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'Mischlingskinder’ – What Civil Rights Means to Mixed-Race Germans. Social activist Jeannine Kantara and her husband, documentarian John A. Kantara – both mixed-race Germans born in the 1960s – describe what civil rights meant in Germany from the post-World War II period to the present and the struggle for German identity in a sometimes hostile environment.
National Unity Shouldn’t Hinge on Black Cubans Being Quiet about Racism. Some contend that black Cubans paid too heavy a price in supporting the war of independence to agree to the argument that all Cubans should identify as Cubans and not members of different races. Tonyaa Weathersbee writes, however, that like black people in the U.S., black Cubans also endured a form of segregation that limited chances for education and employment.
A View of Civil Rights from Inside Cuba. In two brief essays, Alicia Centelles, a radio journalist from Havana, and her daughter, Patricia Camacho Centelles, offer their views of civil rights, from the viewpoint of one who has seen racial progress to one who has experienced little, if any, discrimination.
Al Sharpton Charts New Route for Civil Rights Advocacy. Pulitzer Prize winner E.R. Shipp interviews activist and commentator Al Sharpton about cutting his political teeth on the civil rights movement and how he now navigates the blurred lines as an advocate on a news network.
For American Indians, ’64 Act Was Justice Delayed. Native Americans were left out of the civil rights movement as most Americans recognize it. Author, journalist and scholar Mark Trahant describes the effort that brought about a separate civil rights act passed four years after the seminal 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Covering the Movement in Black and White. Paul Delaney had a front row seat to history as a young reporter during the 1960s. Working for the Atlanta Daily World, Delaney enjoyed a “lofty perch” to view the fight for civil rights, its leaders and its challenges, not the least of which was working for a publisher who didn’t fully support the movement.
50 YEARS LATER, NO TIME FOR COMPLACENY. Barbara Arnwine, the executive director of the Lawyers for Civil Rights Under Law, contends that while the legacy of the 1964 Civil Rights Act contains important victories, they could well be diluted if its supporters do not remain vigilant.
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Dean's Corner
DeWayne Wickham, dean, School of Global Journalism & Communication.
The fight for jobs and equal pay, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, was as important to whites, in many ways, as it was to black people, according to Gavin Wright, an economic historian at Stanford University and author of Shaing the Prize - The Economics of the Civil Rights Revolution in the American South. Wright contends white resistance was puzzling, considering how much whites gained during the movement.
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