On its 50th anniversary, everyone’s praising the Civil Rights Act that passed a bipartisan Congress back in 1964. Even Rand Paul had some good things to say about it. But if today’s Congress was given that opportunity to do something big, as big as voting on that bill, what would be the outcome? Congressman John… Continue reading Congressman John Lewis – The Civil Rights Act Would Not Get a Vote in Today’s Congress
Category: THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Troy University and the U.S. Postal Service Unveil Rosa Parks 100th Birthday Celebration Stamp
In time for Black History Month (you know the short one), the U.S. Postal Service will unveil a new historic Forever Stamp honoring civil rights leader Rosa Parks at the site of her famous arrest during a 100th birthday celebration for Ms. Parks on Monday, Feb. 4, hosted by Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum in… Continue reading Troy University and the U.S. Postal Service Unveil Rosa Parks 100th Birthday Celebration Stamp
THE AMERICAN MOVEMENT
I Have a Dream ~Martin Luther King I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree… Continue reading THE AMERICAN MOVEMENT