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Civil Rights & the Arts: Part I

News & Notes continues its series on the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement. Today, the focus is on the arts and the artists that fueled the imagination of a generation. Joining in are two civil rights veterans: Ysaye Maria Barnwell and Paul Von Blum.

Civil Rights & the Arts: Part I

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Civil Rights & the Arts

News & Notes continues its series on the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement. Today, the focus is on the arts and the artists that fueled the imagination of a generation. Joining in are three civil rights veterans: Ysaye Maria Barnwell, Paul Von Blum, and Amiri Baraka.

Civil Rights & the Arts

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Civil Rights Across the African Diaspora

We continue our series with a roundtable discussion on the fight for social change across the African Diaspora. Are there parallels with America's Civil Rights Movement? Have we influenced each other?

Civil Rights Across the African Diaspora

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Unsung Civil Rights Hero: Charney Bromberg

Most of us know about African-Americans who fought for civil rights. But black folks weren't the only ones on the frontlines of the fight for racial justice. In the mid-60s, Charney Bromberg left New York to help blacks across Mississippi.

Unsung Civil Rights Hero: Charney Bromberg

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Unsung Civil Rights Hero: Myrlie Evers Williams

During the Civil Rights Movement, Myrlie Evers Williams struggled, lost, and triumphed. Her husband, Medgar Evers, was shot dead by a white supremacist sniper in 1963. Farai Chideya talks with Evers Williams about the role she and her husband played in the Civil Rights Movement.

Unsung Civil Rights Hero: Myrlie Evers Williams

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Fighting for Civil Rights in the Courts

As a part of our monthlong series on civil rights, our roundtable guests discuss how the U.S. court system brought about social change. Guests include Wade Henderson, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights; University of Maryland law professor Sherrilyn Ifill; and Ted Shaw, president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

Fighting for Civil Rights in the Courts

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White Southerners' Role in Civil Rights

Cornell University professor Jason Sokol explores the lives of Southern whites during the Civil Rights era. "Some white Southerners recount literally trembling when they first shook hands with an African-American man," he says.

White Southerners' Role in Civil Rights

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Who's In Charge of Today's Civil Rights Activism?

At certain points in time, one person — like Martin Luther King, Jr. — has come to symbolize the entire Civil Rights Movement. But there have always been many voices and many factions, some of them competing. Who's in charge now?

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What's Next for Civil Rights Movement?

News & Notes examines the Civil Rights Movement of the past and how the fight for racial justice has changed for a new generation of blacks. Farai Chideya speaks with Julian Bond, chairman of the NAACP and activist and writer Kevin Powell.

What's Next for Civil Rights Movement?

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Assessing the Impact of Jena Protests

News & Notes is kicking off a monthlong series on civil rights. Farai Chideya and her guests debate whether the recent demonstrations in Jena, La., will revitalize the Civil Rights Movement for blacks.

Assessing the Impact of Jena Protests

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