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The Rise of Respectability Politics - Dissent Magazine

What started as a philosophy promulgated by black elites to “uplift the race” by correcting the “bad” traits of the black poor has evolved into one of the ...

American Racial and Ethnic Politics in the 21st Century: A cautious ...

Thus, today there is greater disparity between the top fifth and the bottom fifth of African Americans, with regard to income, education, victimization by ...

Great Awokening - Vox

A hidden shift is revolutionizing American racial politics — and could transform the future of the Democratic Party ...

Civil Rights: Internet Activism and Social Change

Examine social media's influence in America's Civil Rights movement and its role in democratizing the media, in this video from Eyes on the Prize: Then and Now.

Racial Justice: Art(s) and Activism | Department of Performing Arts

The Racial Justice: Art(s) and Activism lecture series, honors Georgetown University's recent initiative to highlight art, activism and racial justice.

Transforming Communities: A Movement to Racial Justice

SJSU's "Transforming Communities: A Movement to Racial Justice," is a visionary annual event designed to catalyze change in our community.

Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence ...

politicization in turn has transformed the way we understand violence ... In fact, recent statistics indicate that racial economic inequality is "higher as we ...

Rev. William Barber and the next generation of social justice activism

Teaching the politics of moral fusion ... What Barber's done is lead one of the most prominent efforts to unite diverse groups around issues of ...

Marley Dias on Why Young People Must Be Included in the ... - ELLE

As a generation, we demand racial justice and equity. While we have our sights set on the future, what often gets lost in discussions about ...

Social Movements and Progressivism - Center for American Progress

Mainstream political parties often ignored social movement activists who engaged in public education and took to the streets to demand justice ...

Anti-racism activists should be supported and protected - ohchr

The year 2020 was a watershed moment for the movement for racial justice and equality, according to a new report by UN Human Rights Chief, ...

Why I've Started to Fear My Fellow Social Justice Activists

We have seen poor and working class white Americans denounce people of color and diversity efforts because, sadly, they perceive them as threats ...

Democrats dreamt of an unbeatable coalition. Trump turned it to dust

Mike Madrid, the political strategist, has a brutal assessment of where the Democratic coalition is today. “The Democratic Party was predicated ...

Black Lives Matter: Home

Black Lives Matter is working inside and outside of the system to heal the past, reimagine the present, and invest in the future of Black lives.

Barack Obama - Ten years ago a generation of activists in...

Dear President Obama,give way to politics and policy into action,let's working together to fight for justice by engaging in democracy and ...

Civil rights movement - Wikipedia

The civil rights movement was a social movement and campaign in the United States from 1954 to 1968 which aimed to abolish legalized racial segregation, ...

Black Lives Matter: Campaigning for Racial Justice

Co-founder Patrisse Cullors calls today's civil rights movement a human rights movement, aimed at countering anti-black racism globally. World ...

Let's Translate Our Outrage Over Trumpism Into Action | Truthout

When we track the impacts of mass protests, one of the most consistent things that we witness is that critics are eager to denounce activist ...

Social Justice in Community: "Civic and Political Participation ...

... justice have any meaning in our day to day lives? And what is being ... African American Studies to Sociology to Criminology and ...

Economic Justice: Why We Must Build a New Common Sense

Famously, Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam has argued that the ... More about: ActivismEconomic JusticePoliticsSolidarity Economy ...