This week's open threads will highlight the other "unsung" heroes of the Civil Rights movement. We have always talked about the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Rosa Parks. There were others, black and white who were involved in securing civil rights for African-Americans. This week's thread will talk about these people. Vernon Ferdinand Dahmer, … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: The Unsung Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement
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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
Thursday Open Thread: African American Suffragists
GOOD MORNING P.O.U.! We continue our series on African American Women in the Suffrage Movement... DAISY ELIZABETH ADAMS LAMPKIN (August 9, 1883–March 10, 1965) Daisy Elizabeth Adams Lampkin (August 9, 1883–March 10, 1965) was an American suffragette, civil rights activist, organization executive, and community practitioner whose career spanned over half a century. … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: African American Suffragists
POU Live Chat: 44th NAACP Image Awards
POU Weekly Health Thread: Have a Coke and a Smile?
I thought I would share this column with the fam. I'd love to hear your opinions on this! When Jim Crow Drank Coke The opposition by the New York State chapter of the N.A.A.C.P. to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s restrictions on sugary soda caught many Americans by surprise. But it shouldn’t: though the organization argues it is standing up for consumer choice and minority … [Read more...] about POU Weekly Health Thread: Have a Coke and a Smile?