Sentences with phrase «civil rights events»

I wasn't seeing Kennedy, I wasn't seeing the Civil Rights events described, I wasn't even seeing him consulting with his brother Bobby or anyone else in his inner circle.

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What has emerged on the wintry plains of North Dakota is a distinctive, if not unique event in the history of American environmentalism, and a seminal struggle over civil rights and Native American sovereignty.

But if anything, her comments anticipate not the distant future but the shape of the Nixon administration and the national backlash against civil rights legislation and the sexual revolution — events close at hand in 1970.

One outcome of the events surrounding the civil rights controversy in Bloomington has been a new concern to face the myriad questions relating to homosexuality and religion and to minister to the spiritual needs of gay persons.

The events of that day in particular, and of the Civil Rights movement in general, remind us of an important truth: Religion and politics do go together — a democratic version of the latter can not be sustained without the former.

Gee, an event promiting action AGAINST other people's civil rights has gotten out - of - hand?

Self - involved, self - righteous, and sullen, the adult Scout is a young woman trying to make sense of her relationship to the town, or more precisely, trying to make sense of what it means to remain in continuity with this world when its aggressive reaction to national events is at odds with her own, which, it has to be said, is not without some unseemly elements (as when she assures a relative that while she supports civil rights, she'd never want to marry a black man, personally).

White theologians reflected on the meaning of God's presence in the world from the time of the Exodus to the civil rights revolution and never once made a sustained theological connection between these two liberation events.

In any event it is a civil rights issue.

When Moore first began planning the event, one of the first leader names he thought of was Perkins, a longtime Christian civil rights activist.

Till's murder is noted as a pivotal event motivating the African - American Civil Rights Movement.

A vivid case in point is the impact that Bull Conner's attacks on the civil rights marchers, and the Ku Klux Klan's murder of four African - American girls in the bombing of a church — among many other such atrocities — had on the unfolding of events, including the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

It was a time when the civil rights movement was cresting, when racial violence in the South and in the northern cities was beginning to erupt, when sit - ins and freedom marches were headline events and when We Shall Overcome was almost as familiar a song as any performed by Elvis Presley.

This story in three parts uses rhythmic text to summarize the rules of segregation and many events that comprised the civil rights movement, and also provide a look at where are we now.

Whereas, throughout America's history, New York State has been a leader in civil, human, and social rights; this is well illustrated by the number of suffragists who called New York home and the choice of Seneca Falls for the first Women's Rights Convention held in 1848; this momentous event outlined certain rights that women should be granted, including the right to vote, thereby sparking the nationwide crusade for women's suffragrights; this is well illustrated by the number of suffragists who called New York home and the choice of Seneca Falls for the first Women's Rights Convention held in 1848; this momentous event outlined certain rights that women should be granted, including the right to vote, thereby sparking the nationwide crusade for women's suffragRights Convention held in 1848; this momentous event outlined certain rights that women should be granted, including the right to vote, thereby sparking the nationwide crusade for women's suffragrights that women should be granted, including the right to vote, thereby sparking the nationwide crusade for women's suffrage; and

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Previous recipients of the award include former head of the National Urban League Hugh B. Price; New York State Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins; civil rights attorney Mayo Bartlett, co-founder of Safe Passage; and Biondi School Assistant Principal Al Grimes, a member of the first African - American college relay team to win the National Invitational Two Mile Event.

Many of the elected officials who came to the event thanked those honored and other black Americans for their accomplishments and what the civil rights movement had done for their own minority groups.

The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and trangender civil rights organization, hosted the event and posted a video of Hillary's address online although Clinton's staff kept the stop off her public schRights Campaign, the nation's largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and trangender civil rights organization, hosted the event and posted a video of Hillary's address online although Clinton's staff kept the stop off her public schrights organization, hosted the event and posted a video of Hillary's address online although Clinton's staff kept the stop off her public schedule.

The event was organized by Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ), and attendees included civil rights activist Linda Sarsour; Fatoumata Waggeh of African Communities Together; City Comptroller Scott Stringer; and José Rolando Matalón, who serves as the Senior Rabbi at Manhattan's B'nai Jeshurun synagogue.

After questioning the legitimacy of the 2016 elections, civil rights leader John Lewis addresses crowd in Miami at a Martin Luther King Jr. holiday event.

The mayor will then offer opening remarks at a convening of the United States Conference of Mayors and the country's leading civil rights leaders at Gracie Mansion — an event closed to members of the media.

The lecture, with the topic: «Nigeria's fight against corruption: The facts, the fallacies, the antidotes,» will be delivered by Sani, a civil rights activist, while Olanipekun will be the chairman of the event.

