A Freedom Budget for All Americans

By Paul Le Blanc and Michael D. Yates, Monthly Review Press Aug 18, 2013 Advanced in 1966 by central leaders of the activist wing of the civil rights movement, the "Freedom Budget for All Americans" promised the full and final triumph of the movement by going beyond civil rights and linking the goal of racial justice for African Americans with the goal of economic justice for all Americans. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

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Marriage Equality and White Supremacy

By Todd Clayton Jun 27, 2013 The danger in the Supreme Court's dismantling of the Defense of Marriage Act is of the LGBTQ community being seduced into the mainstream and forgetting the plight of the oppressed just as it becomes more broadly accepted. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Letter From Birmingham Jail

Staff / Truthdig May 19, 2013 May 19 marks the 50th anniversary of the first publication of Martin Luther King Jr’s plea for white Americans to recognize the rights and humanity of their black fellow citizens We reprint his letter in full’s plea for Americans to recognize the rights and humanity of their black fellow citizens. Dig deeper ( 26 Min. Read )

Rethinking Black History Month

Paul Von Blum / Truthdig Mar 1, 2013 The modern civil rights movement occurred long before millions of Americans were born, but many participants and observers are still available to recount their stories. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Rosa Parks, Now and Forever

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jan 31, 2013 On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger in Montgomery, Ala., thus launching the modern-day civil-rights movement. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Rep. John Lewis Schools Rush Limbaugh on Civil Rights Movement

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jan 21, 2013 Rush Limbaugh asked on his radio program Friday, "If a lot of African-Americans back in the ’60s had guns and the legal right to use them for self-defense, you think they would have needed Selma?" Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

What It Was Like to Be John F. Kennedy

Richard Reeves / Truthdig Jan 19, 2011 Fifty years ago, John F. Kennedy was sworn in as the 35th president of the United States. He gave a stirring inaugural address and then took over a job for which he was unprepared. No one is ever prepared. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Glenn Beck-Sarah Palin Rally to Un-Pervert MLK

Staff / Truthdig Aug 20, 2010 There's almost too much crazy going on here to cope, but Media Matters does a bang-up job of explaining how Sarah Palin (who told Dr Laura N-Word "don't retreat reload!") and Glenn Beck are planning to "reclaim the civil rights movement" with a rally on the anniversary of Martin Luther King's "dream" speech. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )