Repost for #WomensHistoryMonth: ”Daisy Bates takes a walk – Activist Daisy Bates picketing with placard: 'Jailing our youth will not solve the problem in Little Rock. We are only asking for full citizenship rights.'" Ca. 1957.
Via NYPL, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Demonstrations Collection, https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8e0aac3d-a58d-b26d-e040-e00a1806380e.
Bloody Sunday: restored photos show the violence that shocked a nation https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/07/bloody-sunday-new-photo-exhibit #Civilrightsmovement #MartinLutherKing #USpolitics #Alabama #USnews
‘There’s quite a similarity’: US civil rights pioneers warn of ‘surge backwards’ under Trump https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/mar/02/civil-rights-movement-trump #Civilrightsmovement #DonaldTrump #Mississippi #Arkansas #Alabama #Georgia #USnews #Race
Hazel Dukes, lifelong civil rights leader, dies aged 92 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/02/hazel-dukes-civil-rights-leader-dies #Civilrightsmovement #USpolitics #NewYork #USnews
@msbellows thank you for the recommendation!
Good thing I haven’t cancelled Hulu yet. I’m about to.
I loved learning about the #womensrightsmovement & the #civilrightsmovement
When the 2 kind of, merged in the ‘60s we started getting somewhere.
The ‘70s.
Sometimes I’ll see an old Johnny Carson & watch a bit just to compare norms then to now.
#OnThisDay in 1965, #MalcolmX was assassinated while giving a speech in Manhattan’s Audubon Ballroom. A fearless advocate for Black liberation, he challenged systemic oppression and called for self-determination. His views on race and justice evolved over time, but his words continue to inspire movements for justice and empowerment.
Watch his 1963 interview with @wgbh in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting: https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-6t0gt5fj99
"Daisy Bates takes a walk – Activist Daisy Bates picketing with placard: ‘Jailing our youth will not solve the problem in Little Rock. We are only asking for full citizenship rights.'" Ca. 1957.
Via NYPL, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8e0aac3d-a58d-b26d-e040-e00a1806380e
Malcolm X’s visit to West Midlands to be remembered in mural https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/12/malcolm-x-visit-smethwick-midlands-60th-anniversary-mural #Civilrightsmovement #MalcolmX #England #USnews #UKnews #Race
Did You Know Martin Luther King’s Mother Was Also Murdered? This Is What Happened https://shinemycrown.com/did-you-know-martin-luther-kings-mother-was-also-murdered-this-is-what-happened/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BlackHistoryMonth #CivilRightsMovement #MartinLutherKing #AlbertaWilliamsKing #SocialJustice
Couples
Part I - Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee were a legendary couple of American stage and film. They met on the set of Robert Ardrey's 1946 play Jeb and married in 1948.
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Part II - Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee were a legendary couple of American stage and film. They met on the set of Robert Ardrey's 1946 play Jeb and married in 1948.
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Part III - Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee were a legendary couple of American stage and film. They met on the set of Robert Ardrey's 1946 play Jeb and married in 1948.
Couples
Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee were a legendary couple of American stage and film. They met on the set of Robert Ardrey's 1946 play Jeb and married in 1948. They were involved in the Civil Rights Movement participating in protests and demonstrations, including the 1963 March on Washington.
Biden posthumously pardons civil rights leader Marcus Garvey https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/19/biden-pardons-marcus-garvey #Civilrightsmovement #USpolitics #JoeBiden #USnews
Odetta
December 31, 1930 ~ Blues and folk singer Odetta is born Odetta Holmes in Birmingham, Alabama. Named the "Queen of American folk music" by Martin Luther King Jr., Odetta sings "O Freedom" at the 1963 March on Washington and is considered The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement. Listen to my Odetta playlist on Amazon Music ... #Odetta #birthday #blues #folk #civilrightsmovement #spirituals #queenofamericanfolkmusic
Nikki Giovanni’s poetry was a platform for truth-telling https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/dec/10/nikki-giovannis-poetry-was-a-platform-for-truth-telling #Civilrightsmovement #Culture #Poetry #Books
Coups, colonialism and all that jazz: the film that unravels extraordinary cold war truths https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/nov/13/coups-colonialism-and-all-that-jazz-new-film-unravels-cold-war-truths-johan-grimonprez-soundtrack-to-a-coup-detat #DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo #Civilrightsmovement #Documentaryfilms #LouisArmstrong #JohnColtrane #Colonialism #Communism #Culture #Belgium #Coldwar #Africa #Film #Jazz
‘A vivid distillation of a deeply fractured country’: a history of the United States in nine photographs https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/nov/03/history-of-the-united-states-in-nine-photographs-magnum-america #Civilrightsmovement #USCapitolattack #ElliottErwitt #RobertKennedy #SusanMeiselas #NationofIslam #RichardNixon #Artanddesign #Photography #RobertCapa #RodneyKing #USpolitics #Worldnews #Culture #Magnum #USnews #D-day #Books
The Truth About Emmett Till Wasn’t in Your History Book
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/09/22/emmett-till-political-campaign-00180137
