On Thursday, February 17, I was named the 2022 Prudential North Carolina NCCAT Junior Teacher of the Year. The chances of me gaining this recognition were incredibly low – not because there is a deficit in my work ethic, my teaching skills or my character, but because there are several societal factors that have inhibited […]
Month: February 2022
Harry and Meghan to Receive NAACP Civil Rights Award | Prince Harry
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will on Saturday accept an award from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), a leading American civil rights group, in recognition of their work to help a women’s shelter in Texas, their promotion of the Covid vaccine equity and a partnership to create community rescue centers. […]
California Reparations Task Force: recent meeting. History of the Honored Movement | VIDEO
This image taken from video from the governor’s office shows California Governor Gavin Newsom signing into law a bill that establishes a task force to make recommendations on how to grant reparations to American blacks. *The California Task Force under study and development Proposed Reparations for African Americans is holding its seventh meeting this week. […]
Biden’s Supreme Court nominee lauded for his ‘outstanding civil rights record’ could face conflict in upcoming Harvard admissions case
register here for The 74’s daily newsletter. Donate here to support The 74’s independent journalism. President Joe Biden made history on Friday when he nominated federal appeals court judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the first black woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court. If confirmed, however, she will likely be pressured to […]
Health will eliminate quarantines for all close contacts of covid patients | Society
The Ministry of Health and the Autonomous Communities are about to take a new step in coexistence with the covid virus. The Public Health Commission has on the table the decision to eliminate quarantines for close contacts of infected people, which continue to be maintained for the unvaccinated. Sources from this body confirm to EL […]
North Korea is one of the worst countries for political rights and civil liberties: Report
Residence ” International ” North Korea is one of the worst countries for political rights and civil liberties: report Posted By: Gopi February 25, 2022 Guiyang, February 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) North Korea has been ranked among the worst countries in terms of freedom, a recent report by a US-funded freedom watchdog revealed on Friday. In an […]
Georgia State University to Honor Unsung Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement – WSB-TV Channel 2
ATLANTA — Whenever Crystal Freeman looks at old photos of her mother, it sometimes brings tears to her eyes. “Well, I really didn’t know that until high school because my mom never really talked about it,” Freeman said. Barbara Pace Hunt bravely fought for change on the Georgia State College of Business Administration campus. Today […]
Impact of the Civil Rights Movement on American Society | brand voice
Details The American Civil Rights Movement was a collection of various social, political, and economic rights movements that aimed to improve the lives of African Americans. These movements were observed during the period from 1946 to 1968. Civil rights activists approached the issues through different approaches, including lawsuits, lobbying the federal government, direct action, black […]
Darryl Heller on the Civil Rights Heritage Center – The official student journal of Indiana University South Bend
From: Mira Costello Co-editor It would be impossible to cover Black History Month at IU South Bend without acknowledging the history makers on our campus right now. One such integral member of our community is Dr. Darryl Heller, director of the Civil Rights Heritage Center and professor of women’s and gender studies. Dr. Heller recently […]
On the Fast Forward Movement – The Dispatch
The Constitution of India came into force in 1950 and the guidelines to the state provided therein are the parameters for a real analysis of the effectiveness of the nation not as a mere state but as a sovereign republic and democratic. In this regard, Article 44 is an important moot point related to a […]
The Brewster Historical Society will create an archive of the COVID-19 pandemic
BREWSTER, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — If you’ve ever wondered how the history books will portray the COVID-19 pandemic in the future, the Brewster Historical Society may soon have an archive created on it for future generations to see. The BHS said it was working on an archive to house stories, images and artifacts from the […]
Mother Tongue Movement Day in Bangladesh
