USH: Civil Rights Movement Archives - Daniel Aaron Lazar Fri, 12 Jun 2020 14:47:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 IDEAS Resources https://daniellazar.com/2020/06/05/ideas-resources/ Fri, 05 Jun 2020 16:05:06 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=6038 Overwhelmed by the murder of George Floyd and the violent reactions that ensued, IDEAS presents 10 resources to offer context and to help us grapple with the situation as we see it.

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]]> The Fire Last Time: LIFE in Watts https://daniellazar.com/2020/05/12/the-fire-last-time-life-in-watts/ Tue, 12 May 2020 20:47:54 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5953 The August 1965 Watts Riots (or Watts Rebellion, depending on one’s perspective and politics), were among the bloodiest, costliest and most analyzed uprisings of the notoriously unsettled mid-1960s. Ostensibly sparked by an aggressive traffic stop of a black motorist by white cops, the six-day upheaval resulted in 34 deaths, more than 3,400 arrests and tens … Continue reading The Fire Last Time: LIFE in Watts →

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]]> When Martin Luther King Came Out Against Vietnam https://daniellazar.com/2017/07/10/when-martin-luther-king-came-out-against-vietnam/ Mon, 10 Jul 2017 12:03:58 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5726 Dr. King’s Riverside Church address exemplified how, throughout his final 18 months of life, he repeatedly rejected the sunny optimism of his 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech and instead mourned how that dream had “turned into a nightmare.” But the speech also highlighted how for Dr. King, civil rights was never a discrete problem … Continue reading When Martin Luther King Came Out Against Vietnam →

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]]> Watch Kendrick Lamar's stunning performance https://daniellazar.com/2016/08/10/watch-kendrick-lamars-stunning-performance/ Wed, 10 Aug 2016 05:31:18 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5556 Lamar exemplifies so many of the themes of Harlem Renaissance art in his 2016 Grammy performance, as he interprets Black history from the plantation to the penitentiary.

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]]> NPR Fresh Air Interview – 'Policing The Police': How The Black Panthers Got Their Start https://daniellazar.com/2015/11/03/npr-fresh-air-interview-policing-the-police-how-the-black-panthers-got-their-start/ Tue, 03 Nov 2015 18:54:34 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5406 Nearly 50 years ago, in 1966, a group of six black men in Oakland, Calif., came together in an effort to curb police brutality against African-Americans in the city. Because of a quirk in California law, the men were able to carry loaded weapons openly. The Black Panthers, as they became known, would follow the … Continue reading NPR Fresh Air Interview – 'Policing The Police': How The Black Panthers Got Their Start →

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]]> Fresh Air Interview: Don't 'Sanitize' How Our Government Created Ghettos https://daniellazar.com/2015/08/05/dont-sanitize-how-our-government-created-ghettos/ Wed, 05 Aug 2015 11:22:13 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5340 “We have a myth today that the ghettos in metropolitan areas around the country are what the Supreme Court calls ‘de-facto’ — just the accident of the fact that people have not enough income to move into middle class neighborhoods or because real estate agents steered black and white families to different neighborhoods or because … Continue reading Fresh Air Interview: Don't 'Sanitize' How Our Government Created Ghettos →

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]]> Audio Clip: What LBJ Really Said About Selma https://daniellazar.com/2015/08/05/audio-clip-what-lbj-really-said-about-selma/ Wed, 05 Aug 2015 09:11:40 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5313 While he publicly condemned the attack, Johnson was also calling allies and advisors, searching for a political salve to the situation. “They’re going to have another march tomorrow, and, as we see it, it’s going to go from bad to worse,” he warned.

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]]> How JFK made NASA his secret weapon in the fight for civil rights in America https://daniellazar.com/2015/05/12/how-jfk-made-nasa-his-secret-weapon-in-the-fight-for-civil-rights-in-america/ Tue, 12 May 2015 06:46:36 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5247 Most Americans know the name of the first black player in professional baseball — Jackie Robinson. But how about the first black professional in the US space program?  That was Julius Montgomery. He was part of a small cadre of African American mathematicians, engineers and technicians who helped power the space race — at a … Continue reading How JFK made NASA his secret weapon in the fight for civil rights in America →

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]]> When The KKK Was Mainstream https://daniellazar.com/2015/05/12/when-the-kkk-was-mainstream-2/ Tue, 12 May 2015 06:29:26 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5230 Imagine: There was a time when the KKK was an out-in-the-open, part-of-the-community organization. I had always envisioned the repugnant and reprehensible lawbreakers operating in the cowardly shadows. After all, it was known as the Invisible Empire.

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]]> When The KKK Was Mainstream https://daniellazar.com/2015/04/05/when-the-kkk-was-mainstream/ Sun, 05 Apr 2015 13:57:12 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5210 Imagine: There was a time when the KKK was an out-in-the-open, part-of-the-community organization. I had always envisioned the repugnant and reprehensible lawbreakers operating in the cowardly shadows. After all, it was known as the Invisible Empire.

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