In 1936, an African-American mailman created a travel guide specifically designed to help African Americans on the road know where they could go and safe as well as be treated with dignity.
On “Get Up! Mornings With Erica Campbell” during ‘Faith Walk’ she talks about how Sunday is a segregated day. People talk about white churches and black churches and compare the music that they play at them. She mentioned if we’re all love the same Jesus there should’t be any problem. People beat up others with […]
Residents in Henrico County, Va., debated at a school board meeting whether to rename a middle school that honors a segregationist. This is the latest flashpoint in a growing national campaign to remove the names of racist historical figures from public buildings.
This Photo Of Michelle Obama Will Give You Goosebumps Past and present collide in the image, which was taken in May, showing FLOTUS speaking with…
TRENTON, N.J.— New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is referring to an openly gay state lawmaker as “numb nuts” for comparing him to former segregationist governors from the South. The governor wants the issue of gay marriage put to a public vote. Democrats have criticized him for comments that people involved in the civil rights movement […]
LANCASTER, PA-McCaskey East High School in Lancaser, Pennslyvania is experimenting with having separate homerooms for African American Students in order to boost African American academic performance. Lancaster Online reports: The idea originated with Angela Tilghman, a McCaskey East instructional coach who was alarmed at the poor academic performance of the school’s black students. Only about […]
NORTH CAROLINA-After the Wake County School Board voted to end a busing programs that keep school’s integrated in the district, critics are claiming they are re-introducing segregation to North Carolina. The Washington Post reports: And as the board moves toward a system in which students attend neighborhood schools, some members are embracing the provocative idea […]
Washington (AP)– Rush Limbaugh chose to use racially insensitive terminology to attack South Carolina congressman James Clyburn and Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi. Referring to the movie “Driving Miss Daisy” and segregation, he belittled Clyburn and Pelosi: Clyburn has had power, but they want to take it away from him here. Tavis Smiley is […]
The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that Secretary Of Education, Arne Duncan gave a speech in Chicago where he claimed that Martin Luther King would be upset at the education system if he were alive today. In a speech in Chicago Saturday, U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan said if Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. […]
