PETERSBURG - The late Robert H. Cooley Jr. was a "silent giant of the civil rights movement in Virginia and beyond," said Joseph E. Preston, a former associate of the civil rights attorney. Cooley died on Feb. 19 at age 101. When Petersburg was the movement's hub in southern Virginia in the early 1960s, some of the local leaders gained regional, even national fame. Herbert Coulton became the regional director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The Rev. Curtis Harris marched to Selma. The Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker led the library sit-ins and later went off to become chief of staff for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. All of them wrote history.
Sharing stories of struggles and triumphs during the civil rights movement, a small group of African-American teachers, students and graduates of the former Delta Center High School in Walls reunited Saturday in celebration of Black History Month. The celebration took place in the new conference room at the Walls Public Library and kicked off the "On the Right Side of Justice" exhibit there highlighting 1960 Delta Center graduate Leslie McLemore, one of DeSoto County's first black registered voters in 1963.
After the law school was on its feet and supplying legal troops for the "War on Jim Crow," Houston would become the first, Black legal director of the NAACP. He would make his former law student, Thurgood Marshall, his chief lieutenant. The war was on. The Civil Rights Movement was designed to save the face of the United States internationally. As Dr. Martin L. King, Jr., stated, "Segregation is the Negro's burden and America's shame. Disregarding the plight of militant lawyers, the Millions More Movement only gave suspended attorney Chokwe Lumumba 60 seconds in the morning to speak at the rally. Neither [Louis Farrakhan], [Jesse L. Jackson] nor [Al Sharpton] mentioned his plight. Thou shall not offend whites. Predictably, Jackson has called for a march in Baton Rouge on Oct. 29 to boo...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- From Abraham Lincoln's tide-turning elections and inaugurations to Dr. Martin Luther King's soul-stirring "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC has served as a powerful backdrop for catalyzing moments in the Civil War and civil rights movement. To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the war and to explore DC's unique role in the civil rights movement, cultural attractions, historic landmarks, cultural organizations and historic sites throughout the capital region have joined together for a unique promotion, "Civil War to Civil Rights. The program is coordinated by Destination DC, the city's official tourism office, in partnership with local and national entities such as the National Park Service, National Ar...
In a recent syndicated column (April 2), National Review editor Richard Lowry informs us that "liberals" are guilty of identifying health-care reform with a "victory as transcendent as that of the civil rights movement. Lowry considers this movement to be a "rare and marvelous thing." He extols the "genius of Martin Luther King," who spent his life teaching us to love each other. And Lowry ends his encomium by contrasting the health-care bill with the Christ-like purity of the civil rights protesters, who were concerned with "freedom and securing the most basic rights - to vote and to gain equal access to public accommodations."
This is so effective because this is really a new civil rights movement reborn in this country," [Partha Banerjee] told OneWorld. "Remember, back in the 50s, the huge civil rights movement in this country was primarily about the blacks, but also about other minorities. "This is not just about the immigrants," she added. "It's about human and civil rights, it's about all marginalized, under-privileged people in the United States." "There were over 100 organizations that were working on this," she said, referring to the Chicago demonstration. "The Spanish language deejays were really helpful in telling people that H.R. 4437 [the House immigration measure] is a horrible bill and that unless we get in the streets and tell them about it, that kind of anti-immigration policy could become re...
ATLANTA - On the Sunday before Election Day, preachers told black churchgoers across the country to get out and vote - and defy predictions that they'll be complacent or uninterested in a year that President Barack Obama isn't on the ballot. Tying the vote to nostalgia and obligation, black pastors invoked the civil rights movement and Obama's historic 2008 victory. At Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta - the spiritual home of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. - the Rev. Raphael G. Warnock warned attendees that not voting would be nothing short of a sin.
During a panel discussion called "The Churches and the Movement," Minister Don Muhammad of Roxbury's Muhammad Mosque #11 stressed that the movement brought about protective laws, but the struggle didn't end there. The black community still has a civic duty to make sure these laws are implemented and enforced by elected officials, Muhammad said, noting that we "will never solve this problem unless we realize that everyone is God's children" - and the laws should protect everyone. I'm amazed that so many young people in Boston are not aware of where we have come from," said [Michael E. Haynes]. "Many of them don't understand that 35 or 40 years ago, I couldn't walk or ride through South Boston the way you do today. You could not attend the annual Bunker Hill parade in Charlestown 35 or 4...
Sometimes, people forget about them because somebody gets murdered out of the movement who is a great speaker-a Dr. King, or a militant figure like [Malcolm X], and say 'oh, yeah, that's the leader of the movement.' But the leader was actually...maybe somebody you don't remember. "It was scary and chaotic if you can imagine that thousands of people didn't like you because your skin was black," [Terrence Roberts] said. "Segregation was the law of the land. I said 'I may not make it through alive.' Life was a struggle. But we were doing the right thing. Thousands of other people died. The sacrifices were too great." "I think it's essential," [Donzaleigh] said. "Our stories have to be told and I think it's important that we tell our own stories. People of other races will the African Ame...
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