by admin | Jul 15, 2013 | ACTIVIST, HUMAN RIGHTS
THE POLITICAL AWAKENING OF IDA B. WELLS by Paul Lee On the morning of February 13, 1893, a tiny, coffee-colored former school teacher appeared before the Boston Monday Lecture series at Tremont Temple. “It was…my first opportunity to address a white...
by admin | Jun 8, 2013 | HUMAN RIGHTS
The Legacy of the Voting Rights Campaign of 1965 by Congressman John Lewis In March of 1965, before a Joint session of Congress, President Lyndon Johnson pledged support for federal voting rights legislation with prophetic words: “At times history and fate meet...
by admin | Mar 16, 2013 | HUMAN RIGHTS
An Effort at corporate social justice by Luix Virgil Overbea and Mary Golias BOSTON – Former President Jimmy Carter was the speaker. Paul Fireman, chairman and CEO of Reebok International Ltd., presented the honors. They delivered inspirational messages to a...
by admin | Mar 13, 2013 | HUMAN RIGHTS, PROFESSIONALS
Barack Obama was born to a white American mother, Ann Dunham, and a black Kenyan father,Barack Obama Sr., who were both young college students at the University of Hawaii. When his father left for Harvard, she and Barack stayed behind, and his father ultimately...
