Tag Archives: Civil Rights
Black Workers Remember
“During his fellowship year at the National Humanities Center [1995-96], Michael Honey, the author of a prize-winning book on labor and civil rights in the American South, is at work on a new project — an oral history of black … Continue reading
The Good Negress
First-time novelist A.J. Verdelle talks about The Good Negress, a powerful account of the shaping of a young woman’s intelligence during the early years of the civil rights movement. 754 – The Good Negress
Understanding [Martin Luther] King
Adam Fairclough, author of Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Brief Biography and Race and Democracy, appraises the life and times of one of the central shapers of civil rights worldwide. 750 – Understanding [Martin Luther] King
Taming the Storm
A description of the life and times of Federal Judge Frank Johnson, Jr. and the rise of the civil rights movement. An analysis of contemporary trends in southern politics. 722 – Taming the Storm
Civitas Latinoamericana
W. Robert Connor discusses “The Idea of a Civil Society,” human rights conference focusing on Latin America. At the time of this interview. Connor was Director of the National Humanities Center, host of the conference. In the second segment [at … Continue reading
The Civil Society Part 4
Eduardo Rabossi discusses human rights in Argentina. Zhang Zhilian discusses intellectuals and politics in contemporary China. 605 – The Civil Society Part 4
From Protest to Power: the Recent History of Civil Rights in the United States Part 4
Clayborne Carson is the author of In Struggle: SNCC and the Black Awakening of the 1960s (Harvard University Press) and, with David Garrow, the editor of Eyes on the Prize, America’s Civil Rights Years: A Reader and Guide (Penguin Books). … Continue reading
From Protest to Power: the Recent History of Civil Rights in the United States Part 3
Steven Lawson is the author of Black Ballots: Voting Rights in the South 1944-1969 and In Pursuit of Power: Southern Blacks & Electoral Politics 1965-1982 (Columbia University Press). Robert J. Norrell is the author of Reaping the Whirlwind: The Civil … Continue reading
From Protest to Power: the Recent History of Civil Rights in the United States Part 2
Paula Giddens is the author of When and Where I Enter and In Search of Sisterhood (William Morrow & Company, Inc.m NY). Mary King is the author of Freedom Song (paperback edition, 1988, William Morrow & Company, Inc., NY 437 … Continue reading
From Protest to Power: the Recent History of Civil Rights in the United States Part 1
William Chafe is the author of The Unfinished Journey: America Since World War II and Civilities and Civil Rights: Greensboro, North Carolina and the Black Struggle for Freedom (Oxford University Press). From 1969-1975, Howard Lee was the first black mayor … Continue reading