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Renew the Movement to Fight for Civil Rights

Rev. Jesse Jackson | Posted 05.27.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: George Zimmerman, Oprah Winfrey, Trayvon Martin, Kerner Report, Emmett Till, African Americans, Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Black Voices News
Rev. Jesse Jackson

Now we must choose: We will decide if Trayvon Martin's death is a moment, or becomes the spark for a movement. We can't bring him back. But we can make his voice louder in death than it could be in his short life.

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40 Years Later: New York City on the Edge

David R. Jones, Esq. | Posted 09.19.2011 | New York
Read More: Disconnected Youth, Jobs, Low-Wage, High School Diploma, Ged, New York City, Recession, Education, Unemployment, Kerner Report, Stop and Frisk, Job Opportunities, New York News
David R. Jones, Esq.

The urban problems of this decade are about black and Latino young men lacking skills and education and not connected to work. The numbers in this category in New York City are staggering.

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A Docudrama Illuminates the Battle Between National Security and the People's Right to Know

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Wikileaks, Maynard Institute, LeRoy Aarons, Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers, Neil Sheehan, Hugo Black, Daniel Ellsberg, NY Theatre Workshop, The PentagonPapers, Carl Bernstein, Vietnam War, Kerner Report, David Wise, New York Times, Docudramas, Washington Post, Entertainment News, Robert Shrum Gregg Pierotti, Geoffrey Cowan, Katherine Graham, Robert McNamara, Entertainment News
Marcia G. Yerman

The play Top Secret centers on whether Katherine Graham will give approval to print the Pentagon Papers. For those unfamiliar with the history, it opens a door to understanding concerns of utmost relevance today.

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