This page features brief excerpts of stories published by the mainstream
media and, less frequently, blogs, alternative media, and even obviously
biased sources. The excerpts are taken directly from the websites cited in
each source note. Quotation marks are not used.
Source: Washington Post
Jul 22, 2020
The Sierra Club isn’t the only organization that is shaking its foundations. Leaders of predominantly white, liberal and progressive groups throughout the field of conservation say they are taking a hard look within their organizations and don’t like what they see.
Source: Vanity Fair
Jul 20, 2020
The book and the documentary Good Trouble serve as twin cultural epitaphs for a man widely adored and perpetually being reimagined, discovered, and studied.
Source: Politico
Jul 20, 2020
The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board was established by Congress in January 2019. Now nominees for the board named by the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, the Society of American Archivists, and the American Bar Association are being "vetted" by the White House, raising concerns about partisan interference.
Source: The New York Times
Jul 20, 2020
A determined handful of men in New Orleans carry on the cause Dr. King died defending in Memphis.
Source: Washington Post
Jul 20, 2020
The court has shown less deference to presidents in recent years. Even so, Trump stands out.
Source: DCist
Jul 20, 2020
“Colonialist, terrorist, murderer. In a lot of places that’s what colonials mean to people,” said one student. “Why would we continue to call ourselves that?”
Source: Democracy Now!
Jul 20, 2020
In 2012, Rep. Lewis spoke to Democracy Now! about his efforts during the civil rights movement.
Source: CNN
Jul 20, 2020
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, known as the Six Triple Eight, was the only all-Black Women's Army Corps unit to serve in Europe during World War II.
Source: Slate
Jul 19, 2020
"When police beat someone for challenging a morally diseased system, the phrase “beaten for challenging a morally diseased system” rarely gets written in the incident report."
Source: The Guardian
Jul 19, 2020
Trump said on Sunday, “I’m not offended either by Black Lives Matter, that’s freedom of speech. You know the whole thing with cancel culture – we can’t cancel our whole history. We can’t forget that the north and the south fought.”
Source: New York Daily News
Jul 19, 2020
Advocates for the name change include filmmaker Ava DuVernay and South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn.
Source: NBC News
Jul 19, 2020
Psychologist Ervin Staub has pioneered active bystander training to limit violence between police and the public.
Source: Washington Post
Jul 19, 2020
House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn is calling on Trump to turn words into action.
Source: Washington Monthly
Jul 18, 2020
Trump's ordering of DHS personnel to arrest protesters in Portland should be seen in light of the expiration of a critical 1982 consent decree under which the Republican National Committee has agreed not to deploy law enforcement officers to polling stations. That conduct will no longer be barred in 2020.
Source: Washington Post
Jul 18, 2020
As the group jeered, Reverend Robert Turner shouted: “You care more about a face mask than you do justice, than you do for people whose bodies are still in mass graves.”
Source: The Atlantic
Jul 18, 2020
Black leaders pause to reflect on the civil-rights icon and representative from Georgia, who spent decades calling for activism and “good trouble.”
Source: Washington Post
Jul 16, 2020
NASCAR did not provide official comment on the SCV’s action in June, but Steve O’Donnell, the stock-car racing organization’s executive vice president and chief racing development officer, called the perpetrator of the stunt “a jackass” at the time in a tweet.
Source: WTOP
Jul 15, 2020
Thirteen Civil War Heritage areas have been awarded more than $5.1 million in grants to help support improvement projects in the state of Maryland.
Source: Washington Post
Jul 15, 2020
What would the oft-quoted Parker say about yet another resting place? One can almost hear her.
What fresh hell is this?
Source: New York Times
Jul 15, 2020
“When am I going to quit? When racists quit,” Jane Elliott said. “Do I have a job for a lifetime? I’m afraid so.”
