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Transcript: Martin Luther King’s speech to NATRA,1967 (second half) | #Racism on Blog#42

This is a transcript of the second half of Dr. King’s speech to NATRA. August, 1967, Atlanta, Georgia. Continue reading Transcript: Martin Luther King’s speech to NATRA,1967 (second half) | #Racism on Blog#42

It’s Time for a New Multiracial, Cross-Class Movement | Talk Poverty

African-Americans and white people struggled together during the civil rights era. We need that once again.

By Peter Edelman

Last week we celebrated the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the greatest and most important advance in civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. The week before we marked the horrible murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner in Mississippi, as part of a remembrance of the 1964 Freedom Summer.

We have to remember all of it. So many American children growing up today – even college and graduate students – know nothing of it. They have probably heard of Dr. King, but that’s about it.

We have to remember the murders and the lynchings just as we have to remember the Holocaust. History does repeat itself. There is no certain immunization against going backwards, but the best chance of preventing retrogression is to remember, to be vigilant, and to be ready to act when we see signs of it appearing. Continue reading It’s Time for a New Multiracial, Cross-Class Movement | Talk Poverty

As the #CivilRights Act Turns 50, Creating Cross-Racial Alliances | NYTimes

By Sheryll Cashin

WASHINGTON — THE Civil Rights Act of 1964, which banned discrimination in public accommodations, employment and federally funded activities like education, would not have passed without the support of House and Senate Republicans who were competing for black votes. And Presidents Kennedy and Johnson would not have advocated for the bill without being pressured to do so by a multiracial grass-roots movement. Continue reading As the #CivilRights Act Turns 50, Creating Cross-Racial Alliances | NYTimes