Shielding the eyes of the powerless About 100 statues throughout the city were blindfolded as hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in massive weekend protests across the […]
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Growing Minorities Shake Up Presidential Race
Growing Minorities Shake Up Presidential Race VOANews: Growing Minorities Shake Up Presidential Race America is in the middle of a major demographic shift. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, minority […]
Candidates’ Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Driving Push for US Citizenship
VOANews: Candidates’ Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Driving Push for US Citizenship A contentious U.S. presidential campaign, including anti-immigrant rhetoric from candidates like Donald Trump, is driving many immigrants who are permanent residents […]
Civil Rights |Glossary and Terms
These are important words and ideas to understand to learn about Civil Rights. Affirmative Action – A group of policies that help to benefit groups that have been discriminated against […]
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Taken from: ducksters.com Civil Rights for Kids The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was one of the most important civil rights laws in the history of the United States. It […]
Civil Rights |Jim Crow Laws
Taken from: Duckers.com Civil Rights for Kids: Jim Crow Laws What were the Jim Crow laws? Jim Crow laws were laws in the South based on race. They enforced segregation between […]
White Socks Only | a storybook on race
Taken from: storyonline.net White Socks Only Written by: Evelyn Coleman Read by: Amber Rose Tamblyn Read by: Amber Rose Tamblyn Published by: Albert Whitman & Company When Grandma was a little […]
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Occupation: Civil Rights Leader Born: January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, GA Died: April 4, 1968 in Memphis, TN Best known for: Advancing the Civil Rights Movement and his “I Have […]
Pope Francis in Kenya 2015
Pope Francis went to Africa in November, 2015. His first stop was in Kenya. His plane landed in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. There were many people waiting to see the […]
Western Diet Bad for Human Health, Environment
Western Diet Bad for Human Health, Environment | Voice of America – Learning English From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. The spread of Western eating habits around […]
