GOOD SUNDAY MORNING, P.O.U.! In commemoration of "Bloody Sunday", check out We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite as you enjoy your Sunday breakfast/brunch.... … [Read more...] about Sunday Open Thread: P.O.U. Sunday Jazz Brunch
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LIVE STREAM: President Obama Speaks At #Selma50 (UPDATED w/FULL SPEECH)
President Obama walks across The Edmund Pettus Bridge, in Selma, Alabama on the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday pic.twitter.com/rtIlVRgW0W— Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) March 7, 2015 President Obama is holding hands with Civil Rights Leader Amelia Boynton Robinson, who was beaten unconscious on "Bloody Sunday". … [Read more...] about LIVE STREAM: President Obama Speaks At #Selma50 (UPDATED w/FULL SPEECH)
Sunday Open Thread: P.O.U. Sunday Jazz Brunch
GOOD MORNING P.O.U.! As you indulge in your Sunday breakfast/brunch, enjoy this collection of jazz songs dedicated to the Civil Rights Movement.... Charles Mingus - "Original Faubus Fables" Charles Mingus was known for being angry and outspoken on the bandstand. One expression of his anger was certainly justified, and it came in response to the 1957 Little Rock Nine … [Read more...] about Sunday Open Thread: P.O.U. Sunday Jazz Brunch
Thursday Open Thread: African American Firsts, College Football
Good morning Prag Obots: Today we take a look at the game that broke racial barriers --- USC at Alabama (1970). After Darryl Hill integrated the ACC (1963), The South West Conference soon followed the ACC’s lead. The SEC, home to perennial national powers like Alabama, Auburn, LSU and Tennessee stubbornly maintained their "white only" traditions. That all changed in … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: African American Firsts, College Football