The March on Washington Film Festival hold ceremony honoring Civil Rights Movement music
Civil Rights Era articles on Democracy Chronicles
The Civil Rights Era encompasses the time of the mass American social movement following World War II, whose goal was to end racial segregation and discrimination against black Americans and enforce their constitutional voting rights. Also see our section on American democracy or see more general articles on Civil Rights, African-Americans, or Minority Voting.
Remembering Daniel Berrigan, the FBI’s Most Wanted Priest
Daniel Berrigan his brother Phil and 7 others took 378 draft files from the draft board in Catonsville, MD. and in the parking lot of the draft board office they lit the draft files on fire using homemade Napalm to protest the Vietnam War
Trump-eting In The “Bad Ole Days”?
When Trump says that he will “make America Great again”, someone should ask: When was the last time that he thinks America actually was “great”? Was it when blacks, latinos, Jews and women all knew their place?
Congressional Gold Medal For Revolutionary Selma Marchers
History making Selma marchers for civil rights secured Voting Rights Act of the Civil Rights Era
Saving Our Selves at the Bronx Supreme Court
I’m reaching out to various grassroots organizations as well as pioneers of Hip Hop culture to help me find real solutions that confront our people. I personally would like to have at least one thousand young adults present at this event.
Ben Carson Wants to Expand Republican Base to Beat Hillary
It is a smart strategy by Dr. Carson’s campaign to try and reach out to voters who would not historically vote for the Republican Party and it is would also be smart for whomever the Republican nominee should be to reach out to voters who may not normally vote for them
Weaving Our Garment of Destiny
Martin Luther King Jr.: “All life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny…We are made to live together.” Today our “garment of destiny” is woven of threads far more multicolored than in King’s day.
Where Do We Go From Here?
Some leading unions are hard at work and a few social movement groups move beyond protest. But mostly we love to demonstrate and march and respond to crisis, or to post opinion on social media, but shy away from the hard work of organizing
Corporate Power and Empire
King repeatedly identified the “giant triplets:” racism, materialism/exploitation/poverty and militarism. This post suggests a slight revision of two of the triplets I believe still in keeping with King’s vision.
The Gandhi Revolution in Revolutionary Strategy
By embracing Gandhi’s innovation King avoided the mistake of so many would-be revolutionaries, who — by focusing too narrowly on the conventional politics of violence or their preconceived expectations — missed the actual revolution