today in black history

April 23, 2024

The "Journey of Reconciliation," the first "Freedom Ride" into the Jim Crow south took place in 1947, organized by CORE.

Marc Morial

From The Bottom Up: Segment 4

Community Organizer Feels Solidarity

POSTED: January 28, 2009, 7:27 am

Ms. Francis talks about the joy and difficulties of community organizing.

Related References

books
media
- Justice for the Central Park Five
  NorthStar Network Editorial from October 2002
- DC Voting Rights
  A NorthStar Network news report on voting rights in the nation's capital
organizations
documents
- Economic Empowerment Fact Sheet, 2007
  Nation's oldest civil rights organization looks at economic empowerment issues in the Black community in 2007
- Memo on Poverty, 1964
  A presidential memo from 1964 that looks at the issue of poverty at the height of the War on Poverty
- Injustice Against African Americans, 2007
  The nation's oldest civil rights organization monitors acts of injustice against Black Americans in 2007
- The Status of Black Men in America
  Hearing of the Congressional Black Caucus: African Male Initiative Conference.

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