#Civil rights movement

Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama Sometimes we look at history as distinct eras, with distinct events, most likely because that’s the way history class presents it. But there’s always a significant overlap in world events, eras, and people. We tend think of the American Civil War as

Author: Stephen Johnson / Source: Big Think Despite being widely known for his leadership role in the American civil rights movement, Martin Luther King, Jr. also played a central role in organizing the Poor People’s Campaign of 1968. The campaign was one of the first to demand a guaranteed

Author: The Conversation / Source: The Next Web Inspiring stories of social activism, such as the Civil Rights movement and the fight against climate change, abound in history. And it is generally thought that the new social media era has helped cases of activism to succeed. But our research has

Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama If you think there are a lot of protests in the United States in 2018, you’d be right, but it’s not like we haven’t done it before. Think back to the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War protests- those were only 50 years ago, and 50 years is a

Republicans in the Washington State legislature have proposed a bill to revoke $24 million in annual state funding for Evergreen State College after social justice warriors effectively shut down the school's campus for two weeks after a faculty member objected to a planned demonstration that asked