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Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Voting Rights Legislation

March 20, 2015

Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Voting Rights Legislation

By Aubrey Koski March 20, 2015       Sunday marked the 50th anniversary of president Lyndon B. Johnson’s 1965 speech urging Congress to enact voting rights legislation.   President Johnson’s speech, delivered before Congress on March 15, 1965, culminated in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the nation’s hallmark Civil Rights legislative […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Bloody Sunday, Civil Rights, Lyndon B. Johnson, Lynn Adelman, MARCH 20 2015, MARCH 6 2015, VOL. 25 NO. 10, Voting Rights, Voting Rights Act VRA, Wade Henderson

Anniversary of Selma March Rekindles Ferguson Comparisons

March 13, 2015

Anniversary of Selma March Rekindles Ferguson Comparisons

By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press March 13, 2015   In this March 13, 1965 file photo, a line of police officers hold back demonstrators who attempted to march to the courthouse in Selma, Ala. Police kept the demonstrators hemmed up in a square block area where they attempted several times to break through. (AP […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Anniversary, Black Lives Matter, Bloody Sunday, Civil Rights, Ferguson MO, MARCH 13 2015, Selma March, Southern Christian Leadership Conference SCLC, VOL. 25 NO. 9, Voting Rights Act VRA

Justice Dept.: No Federal Charges in Trayvon Martin Death

February 27, 2015

Justice Dept.: No Federal Charges in Trayvon Martin Death

By Jennifer Kay, Associated Press & Eric Tucker, Associated Press February 27, 2015   This image provided by the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office shows former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman after he was arrested Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, in Apopka, Fla. Authorities said they responded to a disturbance call at a house earlier in the […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Civil Rights, Eric Holder, FEBRUARY 27 2015, George Zimmerman, Justice Department, Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, VOL. 25 NO. 7

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

DuBois and Trotter: My Civil Rights Heroes

February 27, 2015

DuBois and Trotter: My Civil Rights Heroes

By George E. Curry, NNPA Columnist February 27, 2015   George E. Curry, NNPA Columnist     In the interest of full disclosure, I have been a W.E.B. DuBois fanatic since my teenage years in Tuscaloosa, Ala. I have a healthy collection of books by and about DuBois, including David Levering Lewis’ two-volume biography of […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black History Month, Booker T. Washington, Civil Rights, FEBRUARY 27 2015, George E. Curry, VOL. 25 NO. 7, W.E.B. DuBois, William Monroe Trotter

A Moment in Black History: Ida B. Wells

February 6, 2015

A Moment in Black History: Ida B. Wells

February 6, 2015   Ida B. Wells     Ida B. Wells was a journalist, suffragette, and crusader for justice in the face of tyranny. She was the daughter of former slaves, and became one of the most prominent activists in America’s anti-lynching movement. Wells helped establish civil rights organizations all over the country, and […]

Popular Interests In This Article: A Moment in Black History, Anti-Lynching Movement, Black History, Civil Rights, FEBRUARY 6 2015, Ida B. Wells, Rust College, Shaw University, VOL. 25 NO. 4, Womens Suffrage Movement

Capitol Rotunda to Fill for 35th Tribute & Ceremony for MLK

January 16, 2015

January 16, 2015     In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Dr. Jonathan Overby will host the 35th Annual “Tribute and Ceremony”, the nation’s oldest official ceremony honoring King. Festivities will be held in the Capitol Rotunda in Madison at 12:00, noon on Jan. 19. Together, we will celebrate the life and legacy […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Anthony Van Jones, Capitol, Civil Rights, JANUARY 16 2015, Jonathan Overby, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Milwaukees Latino Strings Orchestra, University of Illinois Black Chorus, VOL. 25 NO. 2

Jesse Jackson Joins Hamilton Family in Fight for Justice

January 9, 2015

Jesse Jackson Joins Hamilton Family in Fight for Justice

By Karen Stokes January 9, 2015       Hundreds of Milwaukee area residents and protesters gathered on a cold, wintry, Friday afternoon in downtown Milwaukee to rally in support of a fight for justice lead by the family of Dontre Hamilton, and to hear inspiring words from the family and civil rights leader, Reverend […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Civil Rights, Dontre Hamilton, James Groppi, JANUARY 9 2015, Jesse L. Jackson Sr., John Chisholm, Milwaukee, VOL. 25 NO. 1, WNOV

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