Civil Rights/Black Power
: Marlene Martin The story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott is not just about its leaders, but a mass movement that depended on tens of thousands of people.
February 9, 2012 : Alan Maass The Black Power movement was a magnificent high point of African American resistance--one that inspired and shaped radicals for years to come.
October 25, 2011 : Lee Wengraf September 9 marks the 40th anniversary of the most important prison uprising in U.S. history--the rebellion at Attica in upstate New York.
September 9, 2011 Far from being "pointless violence" the Black urban rebellions of the 1960s changed the direction of U.S. politics.
August 12, 2011 A controversial biography by the late Manning Marable provides a fascinating account of Malcolm X's life story and political development.
May 24, 2011 : Joseph "Jazz" Hayden A former Attica prisoner discusses the historic prison rebellion on its 40th anniversary and what it means for prison activists today.
March 17, 2011 : Erik Wallenberg Student groups are bringing together a panel of University of Washington alumni to discuss a radical chapter in UW history.
May 21, 2010 : Khury Petersen-Smith The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee--one of the central organizations of the civil rights movement--was founded 50 years ago.
April 15, 2010 The struggle of the Contract Buyers League in 1960s Chicago holds lessons for the victims of today's housing crisis.
March 24, 2010 : Brian Jones The civil rights movement's lunch counter sit-ins--direct action protests against a hated symbol of Jim Crow segregation--began 50 years ago today.
February 1, 2010 In the final years of his life, Martin Luther King presented a radical critique of U.S. society and campaigned for fundamental and far-reaching change.
January 19, 2009 Members of the Black Panther Party gathered in Seattle to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the chapter's founding.
May 8, 2008 : Brian Jones Martin Luther King was assassinated 40 years ago in the midst of a struggle that he saw as part of the next stage for the civil rights movement.
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