Tag: civil rights era
Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson made a suggestion during the 1963 March...
Bev-Freda Jackson, American University School of Public Affairs
Every now and then, a voice can matter. Mahalia Jackson had...
From sit-ins in the 1960s to uprisings in the new millennium,...
Jelani M. Favors, North Carolina A&T State University
Of all the contributions for which Harry Belafonte will be remembered,...
Florida Gov. DeSantis leads the GOP’s national charge against public education...
Jonathan Feingold, Boston University
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ disdain for “woke ideology” is on full display.
How the distortion of Martin Luther King Jr.‘s words enables more,...
Hajar Yazdiha, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
U.S. Rep. Chip Roy of Texas is just the...
Bill Russell’s legacy of NBA championships and cerebral fight for equal...
Aram Goudsouzian, University of Memphis
On May 1, 1968, Bill Russell led the Boston Celtics to another NBA championship,...
Sidney Poitier – Hollywood’s first Black leading man reflected the civil...
Aram Goudsouzian, University of Memphis
In the summer of 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. introduced the keynote speaker for the 10th-anniversary convention banquet of the...
EXPLORING NATURE
3 years after the Marshall Fire: Wildfire smoke’s health risks can...
Colleen E. Reid, University of Colorado Boulder
Three years ago, on Dec. 30, 2021, a wind-driven wildfire raced through...
