“war on poverty,” including legislation establishing theJob Corpsfor the unemployed and the Head Start program for preschool children; new civil rights legislation, such as theVoting Rights Act(1965), which outlawed the literacy tests and other devices used to preventAfrican Americansfrom voting; ...
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As explained in his autobiography, King previously felt that the peaceful teachings of Jesus applied mainly to individual relationships, not large-scale confrontations. But he came to realize: “Love for Gandhi was a potent instrument for social and collective transformation. It was in this Gandhian...
‘Sister Wives’ Recap: Kody Brown Calls Divide With Janelle and Their Sons a 'Civil War' After She Sides With the Kids Stuck between a rock and a hard place.Kody BrownandJanelle Brownhit a wall in their relationship on the latest episode ofSister Wivesafter they agreed to disa...
The other kids were his friends, but they rarely showed interest in his marching about anymore. It was odd that they would ask him now.“‘Why don’t you lead us?’ The first classmate asked. ‘We figured if the war is gonna happen maybe we ought to get the top shape, right?’...
On Feb. 12, the membership fought for six hours over a proposal that the executive committee be limited to black Southerners with no college education. Finally, illustrating the war-weariness of SNCC leaders who had seen people–local and otherwise–killed doing their bidding, much-battered Bob...
Ironically, the book I also bought for my history-loving son packed in the same box as the figures, called "Civil War for Kids" did not have the Confederate flag blacked out in the pictures, so he is still being exposed to it. Luckily, he has good parents who have explained to him...
With theconstant emphasis on standardized test scores and the testing gap, it is easy to fall into the trap of seeing students of color as less than. After all,children of color in general do not score as well as richer whiter kids. So teachers are encouraged to look at the situation as...
giving the appearance that the civil courts were still open and operating under the civil judicial power of the State. After the Civil War, the 14th amendment continued the perceived need for these kinds of courts, which were not civil, but were only enforcing the post-Civil War amendments. ...
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