Before the landmark ruling that ended school segregation, a 16-year-old Black student in Virginia took a stand. Barbara Johns’ 1951 walkout wasn’t just a protest—it helped ignite a legal battle that reshaped American education and civil rights history.
Tag: Civil Rights Movement
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Don’t call it a filibuster! Sen. Cory Booker’s Trump policy comeback is an act of resistance.
Sen. Cory Booker broke a 68-year-old record by speaking for 25 hours in the Senate, using the time to highlight the importance of resistance against regressive and racist policies and to bring attention to marginalized Americans’ concerns over President Donald Trump’s discriminatory policies.
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James Baldwin: The life story you may not know
James Baldwin was a prolific writer, poet, essayist, and civil rights activist who spent much of his life abroad, and his works serve as a prism through which to view Black American life.