The 3rd voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 is remembered by Seton Hall University law professor and NJ civil rights icon Mark Denbeaux
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.
Selma Voting Rights March in Congressional Recognition
National conversation again refocuses on Civil Rights Era’s historic Selma voting rights march
Supporting John Legend Voting Rights Act Oscar Comments
In star-studded Oscar night performance, rapper Common and singer John Legend voting rights support grounds overly lavish ceremony in reality of America
Why Hollywood History Movies Fail Accuracy Test
Dramaticized and oversimplified, Hollywood history movies seem incapable of accurate analysis
Malcolm X Anniversary and Creeping Police Brutality
The People’s Climate March that took place in NYC this past Oct. turned out somewhere over 400k people marching for the environment and the future, the lives of their children and grandchildren
How the Latest Alabama Election Exposes Racial Tensions
Martin Luther King Jr and General Robert E Lee debate in Alabama election exposes racial tension
Library of Congress’s Rosa Park Archive Opens
Celebration of heroine’s 102nd birthday includes Library of Congress ceremony as the new Rosa Park archive opens up to public viewing in Washington D.C.
Ferguson Protests Spread Nationwide Then Globally
African-American community reels from officer court ruling as Ferguson protests spread nationwide
Harvard Politics Students Fail 1964 Louisiana Literacy Test
Top Harvard students find Louisiana Literacy Test from 1964 was basically impossible, designed with intention of African-American voter suppression only
Painting Series for Anniversary of JFK Assassination
My most ambitious series to date is this 50 work series devoted to 2013’s 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination. I tried to combine familiar media imagery from the weekend of November 22nd 1963 with abstractions of form, to make original statements about this iconic socio-cultural-political event.