Rare behind-the-scenes photos of civil rights activists training to endure the harassment and violence they would face.
The movie “The Butler” depicts the training and the lunch counter abuse and oppression.
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Police Brutality: F
In 2012 police officers, security guards and vigilantes killed at least 136 unarmed black people – unarmed! Trayvon Martin is just what made the news. The police still get away with murder. The civil rights reforms of the 1950s and 1960s left the police and the courts pretty much untouched. It is next to impossible to prove in court that a police officer or judge acted out of racism.
The rampant police brutality of African-Americans and Latinos came to light for me when I ran across a Scoop.it page that was run by @usaslumdog
He doesn’t run the Scoop.it page anymore but he does continue to tweet about African-American rights, similar to @normbond @ColorLines and @TimWise
I recently learned that in Germany the death penalty is illegal. Can you imagine if it was found that Germany was putting Jews to death, or that they were disproportionately putting Jews to death today?
That’s exactly what is happening to African-Americans in the U.S. today. After being oppressed through slavery and Jim Crow – they continue to be oppressed by a racist U.S. culture of violence and oppression.
In 2013 U.S. culture still targets Black and Brown communities via
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They didn’t think he would come.
my head is spinning as I’m reading this.
what’s next? the NCLR will meet with the KKK??
PS – this is not from April fools day and this is not an Onion article. I found this through ALJAZEERA AMERICA
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“We don’t ask much, simply a just world, as equals & we won’t stop until all power is all power to the people.” — @hfdavis #OurMarch
— The Dream Defenders (@Dreamdefenders) September 1, 2013
Brown Berets
On August 29, 1970, a “Chicano Moratorium” against the war in Vietnam was held in East L.A.
Loyola-Marymount film student Tom Myrdahl shot this documentary, capturing the events that unfolded as law enforcement and protesters clashed in and around Laguna Park. This film has not been seen in nearly 40 years.
Tom, who is still a working cameraman in Los Angeles, is putting this historic film on the web as a tribute to the brave citizens of East L.A. who came together 40 years ago to voice their dissent against the Vietnam War.
In the video:
Note: The Beret has been used as a symbol of fighting oppression going back to
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Explore Think Mexican’s photos on Flickr. Think Mexican has uploaded 49 photos to Flickr.
Does it make a difference in the immigration debate if we view those of Mexican heritage as Native American?
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On the heels of Wednesday’s celebration of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, “Piers Morgan Live” invited Tavis Smiley to offer his perspective on today’s ceremony as well as Dr. Martin Luther King’s famous “I have a dream” speech.
I agree with Mr. Smiley. One of my pet peeves is hearing politicians talk about helping the middle class, while as the same time, not mentioning the poor and working class – as if they don’t matter or don’t exist.
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Video on msnbc.com: LIVE VIDEO — President Obama, former President Bill Clinton and other dignitaries and celebrities deliver remarks at a commemoration of the 1963 demonstration for jobs, economic justice and racial equality at the Lincoln…
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Fifty years after the March on Washington, no one can argue that America has not seen big advances in race relations – or that we have reached the promised land.
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50 years after MLK’s speech, it’s our turn to dream. Check out the film.
See on www.ourturntodream.org
