#Boycotts

National Museum of American History

amhistorymuseum

"The ultimate tragedy—not the brutality of the bad people but the silence of the good people"This 1968 poster borrowed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s words.Today, it bridges two critical periods

Michael Harriot

michaelharriot

So much of history has been whitewashed for the sake of making it palatable for white consumption that we are starting to perpetuate things that are not only misconceptions, but

Dr. Danielle L. McGuire

dmcguire13

This is great for folks who still don't know the history of Mrs. Parks or the Montgomery Bus Boycott. But the real history of the boycott, as a decade-long mvmt

Ellen Wu

ellendwu

Asian Americans are *the fastest growing voter bloc* in US -- we need to know more about Asian American VOTERS start here w/ roundup here of fantastic coverage from @NBCAsianAmerica

Zinn Ed Project

ZinnEdProject

#tdih 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott began. One of most powerful stories of organizing. Yet many people associate it with isolated act by Rosa Parks, without context of Parks’ life of

Ram

SocialChartered

Being a farmer myself and selling produce in APMCs and to govt at MSP for years, I am scratching my head to find the cause behind these boycotts and protests

Alex 🍁

Alex_at_ACHK

1/ Standing up to China is worth the price. “When our sovereignty, national security, and safety of our citizens are at stake, Canada must take a stand.”Thank you to the

Edith Mirante

EdithMirante

1. This History Thread is about timber industry and deforestation in Burma (Myanmar.) “As of 2016, 7.1% of Myanmar's tree cover was intact forest” (Global Forest Watch.) Efforts to protect

BLACK CONSERVATIVE

blackrepublican

Early Signs of Trouble - A History of #WhiteSupremacy at First Baptist Church (Dallas). How a #Dallas church with a history of oppposing civil rights for African Americans formed a

Malcolm Clark

TwisterFilm

1./ A thread about a sinister threat to free speech that should concern you if you're gay, female, a football supporter, a writer, a reader or anyone who doesn't like

Zach Keith

zachkeith

Today, the Tennessee State Library and Archives launches its new digital exhibit on Highlander Folk School. Myself and a small group of colleagues worked hard to pull this together and

Paul Matzko

PMatzko

Indeed, Fly's most lasting legacy was the Mayflower Doctrine, a precursor of the Fairness Doctrine. In Mayflower, a station that had "editorialized"--aired the opinion of the station owner--and attacked FDR

raye ⁷ 🐍

vaginasupremacy

trans activists always say shit like “why do you care?” “this literally doesn’t affect you, you just wanna be transphobic.” except it does affect us. you are trying to change

COPS

copscampaign

Next at the #SpyCopsInquiry, opening statement of Matthew Ryder QC speaking for Core Participants represented by Mike Schwarz, Simon Creighton, Tamsin Allen & Jules Carey - ie majority of spied-on

Angus Johnston

studentactivism

Why didn't Lewis support the civil rights act "wholeheartedly"? Well, this line, appearing immediately after the one above, gives an indication: "There’s not one thing in the bill that will

Paul Matzko

PMatzko

I wrote a book about the Fairness Doctrine and how it was responsible for one of the worst episodes of government censorship in US history. So I am somewhat alarmed

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