Civil Rights – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Sun, 21 Dec 2025 23:47:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Civil Rights – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 How Civil Rights Leader Mary McLeod Bethune Sought to Unify the African Diaspora https://brewminate.com/how-civil-rights-leader-mary-mcleod-bethune-sought-to-unify-the-african-diaspora/ Wed, 03 Dec 2025 18:05:34 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=235256 How an archivist came to see Bethune as a global figure. Introduction When I first landed an internship

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]]> Law, Order, and Repression: State-Sponsored Violence during the Civil Rights Movement https://brewminate.com/law-order-and-repression-state-sponsored-violence-during-the-civil-rights-movement/ Mon, 10 Nov 2025 15:01:28 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=265749 The civil rights movement revealed the limits of American democracy when confronted by its own conscience. It was

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]]> Liberty’s Working Hands: Labor, Class, and the Struggle for Freedom in American History https://brewminate.com/libertys-working-hands-labor-class-and-the-struggle-for-freedom-in-american-history/ Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:25:38 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=264936 Freedom, in the American sense, was never bestowed from above. The hands that build its cities, till its

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]]> Banned Books, Criminalized Speech: The Legal Front in the Culture War https://brewminate.com/banned-books-criminalized-speech-the-legal-front-in-the-culture-war/ Fri, 18 Jul 2025 14:12:25 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=258620 Defending freedom of information will not be easy. It will require not only legal challenges and public protest,

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]]> Civil Rights Icon Fannie Lou Hamer: ‘Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired’ in 1964 https://brewminate.com/civil-rights-icon-fannie-lou-hamer-sick-and-tired-of-being-sick-and-tired-in-1964/ Mon, 04 Nov 2024 15:00:02 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=231365 Fannie Lou Hamer became one of the most respected civil rights leaders during the 1960s. By Dr. Marlee

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]]> The Conservative Fantasy History of Civil Rights https://brewminate.com/the-conservative-fantasy-history-of-civil-rights-2/ Tue, 17 Sep 2024 14:04:01 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=241715 The pseudo-historical attempt to attach conservatism to the civil rights movement is just silly. By Jonathan ChaitPolitical ColumnistNew

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]]> Making a Vote of Thanks: The Long History of Black Third-Party Activism since the 19th Century https://brewminate.com/making-a-vote-of-thanks-the-long-history-of-black-third-party-activism-since-the-19th-century/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 14:25:20 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=233878 Clark and Griggs introduced Black political priorities and cultural practices to white-led movements. From its start on June

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]]> Black Economic Boycotts of the Civil Rights Era https://brewminate.com/black-economic-boycotts-of-the-civil-rights-era/ Thu, 01 Aug 2024 14:00:47 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=238100 By putting financial pressure on white businesses, Black civil rights leaders achieved social change. Introduction Signed into law 60 years ago, the Civil Rights Act of

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]]> Bayard Rustin: Unforgettable Civil Rights Leader of the 20th Century https://brewminate.com/bayard-rustin-unforgettable-civil-rights-leader-of-the-20th-century/ Thu, 07 Mar 2024 15:00:28 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=200079 Bayard Rustin led a long and complicated life dedicated to the fight for equal rights. Introduction As I

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]]> Robert C. Weaver and the Groundwork for the Civil Rights Movement in the 1940s https://brewminate.com/robert-c-weaver-and-the-groundwork-for-the-civil-rights-movement-in-the-1940s/ Thu, 21 Sep 2023 15:19:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=200990 He would become the first African American to be a member of the President’s cabinet. Introduction As World

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