Civil Rights – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Mon, 09 Dec 2024 18:15:46 +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 UK Police Bill Is an Attack on the Civil Rights of Protesters https://brewminate.com/uk-police-bill-is-an-attack-on-the-civil-rights-of-protesters/ Fri, 07 Jan 2022 18:18:58 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=167471 It now proposes new crimes that could criminalize almost any protestor and give police broad powers. Introduction Just

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]]> David Kellogg Cartter: On the Right Side of History with Abraham Lincoln https://brewminate.com/david-kellogg-cartter-on-the-right-side-of-history-with-abraham-lincoln/ Tue, 04 Jan 2022 18:02:16 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=167736 Cartter played a minor-yet-not-insignificant role at two fateful moments in the life of Abraham Lincoln. By Ann Banks

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]]> James Meredith, a Lesson in Diverse Ideas Sharing a Movement https://brewminate.com/james-meredith-a-lesson-in-diverse-ideas-sharing-a-movement/ Tue, 04 Jan 2022 18:01:37 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=157399 Meredith is a civil rights hero who doesn’t fit neatly into political categories. By Aram GoudsouzianBizot Family Professor

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]]> Fannie Lou Hamer: How a Would-Be Voter became a Civil Rights Legend https://brewminate.com/fannie-lou-hamer-how-a-would-be-voter-became-a-civil-rights-legend/ Tue, 04 Jan 2022 18:01:10 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=167726 She paid a price with police beatings that left her permanently disabled. When Louis Draper took Fannie Lou Hamer’s photo

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]]> America’s Founders Didn’t Believe in Completely Unlimited Freedom https://brewminate.com/americas-founders-didnt-believe-in-completely-unlimited-freedom/ Mon, 25 Oct 2021 17:26:25 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=163276 The Founders were clear that circumstances, like a pandemic, can arise that require public officials to take actions

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]]> Biden’s White House Weighs Executive Orders for Police Reform https://brewminate.com/bidens-white-house-weighs-executive-orders-for-police-reform/ Tue, 19 Oct 2021 17:19:28 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=162969 Biden officials are working to address police reform through executive orders. By April RyanReporter Civil Rights attorney Ben Crump reached

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]]> Corporate-Backed Police Foundations Threaten Democracy https://brewminate.com/corporate-backed-police-foundations-threaten-democracy/ Tue, 19 Oct 2021 17:19:02 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=162980 Private organizations funneling money to law enforcement agencies are “protecting corporate interests and enabling state-sanctioned violence.” Many of

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]]> Remarkable Radical: Thaddeus Stevens, Fearsome Reformer in 1835 https://brewminate.com/remarkable-radical-thaddeus-stevens-fearsome-reformer-in-1835/ Tue, 12 Oct 2021 17:01:47 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=162675 Thaddeus Stevens was as an ardent abolitionist who championed civil rights for decades. In 1813, a young Thaddeus

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]]> Tennessee Compiled Secret Dossiers on Civil Rights Protesters https://brewminate.com/tennessee-compiled-secret-dossiers-on-civil-rights-protesters/ Wed, 25 Aug 2021 17:04:24 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=160562 Law enforcement agencies typically need to provide a compelling reason to collect and store data about members of

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]]> Power, Politics, and Protest: The Growth of Political Rights in 19th-Century Britain https://brewminate.com/power-politics-and-protest-the-growth-of-political-rights-in-19th-century-britain/ Wed, 25 Aug 2021 17:04:15 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=160550 Politics and the running of the government were limited to a small number of wealthy people. Radicals In

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