Dubbed «Do the Right Thing Day» by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Saturday's event on Stuyvesant Avenue between Quincy Street and Lexington Avenue will celebrate the film's impact on Brooklyn and the civil rights movement, Adams said.

The complex event and its aftermath can also be further illuminated via discussions of larger themes in social and political history, such as balancing national safety and civil rights — comparing reactions to 9/11 with those following the attack on Pearl Harbor, for example — or the grounds for overseas military interventions — such as the recent U.S. engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan as compared with the U.S.'s position on the League of Nations after World War I. «These themes put a light on it,» Brodsky Schur says, giving teachers and even parents a way to integrate such a seemingly unteachable event.

Little Rock has a huge black population — about 42 % of residents identified as black or African - American in the 2010 census — and was the backdrop for the milestone events in the Civil Rights Movement.

A «reckless killing»: Christchurch babysitter Shayal Sami murdered infant, prosecution claims This disability rights timeline lists events relating to the civil rights of people with disabilities in the United States of America, including court

The true story of one of the most pivotal and shameful events during the troubles of Northern Ireland when the occupying British army opened fire on unarmed civil rights protesters in 1972.

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Black Panther starts right after the events of Captain America: Civil War.

Black Panther picks up right after the events of Civil War, as T'Challa (Boseman) prepares to ascend to the throne of Wakanda, following the death of his father King T'Chaka (John Kani).

Thus are the wheels set in motion for the first major Civil Rights demonstration of the 1950s, with Rosa rising to heroic status in the eyes of her people, an event that also profoundly alters the life of local religious leader Martin Luther King Jr. (played by the Reverend's son, Dexter Scott King).

She is determined to nurture «from the inside» a project of civil rights education, but her Guarani - speaking high - school students resist her civics lessons - and she quickly learns that gaining their trust won't be an easy task.These subtly illuminating encounters reverberate in the aftermath of the central event of the film - a harrowing sexual assault by a group of young men.

After working in the records room and suffering everyday insults from various colleagues, he's given the assignment to go undercover at an event hosting speaker, civil rights activist Kwame Ture to collect information, where he meets the president of the Black Student Union Patrice (Laura Harrier).

Louis» story puts him in a position to be present at almost every major event of the civil rights movement, from participating with the Freedom Riders to having no less than Martin Luther King Jr. (Nelsan Ellis) tell him that Cecil's role as a domestic worker gives him one of the best opportunities to fight racism.

This remarkable story touches on several important historical events; the Civil War, women's rights, and slavery.

When Academy Award - winning actress Frances McDormand lit up Oscar night with her puzzling plea for «inclusion riders,» civil rights lawyer Kalpana Kotagal was watching the Sunday evening event from the other side of the continent in Washington and...

While it starts out as a strong character portrait, it soon morphs into a hard - to - believe sequence of events in which either Cecil or his son is present, Zelig - like, at every single pivotal moment in the civil rights movement.

Matthew Vaughn has acknowledged this in interviews, saying (with a legitimate storyteller's concern) that the Civil Rights was too big of an issue to offhandedly hint at in a movie already widely concerned with a specific political event, and that the Movement might become part of a sequel, should a sequel get made.

He was right, of course, and the answer to Hawkeye and Ant - Man's absence is that they took deals to avoid house arrest after the events of Captain America: Civil War.

It is quite a mixture of historical events, the Civil Rights movement, family drama, generational differences, Presidential evolution, emotional wrangling, and Oscar posturing.

He was a radio pioneer and media phenomenon, with his streetwise on - air discussions of current events — then a fresh concept in radio — and his off - air championing of various causes, including civil rights.

She was too young for Rodney King and she studied [the] Civil Rights [Movement], but she said for our generation [these were] the first events and I thought wow, that's interesting.»

The Loving Story (Unrated) Civil rights documentary recounting the events leading up to the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision in Loving vs. Virginia, the historic 1967 case declaring interracial marriage legal under the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause.

Director Raoul Peck here, in this Oscar - nominated documentary, uses his words and archival footage to explore the Civil Rights movement in order to find a deeper connection to modern events.

The trial of those men and the events occurring in the aftermath helped to give the Communist Party in America wide publicity, change laws, and jumpstart the modern civil rights movement.

The event has continued to be observed to this day, ostensibly oblivious to the inroads achieved by the Civil Rights Movement elsewhere in terms of integration.

Finally, because so many current events topics shed light on human and civil rights, teachers have an excellent conversational bridge as well as a lens for addressing equity and justice, a topic that so many young people are hungry to discuss.

Sparked by a handful of seemingly insignificant moments and events, the drive for civil rights and racial equality in the United States evolved into one of the most transformative, inspiring journeys ever undertaken.

This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to test their knowledge with the major historical figures and events during the Civil Rights Movement.