GOOD MORNING P.O.U.! Here's Part II of Dr. King's 1960 appearance on "Meet The Press": … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Dr. King Meets The Press (Revisited)
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Wednesday Open Thread: Lesser-Known African-American Actors & Actresses
HAPPY HUMP DAY, P.O.U.! JANE WHITE … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Lesser-Known African-American Actors & Actresses
Friday Open Thread: Incredible Investigative Journalists of Color
Happy Friday POU! Today we feature another head of the NAACP that risked his life to expose working conditions in 1930s Mississippi. "Images of what I'd seen in Mississippi - the grim little river towns, rain-soaked levees, suspicious white faces, poverty-beaten Negroes...stayed fresh in my mind for a long time." Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Incredible Investigative Journalists of Color
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 Afternoon Thread: Songs of Selma
The documentary Freedom Songs: Selma, Alabama, is a recording that chronicles civil rights protesters singing during a march from Selma, Alabama, to the State Capitol in Montgomery, to demand fair access to voting registration. The songs express hope and sorrow and a call for equality, and many of them are traditional with lyrics adapted for the protests. There are no … [Read more...] about Sunday Afternoon Thread: Songs of Selma