The Civil Rights Movement did have its shortcomings, it did not fail because we successfully carried the torch a significant distance down Freedom Road. Now, we hand off to the next generation, and all the generations of freedom fighters to come.
This action comes after a year marked by voting restrictions by state legislatures across the nation. “For New York City to do this really draws our attention to these questions: How do we think about democracy? Who’s included? Who’s excluded?"
A new film shows how Harold Washington, Chicago’s first Black mayor, stood up to a majority-white city council and pushed through infrastructure improvements for all.
The Senate Minority Leader accused Democrats of "genuine radicalism" as they attempt to reform the filibuster to pass voting rights legislation.
"We cannot be clearer: You must act now to protect every American's freedom to vote without interference and with confidence that their ballot will be counted and honored."
Martin Luther King called himself a democratic socialist. He believed that America needed a “radical redistribution of economic and political power.” He challenged America’s class system and its racial caste system. He opposed US militarism
One hundred and forty million Americans are poor or low-income in the richest nation in the history of the world. The steady growth of America’s GDP has not, in fact, been “good news for all people.”
"Give Republicans this: they're not dismantling democracy in secret. They're doing it right out in the open."
There are five territories of the US that are unincorporated, meaning not expected to become states. Not all constitutional protections apply to the people who live in those territories, but it's never been clear which ones do and which don't.
The movement for voting rights and economic justice must help people understand that voter suppression is not just a “Black issue.” King explained how the white upper-class “aristocracy” weaponized suppression to undercut multiracial alliances.
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