25 Black Civil Rights Activists You Need to Know - Freedom Forum
Jan 6, 2021 · Black activists who continue civil rights work today. Advocating for civil rights didn’t end with the death of King or the end of the 1960s. More than 60 years after the March on Washington, people inspired by Black civil rights activists before them continue their work by organizing, assembling, protesting and petitioning for change.
Civil Rights Journalists: 7 Pioneers Who Broke Barriers - Freedom …
During the civil rights movement’s push for racial equality, Black journalists like those highlighted below broke barriers in predominantly white organizations or created their own news outlets. These civil rights journalists broadened the conversation and reshaped the news. Discover 7 civil rights journalists who helped break barriers
13 Women’s Rights Activists You Need to Know - Freedom Forum
Allies at Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention. The 1848 Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, kicked off the movement for women’s right to vote. The women's rights activists and organizers also included 32 men. Suffragist leader Lucretia Mott’s husband, James Mott, helped organize and served as chair of the convention ...
Ten Commandments and the First Amendment: Everything to Know
Nov 12, 2024 · American Civil Liberties Union (2005), the U.S. Supreme Court said that putting framed copies of the Ten Commandments in two Kentucky courthouses was not allowed. It decided this because the main purpose seemed to be promoting religion, which goes against the First Amendment’s rule that the government can’t establish an official religion.
Muhammad Ali: ‘I Am America’ - Freedom Forum
Liberty of conscience, freedom to dissent, the right to peacefully protest and petition – these are the fundamental, inalienable rights that animated Ali’s lifelong struggle for freedom and justice. Exercising those rights on behalf of the oppressed and marginalized is what makes him a true American hero. “I am America,” Ali proclaimed.
Hair and Free Speech: Can Employers, Schools Regulate Hair?
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Religion in the Workplace: What You Should Know - Freedom Forum
Federal law (though not the First Amendment) prohibits workplace discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin. Under that law, Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, employers cannot punish you at work or in the hiring process because of your religion or nonreligion. Nor can they punish you because you request a ...
Banned Songs: 16 Tracks That Were Censored or Restricted
Nov 8, 2023 · That included radio stations. When the 1968 Democratic National Convention came to Chicago at the height of the Vietnam War and Civil Rights protest era, Daley banned local radio stations from playing the Rolling Stones song “Street Fighting Man,” fearing it would spur violence.
Half-Baked? The Supreme Court Decision on Masterpiece Cakeshop
Colorado Civil Rights Commission — choosing a narrow legal rationale rather than the larger issue weighing laws on discrimination versus freedom of religion. In doing so, the court made “moot” many of the countless arguments, think pieces, and debates about how the court’s decision might reshape the landscape of gay rights and religious ...
Freedom Rider Rip Patton and Freedom Fighters DC’s Philomena …
Aug 27, 2020 · Former Freedom Rider Ernest "Rip" Patton and Philomena Wankenge, a Black Lives Matter activist and founder of Freedom Fighters DC, discuss the evolution of civil rights activism and their roles in the movement. USA TODAY Washington correspondent Deborah Barfield Berry moderates the conversation. Read more about the movement. Recorded August 27 ...