Category Archives: Civil Rights Protest & Issues
Voting Rights in the Early 1960s: “Registering Who They Wanted To”
Today’s blog was written by Stacey Chandler, Textual Reference Archivist at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library Part II: Literacy Tests, Poll Taxes, and other 1971(a) Barriers to the Black Vote In 1962, Deputy Attorney General Burke Marshall reported that “racial … Continue reading
Elaine Brown: Leader and Activist
Today’s post was written by Daniella Furman, Archivist in the Textual Processing Branch at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland It is important to look back and examine the similarities and differences between the Black Power Movement of the … Continue reading
Bayard Rustin: The Inmate that the Prison Could Not Handle
Today’s post was written by Shaina Destine, a student intern in Textual Processing at the National Archives in College Park. Bayard Rustin was the perpetual hero that history forgot. I learned of Bayard Rustin in regards to his Civil Rights … Continue reading
Jesse Owens, American Hero
Re-post in Celebration of the Start of the 2016 Olympics Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Today’s post was written by Ms. Netisha Currie, Archives Specialist at the National Archives in College Park The new biographical movie about Jesse Owens, Race, … Continue reading
Unbought and Unbossed: Shirley Chisholm and the 1972 Presidential Run
Today’s post was written by Tiffany Walker, Archivist in the Textual Processing Branch at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland Earlier this month, Hillary Clinton clinched the Democratic Presidential nomination, thus becoming the first woman in United States history to lead … Continue reading
“When It Was So Rough that You Couldn’t Make It”: Voting Rights in the Early 1960s
Today’s blog was written by Stacey Chandler, Textual Reference Archivist at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library Part I: Mapping the Barriers A basic law protecting the right to vote “without distinction of race, color, or previous condition of servitude” has … Continue reading
Black Panther: A News Reel Video
Today’s blog was written by Dr. Tina L. Ligon, Lead Archivist at the National Archives at College Park, Maryland The ideology of Black Power promotes cultural appreciation and black self-determination. Although it sometimes has negative connotations, the phrase “Black Power” … Continue reading
Jesse Owens, American Hero
Today’s post was written by Netisha Currie, Archives Specialist at the National Archives in College Park The new biographical movie about Jesse Owens, Race, will be released in theaters this Friday, February 19th. The title has a double meaning – alluding … Continue reading