Good Morning POU. This week's topic is a somber one. There are many individuals whose lives were brutally taken in an effort to terrorize Black people into a degrading subhuman existence. During the first half of the 20th century, lynchings of African-americans were a normal occurrence. This domestic terrorism was orchestrated not by rogue, "lone wolf" men - but by local law … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: Unsolved Civil Rights Era Murders
Civil Rights History
Thursday Open Thread: Unsung Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement
Continuing on with this week's open thread theme, I turn my sights to the one of the main organizers of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Jo Ann Gibson Robinson. Jo Ann Gibson Robinson (April 17, 1912 – August 29, 1992) was a civil rights activist and educator in Montgomery, Alabama. Born near Culloden, Georgia, she was the youngest of twelve children. She attended Fort Valley … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Unsung Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement
Monday Evening Thread: On This Day, 50 Years Ago
August 19, 1963On this date: Sit-ins in Oklahoma ~ NAACP Youth Council begins sit-ins at lunch counters in Oklahoma City … [Read more...] about Monday Evening Thread: On This Day, 50 Years Ago