Civil Rights History

By James Pope (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The history of African and African-American struggles for liberation interacting is as multiple and organic as its various manifestations—Negritude, Black Consciousness Movement, Black Arts Movement, to name a few. What these manifestations had in common was their desire to strengthen and unify all those of … [Read more...] about “Exploring the Parallels Between the U.S. Civil Rights Movement and the African Liberation Movement” by James Pope (May-June 2010 P&R Issue)

By David Ciscel & Michael Honey (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) In 1968, African Americans in Memphis had good reason to hope for a future of racial equality. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 promised equal treatment in public accommodations and employment, while the 1965 Voting Rights Act promised equal access to the ballot. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. … [Read more...] about “Memphis Since King: Race and Labor in the City” by David Ciscel & Michael Honey (March-April 2009 P&R Issue)

By Daniel Levine (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Bayard Rustin is most remembered as the organizer who made the 1963 March on Washington happen. He organized or did himself the day- to-day grunt work like arranging transportation and renting facilities. He also worked on grand plans and vision for that day. But he was much more than that. He had been one of … [Read more...] about “Bayard Rustin and the Civil Rights Movement” by Daniel Levine (January-February 2009 P&R Issue)

By Signe Waller Foxworth (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The lead article in our Jan./Feb. 2006 P&R was Truth and Reconciliation in Greensboro, North Carolina: A Paradigm for Social Transformation, by Marty Nathan and Signe Waller, followed by a short update in our May-June 2006 issue. While down in Greensboro in September to speak at a HUD housing … [Read more...] about “Greensboro’s Radical Experiment in Democracy” by Signe Waller Foxworth (November-December 2008 Issue)

By John Dossett (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Over the past several sessions of Congress, several Senators and Representatives have introduced a Congressional Resolution “to acknowledge a long history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the United States Government regarding Indian tribes and offer an apology to all Native Peoples … [Read more...] about “Joint Resolution of Apology to Native People” by John Dossett (November-December 2008 P&R Issue)