An outdoor service from Memphis commemorating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. The ceremony at the National Civil Rights Museum’s plaza in front of the preserv…
4,567 viewsCivil rights leaders, media commentators, low-wage workers and labor experts talked about the impact of the disappearance of good jobs and growing economic inequality on Martin Luther King, …
462 viewsParticipants spoke about the 1963 March on Washington and its upcoming 50th Anniversary. They reflected on their personal stories from the march and participation in the civil rights movemen…
197 viewsCongressional leaders celebrated the life of Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the South African leader’s 95th birthday. Speakers read quotes from his public life. House Speaker John Boehner…
794 viewsCivil rights activists spoke from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the 30th Anniversary March on Washington entitled, “Jobs, Justice and Peace.” The march, whose participants suppor…
3,197 viewsCongressional leaders and others talked about strategies for the 2002 midterm elections. Among the topics they addressed were regaining control of the House of Representatives, voter turnout…
119 viewsReverend Jesse Jackson spoke to supporters about the current and traditional challenges of labor organization in the South. Among the issues he addressed were plans to march in Charleston, S…
51 viewsAt an NAACP convention in Washington, D.C., in a sometimes spirited speech, Democratic Presidential Candidate Vice President Al Gore asked for support in his presidential campaign and critic…
539 viewsRepresentatives of various labor organizations spoke about the rights of women, ethnic minorities and other minorities in the workplace. This gathering was part of an effort to defeat refere…
127 viewsAfrican-American leaders spoke at a rally in Memphis, Tennessee’s Cook Convention Center to commemorate the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr. on the 30th anniversary of his assassinat…
185 viewsMr. Bijur talked about his experiences with a 1994 incident in which Texaco employees were taped in a meeting making negative remarks about black employees. He described an anti-discriminati…
1,176 viewsDelegates from 78 unions met to discuss the status of the labor movement. They discussed various items, including whether to create a $35 million fund to educator workers about campaign issu…
195 viewsSeveral African-American leaders talked to reporters about the black community’s expectations of the new Republican-controlled Congress on a variety of issues including welfare, affirmative …
32 viewsJean-Bertrand Aristide, the exiled president of Haiti, delivered the keynote address at the 15th-anniversary dinner of TransAfrica, an organization dedicated to African and African-American …
196 viewsRepresentatives of civil rights organizations opposed to the confirmation of Judge Clarence Thomas offered testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee. John Buchanan, representing People for…
249 viewsMembers of several of the 185 constituent groups making up the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights participated in a news conference announcing the opposition of the Leadership Conference …
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