activism
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Alabama May Consider Wiping the Arrest Records Clean for Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks
Alabama officials are considering a bid to clear arrest records of civil rights icons Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks, both convicted in the 1950s.
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Rosa Parks Got the Glory. Claudette Colvin Just Wants Her Record Expunged
Colvin was 15 when she refused to relinquish her seat on a Montgomery, Ala. bus in 1955, nine months before Parks sparked the Montgomery bus boycott.
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Colman Domingo, Chris Rock, Audra McDonald, Glynn Turman All Tapped for Upcoming Bayard Rustin Biopic
The forthcoming Netflix film will be directed by Ma Rainey's Black Bottom director George C. Wolfe and produced by the Obama’s Higher Ground.
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CBS’ The Activist to Be Made Over as a Documentary After Online Backlash
Global Citizen, the international education and advocacy organization producing the series, also issued a statement regarding the decision.
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The Activist Co-Host Julianne Hough Issues Statement Addressing Series Backlash
Hough is set to co-host the upcoming CBS competition show alongside Usher and Priyanka Chopra Jonas.
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Prayers Up: Rev. Jesse Jackson and His Wife, Jacqueline, Hospitalized With COVID-19
Both Rev. Jesse Jackson’s and his wife’s conditions have not been released to the public. The reverend was vaccinated against COVID-19 in January.
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With Fight the Power, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Chronicles America's History of Social Justice
'Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America' proves that civil disobedience is as American as apple pie.
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'Hey, Democrats, Pay Attention!' The Root Presents: It's Lit! Talks The End of White Politics With Zerlina Maxwell
On-screen, on the air, and now, on the page, Zerlina Maxwell is a force. Having held positions on both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton’s campaigns, an activist on issues of race, gender and sexual violence, as well as years in the game as a commentator for the likes of CNN, MSNBC, and now as host…