Our mother tongue is our unique possession. In the same way, the mother tongues of others are priceless to them. In a broad sense, the day teaches us to respect people’s rights. by Anwar A. Khan According to Samuel Johnson, “Language is the clothing of thoughts. Without language one cannot express one’s thoughts. It must […]
Shadow messengers threatening Hong Kong’s civil society
Hong Kong (AFP) – Secret meetings, whispered threats and mysterious phone calls – warnings of retaliation by authorities from dark messengers plague Hong Kong civil society as China crushes a pro-democracy movement. Unlike the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong has long hosted a vibrant landscape of citizen groups that cultivated advocacy, labor mobilization and civil disobedience […]
Americans in the Civil Rights Movement
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) – “Shaking Hands with the Future” celebrates its 7th year of inspiring youth on hometown role models. The organization exposes young people to adults who look like them. Well, this year they’re exposing them to a group that doesn’t seem to have had an impact on the civil rights movement. Many people […]
Follow in the footsteps of the Gadsdens’ struggle for civil rights | Alabama News
By DONNA THORTON, The Gadsden Times GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) – The United States Civil Rights Trail identifies several areas in Alabama where pivotal events in the civil rights movement occurred: Scottsboro, Anniston, Birmingham, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa, Selma, Tuskegee and Monroeville. His maps do not include any Gadsden locations, but the people of Gadsden were active in […]
Community Voices: We need another movement Great Society | wild notice
Last week I worked in an apartment building in a poor part of town. The building was a two-story brick building with 37 apartments. While I was there, I saw all kinds of people going in and out of the building. Many of them stopped on the porch to share a cigarette, some walked around […]
Rampant communalism in Indian society is turning into a real pandemic: Wani
Renowned rights activist and Chairman of the Kashmir Institute of International Relations (KIIR), Altaf Hussain Wani, appreciated the statement by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in which the Muslim body expressed serious concerns in the face of rising Islamophobia and continued attacks on Muslims in India. The KIIR leader, while commending the OIC’s position […]
Happy to celebrate Charles Roach – Lawyer and civil rights activist in Toronto and one of the founders of the city’s famous Caribana Festival
House News happy to celebrateCharles Roach – Civil rights lawyer and activist in Toronto and one of the founders of the city’s famous Caribana Festival happy to celebrateCharles Roach – Civil rights lawyer and activist in Toronto and one of the founders of the city’s famous Caribana Festival News February 18, 2022 Charles Roach was […]
Georgia Gilmore, the Alabama cook who fueled the civil rights movement
Georgia Gilmore played a pivotal role in the civil rights movement, nurturing and funding those on the front lines. A wonderful cook, she took it upon herself to bring together a group of secret society women who used food to fuel the movement. Gilmore was strong-willed and willing to speak out against racial injustice, two […]
Business must become a “stabilizing force” in society | News
The 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer reveals that businesses retain their position as the most trusted institution, with expectations even higher due to the government’s failure to lead during the pandemic. By an average margin of five to one, respondents in the 28 countries surveyed want businesses to play a bigger role in addressing climate change, […]
Secretary of the Interior visits civil rights sites in Mississippi | Mississippi News
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Interior Secretary Deb Haaland toured civil rights sites in Mississippi on Tuesday, seeing the crumbling rural store that is part of the story of the 1955 lynching of black teenager Emmett Till and touring the house where NAACP state leader Medgar Evers was assassinated. in […]
Civil society appeals to government for funding
Ms. Daisy Amdany spoke at the International Women’s Day event titled ‘Women Must Lead’ at the Signature Auditorium in Nairobi. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] Civil society, through governance expert and civil rights activist, Daisy Amdany, called for government funding. Speaking at a breakfast hosted by the Kenya Editors Guild (KEG), Amdany also stressed the need for […]
Private club parole-based expulsion does not violate Massachusetts civil rights law
According to yesterday’s report and recommendation of Magistrate Judge Donald Cabell (D. Mass.) in Koppel v. Moses: [According to the Complaint,] Koppel and Moses were at one time friends and fellow graduate students at MIT. Both belonged to a student-run computer club called the Student Information Processing Board (“SIPB”), of which Moses was president at […]
