lives on. The woman whose quiet strength broke the back of Jim Crow law never will be forgotten. She died of natural causes in her Detroit home Oct. 24, 2005. Young and old have been impacted by her legacy and millions will pause this week to reflect on her life. “The contributions she made to this city, this...Read Full Story

Race Relations in America, the Woolworth's Sit-ins

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Tweet Woolworth's sit-ins by black and white college students in Greensboro NC between February and July 1960 integrated lunch counters across the nation.  Greensboro Four Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain Ezell Blair, Jr., David Richmond The Woolworth's lunch counter sit-ins in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960 led off the most significant social movement of twentieth century America.  Four well-dressed black college freshmen, Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair, Jr. (later known...Read Full Story

Bigotry In Between Every Line

By scottspiegel on  From scottspiegel.com
Cover of Martin Luther King, Jr. “I’m particularly offended by these people who want to take the nation back…  If you read the Republican Contract with America, you can see the bigotry in between every line.” – Maida Odom , “One Nation Working Together” rally attendee, October 2, 2010 In a desperate, last-ditch attempt to salvage their miserable midterm election prospects, Democrats have been tarnishing Republicans and Tea Partiers with the smear of—wait for it… racism! Frederick...Read Full Story
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If the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were alive today, he would be proud of a local organization that bears his name. The Martin Luther King Jr. Committee, an organization comprised of local churches, has donated $250 to God's Kitchen ...  
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On Friday, Feb. 10, Boston College held its annual presentation of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship in Robsham Theater. Sandra Dickson, CSON '13, was this year's winner. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the award that began with a ...  
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A paraphrased quote on the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial will soon be replaced after complaints arose last year against the truncated inscription. Critics argued that the words shed an unfavorable light on the civil rights leader.  
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Arun Gandhi, a grandson of the Indian independence leader, will deliver this year's Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture this Monday evening at Sage Chapel on the Cornell University campus. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, begins at 7:30pm on Monday, February 13th. Gandhi grew up Indian under apartheid laws in South Africa, experiencing racial tension from an early age. It was after he was sent to live with his...  
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Awards were presented to the winners of the Martin Luther King Photography Contest at the January Kings Mountain City Council meeting and a reception was held for the photographers on Jan. 16 in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.  
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Sunday, February 12, 2012, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Google Calendar Yahoo Calendar Aol Calendar Windows Live Calendar Outlook Calendar (iCal) The show must go on! Our annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration has been rescheduled for February 12th 2012.  
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In 2000, a diverse group of Muncie residents created the Martin Luther King Jr. Dream Team, an organization that represents the spirit of King's dream of equality. The group, started by Phyllis Bartleson and the late Bea Moten-Foster, created ...  
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