President Barack Obama is marking the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act with an appeal to restore it. Thursday, he called upon Congress to update the law and encouraged citizens to register to vote. “There are people of goodwill on both sides of the aisle who are willing to do it, but it keeps […]
Malcolm X, one of the most important figures of the second half of the 21st century, brought a different perspective to Black America and the…
Rudolph shows off his nose that glows so bright to future dentist Hermey in “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” which first aired in December of 1964. RANKIN-BASS/CBS It happened just yesterday: the 50th anniversary of the debut of one of the most beloved of all Christmas television specials. We refer to the inimitable “Rudolph the Red-Nosed […]
Oprah Winfrey, Jamie Foxx and Forest Whitaker will join President Barack Obama and former chief executives Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter at the Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday to mark the 50th anniversary of one of the Civil Rights Movement’s most memorable moments — the March on Washington. Georgia Representative John Lewis, now one of the Democrats’ congressional elders but then an aide to King, […]
Over the weekend thousands gathered at the National Mall to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. Speakers including Martin Luther King III and Democratic Rep. John Lewis, who was the youngest speaker at the 1963 march, encouraged the crowd to continue fighting for social justice. Attorney General Eric Holder kicked […]
A Chinese sculptor has removed a disputed inscription from the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial statue that he designed on the National Mall and said Thursday that he is working on a new finish for the side of the artwork. Plans call for sculptor Lei Yixin to carve grooves over the former words […]
James Meredith is a civil-rights icon who hates the term “civil rights.” It’s as if civil rights were somehow set apart from – well, rights. “When it comes to my rights as an American citizen, and yours, I am a triumphalist and an absolutist. Anything less is an insult,” said the black man who 50 […]
