The search for the “right line” or debates about the “agent of history” continues to shape the inner life of radical movements and consumes tremendous energies better spent organizing.
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.
Measuring Progress on Civil Rights Act’s 51st Anniversary
51 years later, the 1964 Civil Rights Act is reevaluated in minority communities across country
The Conservative Civil Rights of Singer Pat Boone
Civil Rights Era musician Pat Boone uses art to support conservative causes in religion and more
Analyzing President Johnson’s Voting Rights Act Opinion
Recent documentary on Selma march ignites debate on President Johnson’s Voting Rights Act advocacy
Selma Organizer Refuses to March With George Bush
Diane Nash, civil rights activist and Selma organizer who led the original march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge was scheduled to march on Saturday, March 7th but refused at the last minute when she saw George W. Bush was to help lead the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday
Marking 50 Years Since Controversial 1965 Immigration Law
Patterning their wings is a motif taken from signs that riddle highways along the US/Mexico Border, signifying the crossing of undocumented immigrants.
VIDEO: Voting Rights Weaken Since Civil Rights Era
Since Civil Rights Era
Much of gains in voting rights won during activist 60’s protest have waned since Civil Rights Era
GALLERY: From Selma 1965 to Brooklyn Bridge 2015
“Selma is everywhere,” Attorney Norman Siegel told me prior to the march. “The racial injustice that occurred in Selma in 1965, unfortunately, is still present in various forms all across America including in New York City”.
Obama Remarks at Selma 50th Anniversary March
President Obama spoke at the Selma 50th Anniversary commemorations marking historic Bloody Sunday
Analyzing Selma March Impact on Ferguson Movement
Activists again descend on Alabama to discuss the 1968 Selma march impact on the 50th anniversary