www.pbs.org Sam Cooke put the spirit of the Black church into popular music, creating a new American sound and setting into motion a chain of events that forever altered the course of popular music and race relations in America. American Masters celebrates the wonderful world of music game-chang...
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In the summer of 1958, two dozen young people from the Wichita Branch NAACP Youth Council staged what would become the first successful student-led sit-in of the Civil Rights movement. By August 11th, 1958, they had desegregated the Dockum Drug Store lunch counter and all Rexall Drug Stores thro...
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Because the accuracy of the census directly affects our nations ability to provide equal representation and equal access to important governmental resources for all Americans, ensuring a fair and accurate census must be regarded as one of the most significant civil rights issues facing the count...
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Sgt. Friday (Jack Webb) and Officer Gannon (Harry Morgan) work in LAPD’s Emergency Control Center immediately following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I interviewed Jeremiah Frei-Pearson, who is considering running for the New York State Senate, on Friday, December 11. Here, he told me about his work as a civil rights lawyer on behalf of children.
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Sgt. Friday (Jack Webb) and Officer Gannon (Harry Morgan) head a conference among key police personnel during which prejudices among both African-American and Caucasian officers are revealed.
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(1974)The story depicts the struggles of African Americans as seen through the eyes of the narrator, a woman named Jane Pittman. She tells of the major events of her life from the time she was a young slave girl in the American South at the end of the Civil War. The film culminates with her join...
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iReport — Maricopa County Sheriff’s Deputy feels he is above the law. He taunts me as I tell him he has violated my civil rights by erasing the footage on my camera. He says...."sue me, Palmer Badge Number 1409"
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