Good Evening POU! On this day in 1874, Congressman Robert Brown Elliot delivered one of the most eloquent speeches of the times in defense of Charles Sumner's civil rights bill. Elliot's hour-long speech began: 'I regred, sir, the dark hue of my skin may lend color to the imputation that I am controlled by motives personal to myself in advocacy of this great measure of … [Read more...] about Monday Evening Thread: Robert Elliott Brown’s Speech
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Wednesday Evening Thread: This day in Black History – Hansberry v. Lee
Is this still a true? Apparently for Renisha and Jonathan, it isn't. The US Supreme Court, on November 13, 1940, ruled in Hansberry v. Lee that whites cannot bar African Americans from white neighborhoods. In 1937, businessman Carl Hansberry, Lorraine's father, defied the Woodlawn Property Owners' Association by successfully negotiating the purchase of a home at 6140 Rhodes … [Read more...] about Wednesday Evening Thread: This day in Black History – Hansberry v. Lee
Wednesday Open Thread: Unsung Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement
Myles Falls Horton (July 9, 1905 – January 19, 1990) was an American educator, socialist and co-founder of the Highlander Folk School, famous for its role in the Civil Rights Movement (Movement leader James Bevel called Horton "The Father of the Civil Rights Movement"). Horton taught and heavily influenced most of the era's leaders. They included Dr. Martin Luther King … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Unsung Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement
