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Dream Riders journey for justice

A multinational group of young people, Dream Riders Across America, marched and rallied on Aug. 3 in Montgomery, Ala., as…

August 13, 2015

Septima Clark and the role of civil rights education in South Carolina and beyond

Since the massacre of nine African Americans at the Mother Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, we have reviewed the legacy…

July 4, 2015

Youth reclaim Dr. King in militant protests

Below are reports from several cities about marches and rallies on Jan. 19, the official holiday in memory of the…

January 22, 2015

Mississippi after 50 years: The struggle keeps on . . .

Jackson, Miss. -- Freedom Summer changed the course of U.S. history in 1964, when more than 1,000 students and youth,…

July 3, 2014

Racist Boston school plan protested by oppressed communities

Hundreds of angry African-American, Latino/a and Haitian parents and Boston school bus drivers filled Roxbury’s Madison Park High School on…

June 12, 2014

In North Carolina, Moral Monday Movement marches forward

By Ben C. Raleigh, N.C. — It came on the heels of a powerful sit-in at the office of North…

June 10, 2014

Fallout from Donald Sterling’s racism

By Sekou Parker & John Parker Los Angeles What happens when you ignore racism? Does it go away and die…

May 8, 2014

Moral Mondays: the emergence and dynamics of a growing mass human rights movement

Introduction The Moral Mondays campaign in North Carolina that is mobilizing thousands to speak out against the legislative attacks on…

January 30, 2014

Moral Monday movement slams restrictions on voting rights

Durham, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed into law on Aug. 12 a sweeping anti-voting rights bill that attacks…

August 22, 2013