Civil Rights

Real voices behind the 1963 March on Washington

August 28 is the 50th anniversary of that fateful 1963 day in Washington, D.C., when 300,000 people marched and rallied…

August 21, 2013

Longshore workers support the National Justice for Trayvon Martin Movement

The following resolution was submitted by Clarence Thomas and passed unanimously at the membership meeting of ILWU Local 10 on…

July 22, 2013

Voting rights set back: Only struggle can reverse racist ruling

Two decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court the last week of June have provoked outrage among Civil Rights organizations and…

July 2, 2013

Striking Walmart workers, supporters converge on company headquarters

Walmart workers across the United States resumed their strike at the end of May and began caravaning toward Bentonville, Ark.,…

June 3, 2013

Poor People’s March to revive Martin Luther King’s revolutionary heritage

Forty-five years ago, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stunned the nation when he called for a poor people’s…

April 7, 2013

Poor People’s March to revive Martin Luther King’s revolutionary heritage

Forty-five years ago, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stunned the nation when he called for a poor people’s…

April 1, 2013