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Who is Mississippi?

April 10, 2016 by Michele Grigsby Coffey Leave a Comment
no hate

As is often the case, my eyes are on Mississippi this week. Past and present are even more obviously intertwined than usual this year in the haunted state of Mississippi.  In February, as the state legislature was ignoring multiple bills that called for removing the Confederate saltire from the state flag, Governor Phil Bryant issued … [Read more…]

Posted in: History, News Feed, Our Voices, Politics Tagged: Confederate Heritage Month, Emanuel AME Church, HB2, Lee Bright, LGBTQ, Mississippi, NAACP, s.1203, South Carolina, United Daughters of the Confederacy

Eight Women to Celebrate on MLK Day

January 18, 2016 by Meeghan Kane Leave a Comment
courtesy of Ella Baker

I think for many people, when Martin Luther King, Jr. Day became a holiday thirty years ago, it was an opportunity to celebrate the commitment and sacrifices of all of the activists who fostered substantive change against brutal odds. I mean, clearly, King didn’t do it alone. He was gifted, generous, and brave, but he … [Read more…]

Posted in: History, News Feed Tagged: Amelia Boynton, Civil Rights Movement, Coretta Scott King, Diane Nash, Ella Baker, Jo Ann Robinson, Jr., Mahalia Jackson, Martin Luther King, MLK Day, NAACP, SCLC, Septima Clark, SNCC

Protecting Black Women, Something Else Rosa Parks Did Well

December 1, 2015 by Meeghan Kane 1 Comment
Rosa Parks in 1955

There’s always a good reason to celebrate the courage and determination of Rosa Parks, but sixty years ago today, she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Everyone knows that, though. They know that her protest led to a massive yearlong (and successful) boycott of the … [Read more…]

Posted in: History, News Feed Tagged: Alabama, Civil Rights Movement, history, ment, Montgomery Bus Boycott, NAACP, Recy Taylor, Rosa Parks

Southern Women and their Demands

April 15, 2015 by Auntie Bellum Leave a Comment
Ella Baker

On this day in 1960 “The Godmother of SNCC” brought together college students who had participated in that year’s sit-ins that swept the South. Ella Baker had managed to convince SCLC, a fairly new organization created on the heels of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, to hold a conference at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. … [Read more…]

Posted in: History Tagged: Ella Baker, Montgomery Buss Boycott, NAACP, SNCC