Civil Rights

Gen Y

Sun, 08/16/2009 - 17:43 | Civil Rights

What does “civil rights” mean to Generation Y?

 

Reverse Discrimination

Sun, 07/26/2009 - 20:39 | Civil Rights

Before the Supreme Court ruled in the case of the New Haven, CT firefighters, a Washington Post article assessed the pending ruling's impact on whites: 
Yesterday's intense, serious and expanded argument came in the first of two cases the court has taken to examine the role that race should still play in government policies.
 
The arguments come as the court has grown more skeptical of such policie
 

Civil Rights in the 21st Century

Sun, 07/19/2009 - 19:47 | Civil Rights

What does the NAACP need to do to reimagine its mission in its second century?

 

 

Workplace Diversity

Tue, 06/30/2009 - 21:37 | Civil Rights

A USA Today Op-Ed piece debated the impact of the Supreme Court ruling on the New Haven, CT firefighters on diversity in the workplace:
Two things are immediately evident from the court's ruling.
 
One is how difficult this issue is for cities trying to do the right thing, and for courts trying to sort out what's legal and what's not.
 
The other message from the decisi
 

Dr. King’s Memorial Statue

Tue, 06/17/2008 - 12:41 | Civil Rights
The proposed design of the statue planned for the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial has triggered controversy.
 

Color Blind?

Mon, 06/09/2008 - 06:52 | Civil RightsPolitics
What does Sen. Obama's nomination means for Americans and the presidential race?
 

New Leadership—Different Results?

Mon, 05/19/2008 - 19:54 | Civil Rights
After a year-long search, the NAACP's 64-member board selected Benjamin Jealous as president of the nation's oldest civil rights organization.
 

Civil Rights 2.0

Sun, 05/04/2008 - 20:09 | Civil Rights
A Washington Post article says that a new generation of Blacks, critical of the old guard, is taking activism online, in a big way:
The new black revolution, as singer Gil Scott-Heron famously predicted, is not being televised. It is raging online. A growing cadre of young black activists is using the Internet in an attempt to eclipse traditional civil rights organizations such as the NAACP and hit the refresh button on the civil rights movement.
 

The Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement

Fri, 12/14/2007 - 22:09 | Civil Rights
In a USA Today commentary, entitled "Blacks' protests lack unity of purpose," the writer comments on the state of the modern-day civil rights movement:
Unlike the past campaigns led by Martin Luther King Jr., today's leaders forget that there is as much a need for cohesion and transparency as for justice. It is a shame that at a time when civil rights are eroding and blacks are willing to mobilize, this opportunity might be squandered because of protest overkill and frayed lead
 
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