Teaching the movement to high schoolers gave this college student an opportunity to address her personal "privilege paralysis" and embrace her potential as an agent of change.
This essay details Medgar Evers’ involvement in the civil rights movement as a pivotal member of the Mississippi NAACP. It also addresses his tragic murder at the hands of a White Citizens Council member.
Many teachers in the United States will include a lesson on Emmett Till as an introduction to the civil rights movement or as part of their Black History Month plans. This year, it’s time to modify the lesson.
This essay places side by side the historical oppression of African Americans in the South and the recent surge of African Americans moving back to the South of their own free will. In her discussion, Maya Angelou questions why such choices are considered remarkable.
Allison is the assistant press secretary for the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). The HRC represents a force of more than 1.5 million members and supporters nationwide. As the largest national lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights organization, HRC envisions a world in which LGBTQ people are ensured of their basic equal rights and can be open, honest and safe at home, at work and in the community.
Stephanie Allen Crist is a professional writer and disability rights advocate. Her unending advocacy adventure started shortly before her three children with autism received their medical diagnoses. Stephanie is the author of Discovering Autism / Discovering Neurodiversity and First Steps: Understanding Autism. She aspires to found a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of information available to people with neurological differences and their allies. Learn more by visiting www.StephanieAllenCrist.com.