The suffrage movement will, as always, persevere
Morgan is the director of Declaration for American Democracy. The Senate Vote Against Advancing Suffrage: The John R. Lewis Act may have been a setback, but it was not a defeat. The fight for the right to vote in America has never been easy. From the passage of the 15th Amendment in 1869 to the […]
Beyond technology: the intersection between society, technology and design | by Faisal Risq | February 2022
How we shape our technology and how our technology shapes us New technological concepts are emerging at such a frenetic rate that they are impossible to predict. Not too long ago we were talking about Tesla’s electric car, Web3, or the idea of GPT-3, which enhanced artificial intelligence. We are now discussing the metaverse. When […]
Archivists Study Barbershop Civil Rights Artifacts | Alabama News
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) – Archivists and volunteers will soon begin sifting through decades of artifacts from a Tuscaloosa barbershop at the heart of the city’s civil rights history in a bid to determine which pieces from the vast collection should be included in a future museum. Reverend Thomas Linton passed away in 2020, but before […]
Green Alliance Movement Urges CBN Governor to Join Presidential Race
By Chinelo Obogo A coalition of civil groups under the auspices of the Green Alliance (TGA) has urged Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele to run for president in 2023. At its inaugural meeting held in Lagos on Saturday, the organizer of the TGA, Mr. Wale Fapohunda, the movement made up of various […]
“Phenomenal Woman, Phenomenally” celebrated at the YMIC gala | Parties/Society
For its 85th carnival ball on Friday, the Young Men Illinois Club chose to celebrate black American women with the theme of its painting, “Phenomenal Woman, Phenomenally”. In 1978, the late poet extraordinaire Maya Angelou captivated the sensibilities and sensitivities of women by summoning the muse of poetry, Calliope, to inspire “Phenomenal Woman.” Ms. Angelou […]
Documents suggest there will be no federal civil rights charges against Jason Van Dyke for killing Laquan McDonald
CHICAGO (WLS) — There has been renewed push for federal charges in the murder of teenager Laquan McDonald. Documents obtained by the I-Team that suggest the civil rights case was closed in 2019. In early 2019, documents show the FBI was investigating whether Van Dyke violated McDonald’s civil rights when he killed the Chicago teenager […]
The world is about to mark 50 years since the birth of the United Nations environmental movement UNEP
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the world’s highest decision-making body with universal membership from all 193 nations, celebrates its 50th anniversary on March 3-4, bringing together governments, businesses , civil society and other stakeholders to address the environmental challenges threatening the planet. It will be preceded by the fifth session of […]
“The fight to get civil rights charges filed is not over”
An hour later, Calloway and his supporters held a press conference at the Federal Building with McDonald’s grandmother and aunt, also demanding that Lausch file civil rights charges against McDonald. TOWER. JESSE L. JACKSON, SR., Bishop Tavis Grant, national field director for the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Father Michael L. Pfleger, Reverend Michael Eaddy, organizer Frank […]
Opposition can’t get enough numbers for no-confidence move: Sheikh Rasheed
Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed. Photo: P.I.D. Sheikh Rasheed says opposition is in hot water after PM Imran Khan’s successful visit to China Says opposition has eyes on government allies. According to Faisal Vawda, he will challenge ECP’s decision in the Supreme Court. ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said on Wednesday the opposition could not […]
Relations do not win civil society key | Editorials
A nurse at Pastor Mary’s church said of the effort, “It’s things like that that say, ‘Hey, we see you. We know things are tough. It’s enormous.” It’s fair to wonder, in light of all the good reported on our pages, why many feel so pessimistic about where we are as a society. One clue […]
T. Thomas Fortune – The Civil Rights Activist Journalist
T. Thomas Fortune is considered one of the leading civil rights advocates for black Americans through the late 1800s. This article explores his work. Uncompromising in his defense of the rights of his fellow African Americans, T. Thomas Fortune fought for justice throughout his long career as a journalist. Timothy Thomas Fortune was born into […]
New Tallahassee MLK story markers display ‘Voices of the Movement’
To honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the City of Tallahassee held a series of 2022 National Day celebrations. One of the highlights was the unveiling by local leaders of “Dream Builders, Voices of the Movement”, three historical markers that depict King’s influence in the capital. The program took place […]
Anti-arbitration bill would boost #MeToo movement and allow victims of sexual misconduct to take cases to court
Victims of sexual assault and harassment may soon be freed from workplace restrictions that limit their ability to file complaints in court. A bill expected to be introduced in the House on Monday would lift arbitration requirements for victims of sexual misconduct that force such disputes to be dealt with outside of the courtroom. “The […]
Nominate people committed to the development of society for civic polls, Assam CM urges parties
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday called on all parties to field candidates who are committed to the welfare of society for the upcoming municipal elections in the state. Candidates with no party affiliation or symbol would have been ideal for the polls, but this decision cannot be made without discussions, Sarma noted. […]
Black History Month: Reporting on the Civil Rights Movement | Bob Loevy | News
February is Black History Month. It’s a good time to dust off my memories of being a journalist in Baltimore during the civil rights movement of the late 1950s and early 1960s. In the early 1960s, my town’s publisher learned that a major racial protest was planned in Cambridge, Maryland. It was a small town […]
Before civil rights, most clubs were reserved for whites. A Greenwich spot for CT Black professionals defied the norm.
GREENWICH – At the edge of the Greenwich shoreline, at the bottom of Byram Shore Road, a small island rises out of Long Island Sound. It is called Shore Island and today is home to little more than a stand of trees, a crumbling seawall, shorebirds and a small sandy beach. But the island holds […]
Women Of The Movement season 2 release date: renewed or cancelled?
ABC’s landmark show “Women of the Movement” is based on a true story about the kidnapping and murder of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African-American child. The series begins with the circumstances that led to Emmett’s death and continues through the trial of the two men charged with his murder, Roy Bryant and JW Milam. Additionally, […]
uttarakhand: To become politicians, we must first be accepted in society, say transgender people in the state | Dehradun News
Dehradun: In the 2017 Uttarakhand Assembly elections, transgender leader Rajni Rawat ran for the Raipur seat as an independent. She was the only transgender contestant in the fray that year. This time, however, no member of the community contests the election.Rajni Rawat, who recently joined the BJP, did not receive the ticket. Nonetheless, his induction […]
White House denies conflict between civil rights groups and police
Jthere is no conflict between fully funding police departments and holding police accountable, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday. President Joe Biden was on his way to New York to meet Mayor Eric Adams, a former police captain who has vowed to tackle violent crime, when Psaki was asked if there was a […]
Remembering to Remember: The Birth of a Movement for Environmental Justice | News
The PCB landfill protests in Afton marked the start of what would become the Environmental Justice Movement. At the start of this celebration of Black History Month 2022, I am reminded of the Warren County Environmental Justice Movement. I also remember all the beautiful views and beliefs that informed my understanding of Warren County and […]
Lunar New Year Greetings to Vietnamese Expats in the Republic of Korea, Venezuela | Society
Vietnamese Ambassador to the Republic of Korea (RoK) Nguyen Vu Tung visits the family of Nguyen Ngoc Cam, former president of the Vietnamese People’s Association in the Republic of Korea, on February 1, the first day of the year of the tiger. (Photo: VNA) Seoul (VNA) – Vietnamese Ambassador to the Republic of Korea (RoK) […]
Civil rights leader Andrew Young saddened by country’s extremism
SAN ANTONIO — Civil rights leader and former U.N. ambassador Andrew Young on Tuesday expressed his deep love for the United States while lamenting the extremism rampant there. “This country is suffering from a virus, and it’s not the medical virus that makes us wear these masks,” Young said. “There’s a political virus going on […]
Africa needs a new liberation movement –Soludo
Anambra State Governor-elect Chukwuma Soludo says politics has become big business in Nigeria, adding that many drug lords and internet scammers have flocked to politics to avoid arrest. Soludo, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria who won the Anambra gubernatorial election on November 6, 2021 on the platform of the All Progressives […]