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Mount Morris Talks with Winfred Rembert

Posted on May 6, 2013 by | Leave a comment
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He was a six-year-old picking cotton in the Georgia of the Jim Crow South. He was a civil rights marcher. A troublemaker. A prisoner on a chain gang.
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HW Shop: Harlem’s Percy Sutton Signed Card

Posted on February 26, 2013 by | Leave a comment

317ywwDmKgL._SS500_Harlemite Percy Sutton a civil rights leader, city councilman, attorney of Malcolm X and Harlem legend signed his autograph on the pink business card with blue ink. Continue reading →

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Unheard Interviews with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On WNYC

Posted on January 15, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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To mark the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday this year, WNYC is making available four interviews with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that have never been released in their entirety. Continue reading →

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Bill Lynch Senior Associate Heads to National Action Network

Posted on January 7, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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Today, Bill Lynch Associates, LLC (BLA), the premier African-American owned and operated public affairs firm in New York, announced that Senior Associate LaMon Bland will be named National Field Director of Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network (NAN), one of the country’s leading civil rights organizations.   Continue reading →

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Alicia Keys and The First Lady Michelle

Posted on November 9, 2012 by | 1 Comment

On November 10, 2012, history will be made when Civil Rights Movements featuring Joel Hall Dancers and THE MARCH: A Civil Rights Opera interpret episodes of the civil rights movement through voice and movement. Continue reading →

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HW’s Black History Month

Posted on February 4, 2009 by | 1 Comment

king_johnson“In conjunction with the civil rights movement, Johnson overcame southern resistance and convinced Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed most forms of racial segregation. Johnson signed it into law on July 2, 1964.

Legend has it that, as he put down his pen, Johnson told an aide, “We have lost the South for a generation,” anticipating accoming backlash from Southern whites against Johnson’s Democratic Party. Continue reading →

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