We Shall Overcome

As the World Turns

Paula Gordon | Posted 06.01.2012

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Paula Gordon

SAG-AFTRA, one union, now stands where once there were a separate Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Actors. The labor movement is far from dead.

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Rabbis, Rev. King And Revolution

Robyn Carolyn Price | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt Protests, Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King, Susannah Heschel, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, Muslim-Christian Solidarity, Egyptian Revolution, Rabbi David Teitelbaum, Interfaith Dialogue, Selma March, We Shall Overcome, My Feet Were Praying, Heschel and MLK, Black-Jewish Relations, Religion News
Robyn Carolyn Price

The sounds of Muslims and Christians in Tahrir Square praying and protesting echoes a transformational moment when Jewish rabbis risked their lives to protect Black Americans.

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Honoring Guy Carawan

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Myles Horton, Highlander Center, Guy Carawan, Civil Rights Movement, Pete Seeger, James Lawson, We Shall Overcome, Candie Carawan, Arts News
Peter Dreier

Friends and fans of Guy Carawan will honor the legendary singer, folklorist, and activist whose arrangement of "We Shall Overcome" became the anthem of the American civil rights movement.

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Pete Seeger Continues to Inspire "Tomorrow's Children"

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011

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Holly Cara Price

91 year old Pete Seeger recently told a Rolling Stone journalist that his new album, Tomorrow's Children, is "the most inspiring thing I've ever done....

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My white mom's Black history moment

Dedrick Muhammad | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: We Shall Overcome, Martin Luther King, Blacks, Montgomery Alabama, Institute for Policy Studies, Dedrick Muhammad, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Civil Rights, African Americans, Black History Month, Healthy Living News
Dedrick Muhammad

As we come to the end of this Black history month, I have decided to share some of the lessons taught to me by my first teacher on Black history and t...

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Why Obama Will Not Have a 'We Shall Overcome' Moment on Gays

John R. Bohrer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Reeb, Voting Rights Act, Selma, Lyndon Johnson, Bloody Sunday, Jonathan Martin, Dick Goodwin, David Mixner, We Shall Overcome, Politics News
John R. Bohrer

While the Obama administration blames their dallying on the press or the political situation, they should be reminded that that didn't stop Johnson.

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Obama and the Berlin Wall

Lester Sloan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lester Sloan

Susan turned to me and said, "Obama's election was like the fall of the Berlin Wall." Given that she has three history degrees, including a Ph.D., I felt that she spoke with some authority.

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What The Inauguration Means To Me

Robert D. Patterson | Posted 11.17.2011

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Robert D. Patterson

The significance of Obama's inauguration resides in the sweat, blood, and tears shed by our forefathers so that people of all races, creed, and gender could share in the American inheritance.

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