Rev. Dr. William Barber: This Vote That I Have…
We must come together as a coalition powerful enough to end and overcome the suppression and organize the resurrection of fusion politics in the South.
Countee Cullen: Heritage
Africa? A book one thumbs
Listlessly, till slumber comes.
Unremembered are her bats
Circling through the night, her cats
Crouching in the river reeds
John Lewis: Good Trouble, Necessary Trouble
Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.
John Samuel Tieman: The Journey of Jon Daniels
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. During this time of increasingly virulent racism, it is well that we pause and remember … Continue reading
Kathleen O’Toole: Among the Martyrs
Jimmy Lee Jackson was 26, on February 18th 1965, when a state trooper slammed him against the cigarette machine in a dark café where he and the other voting rights … Continue reading
Hilary Wainwright: The spirit of 1968 is inextinguishable – even 50 years later
This rebellious era shaped radical activists – and aggressive capitalists. What can we learn from 1968, for democratic change today? Indignados protest, 2011. Photo: Fotomovimiento/Flickr. CC-BY-2.0. . Capitalist adventurer Richard Branson … Continue reading
Jon Else: Not Your Grandma’s Civil Rights Strategy
Whose Streets? (Then and Now) On a glorious afternoon in August 1963, after the massive March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom wrapped up on the national mall, President John … Continue reading
