selma Archives – https://ezkool.com/category/selma/ Mon, 23 Nov 2020 16:23:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://ezkool.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ezkool-logo-75png.png selma Archives – https://ezkool.com/category/selma/ 32 32 12773863 Larry Wilmore Slams Republican Leadership for Avoiding Selma https://ezkool.com/2015/03/larry-wilmore-slams-republican-leadership-for-avoiding-selma/ https://ezkool.com/2015/03/larry-wilmore-slams-republican-leadership-for-avoiding-selma/#respond Tue, 10 Mar 2015 15:58:44 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=58250 “Even noted impressionist painter George W. Bush and his wife and muse Laura were there,” said Larry Wilmore, the Emmy Award-winning producer, actor, comedian, writer and host. “That’s what made this so special.” He continued; “Mitch McConnell and John, look—I get you don’t support Obama, but you could’ve at least showed up to support John […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/03/larry-wilmore-slams-republican-leadership-for-avoiding-selma/feed/ 0 58250 Original “Selma” Organizer Skips 50th Anniversary Events because George Bush Was There https://ezkool.com/2015/03/original-selma-organizer-skips-50th-anniversary-events-because-george-bush-was-there/ https://ezkool.com/2015/03/original-selma-organizer-skips-50th-anniversary-events-because-george-bush-was-there/#respond Mon, 09 Mar 2015 19:11:08 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=58237 Hmmmm…. I wonder how many more decided to skip the 50th commemoration of “Bloody Sunday” because the Bush was there… I would imagine quite a few! “I refused to march because George Bush marched,” Diane Nash, a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, told “NewsOne Now” host Roland Martin. “I think the Selma movement […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/03/original-selma-organizer-skips-50th-anniversary-events-because-george-bush-was-there/feed/ 0 58237 Full Transcript and Video of Obama’s Historic Selma Speech – Video https://ezkool.com/2015/03/watch-live-president-obamas-remarks-in-selma-video/ https://ezkool.com/2015/03/watch-live-president-obamas-remarks-in-selma-video/#respond Sat, 07 Mar 2015 20:12:52 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=58222 Below is the complete transcript and video of President Obama’s historic Selma speech. *** It is a rare honor in this life to follow one of your heroes. And John Lewis is one of my heroes. Now, I have to imagine that when a younger John Lewis woke up that morning fifty years ago and […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/03/watch-live-president-obamas-remarks-in-selma-video/feed/ 0 58222 Boehner Couldn’t Make It To Selma, But He Released This 4 Sentence Statement https://ezkool.com/2015/03/boehner-couldnt-make-it-to-selma-but-he-released-this-4-sentence-statement/ https://ezkool.com/2015/03/boehner-couldnt-make-it-to-selma-but-he-released-this-4-sentence-statement/#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2015 15:44:06 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=58213 This weekend marks the 50th commemoration of “Bloody Sunday” in Selma and across the nation, for it was 50 years ago when peaceful protesters were beaten to a pulp because they had the nerve to demand equal voting rights. Bloody Sunday solidified the importance of voting for all Americans, and ultimately led to the 1965 […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/03/boehner-couldnt-make-it-to-selma-but-he-released-this-4-sentence-statement/feed/ 2 58213 Republican Leaders Will Not Be Going to Selma – No Surprises Here https://ezkool.com/2015/03/republican-leaders-will-not-be-going-to-selma-no-surprises-here/ https://ezkool.com/2015/03/republican-leaders-will-not-be-going-to-selma-no-surprises-here/#respond Sat, 07 Mar 2015 04:15:42 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=58207 Why the heck would Republicans be interested in anything to do with Selma? I am disappointed that the Congressional Black Caucus and Rep. John Lewis would expect these Republicans to care about anything to do with the Civil Rights movement. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) this week joined the Congressional Black Caucus in complaining that none of […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/03/republican-leaders-will-not-be-going-to-selma-no-surprises-here/feed/ 0 58207 Yes, Students Can See ‘Selma’ for Free https://ezkool.com/2015/01/yes-students-can-see-selma-for-free/ https://ezkool.com/2015/01/yes-students-can-see-selma-for-free/#respond Thu, 22 Jan 2015 12:43:40 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=57535 The producers of Selma have teamed up with Black business leaders from around the country for an unprecedented initiative to give students free access to the Oscar-nominated film. So far, nearly 100,000 middle schoolers have taken advantage of the program in cities like New York, Atlanta, Miami and New Orleans, BET reports. Due to popular […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/01/yes-students-can-see-selma-for-free/feed/ 0 57535 President Obama will Screen Selma at The White House https://ezkool.com/2015/01/president-obama-will-screen-selma-at-the-white-house/ https://ezkool.com/2015/01/president-obama-will-screen-selma-at-the-white-house/#respond Fri, 16 Jan 2015 16:40:57 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=57416 BBC news is reporting that Selma, the film depicting the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama led by Dr Martin Luther King Jr., will have a screening at the White House. It is a contender for best picture at next month’s Academy Awards, alongside seven other films including Birdman, Boyhood and Grand Budapest Hotel. […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/01/president-obama-will-screen-selma-at-the-white-house/feed/ 0 57416 Cast of “Selma” Wears “I Can’t breathe” T-Shirt to Movie’s Premier https://ezkool.com/2014/12/cast-of-selma-wears-i-cant-breathe/ https://ezkool.com/2014/12/cast-of-selma-wears-i-cant-breathe/#respond Mon, 15 Dec 2014 18:09:22 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=56677 “Selma,” the movie about the famed march by Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights activists, opens in selected theaters on December 25th and nationwide on January 9th, but already the cast of the show is living up to expectations, following in the footsteps of the man and the movement the show is based […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/12/cast-of-selma-wears-i-cant-breathe/feed/ 0 56677 Vice President Biden Supports The Voting Act – “We’re Still Fighting” https://ezkool.com/2013/03/vice-president-biden-supports-the-voting-act-were-still-fighting/ https://ezkool.com/2013/03/vice-president-biden-supports-the-voting-act-were-still-fighting/#respond Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:02:33 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=29004 Vice President Joseph Biden today urged the Supreme Court to uphold a provision of the Voting Rights Act that gives the federal government ongoing oversight of ballot collecting in states with histories of discrimination. Speaking at annual memorial festivities in Selma, Ala., commemorating the 1965 civil rights marchthere, the vice president told a crowd including some […]

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