Civil Rights

Racist? Or Not?

Sun, 08/08/2010 - 19:57 | Civil Rights

Much has been made of the controversy surrounding Essence magazine's hiring of a white woman as its fashion director. 

 

The Slavery Blame-Game

Wed, 04/28/2010 - 08:21 | Civil Rights
 
In a New York Times Op-Ed piece, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. addresses the issue of slavery reparations.
 

Gen Y

Sun, 08/16/2009 - 18:43 | Civil Rights

 

What does “civil rights” mean to Generation Y?

 

 

Reverse Discrimination

Sun, 07/26/2009 - 21:39 | 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 - 20:47 | Civil Rights

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

 

 

Workplace Diversity

Tue, 06/30/2009 - 22:37 | 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 - 13:41 | 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 - 07:52 | Civil RightsPolitics
What does Sen. Obama's nomination means for Americans and the presidential race?
 

New Leadership—Different Results?

Mon, 05/19/2008 - 20:54 | 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.
 
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