May 3, 1919: Pete Seeger Born
Activist folksinger Pete Seeger was born in New York.
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Theme: Civil Rights Movements
Civil Rights Movements
When South African Apartheid Was Overthrown: Lessons for the Movement for Black Lives Today
In this online class, Gerald Lenoir and Jesse Hagopian discussed the history of the anti-Apartheid (SA) movement and how it is relevant to students' lives and the movement for Black lives today.
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March 30, 1964: Mary Hamilton Wins Honorifics in Court
Mary Hamilton's insistence on being addressed by Miss led to a Supreme Court ruling requiring honorifics for everyone in court, regardless of race or gender.
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Call Me Miss Hamilton: One Woman’s Case for Equality and Respect
Picture book. By Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Jeffery Boston Weatherford. 2022. 40 pages.
The story of Mary Hamilton, whose 1964 Supreme Court case led to the ruling that all people in court should be referred to with honorifics.
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The story of Mary Hamilton, whose 1964 Supreme Court case led to the ruling that all people in court should be referred to with honorifics.
May 14, 1969: School Librarian’s Lawsuit Against Discrimination
Carrie Coleman Robinson, a Black school librarian in Alabama, brought a landmark case to the U.S. District Court alleging that Alabama’s Department of Education denied her equal protection as a department employee because of her race.
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The Life and Politics of Coretta Scott King
Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian will be in conversation with historians Jeanne Theoharis and Traci Parker about the life and politics of Coretta Scott King and Theoharis’ book about this often overlooked civil rights icon. This class is part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.
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