Odetta A Life in Music and Protest by Ian Zack, 2020

The first in-depth biography of the legendary singer and "Voice of the Civil Rights Movement," who combatted racism and prejudice through her music.

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#nonfiction
#biography
#women
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#CivilRightsMovement
#FolkMusic

‘I was just going to school’: legacy of New Orleans’ other desegregation pioneers https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/16/new-orleans-school-desegregation-gail-etienne #Civilrightsmovement #NewOrleans #Louisiana #USnews

‘I can’t be silent. I’ve been through too much’: Dee Dee Bridgewater on singing with the greats – and confronting Maga with jazz https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/nov/14/i-cant-be-silent-ive-been-through-too-much-dee-dee-bridgewater-on-singing-with-the-greats-and-confronting-maga-with-jazz #Civilrightsmovement #Popandrock #Musicals #Theatre #Culture #Music #Stage #Jazz

A new start after 60: I found my feet in midlife, became a park ranger at 85 – and retired happily at 100 https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/nov/10/oldest-park-ranger-85-retired-civil-rights-betty-reid-soskin #USnationalandstateparksholidays #Civilrightsmovement #Nationalparks #MichelleObama #Lifeandstyle #BarackObama #Environment

peter chauncey’s VIDEO OF THE WEEK: “Share Our News 2”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0WU-qaPIg0&fbclid=IwAR3HCTuDCwIT8UsFUE_ky1zIIUgKipJ3_vbtP0rb9wG-5Khj3PVO6zMPjvE

#race #conflict #resolution #singersongwriter #alternativerock #urban #acoustic #jackson #mississippi #civilrightsmovement #soul #city #johnnycash #miltonbabbitt #otisspann #cassandrawilson #davidbowie #sanfrancisco #bayarea #video #song #peterchauncey #sitar

The Enduring Impact of Jackie Robinson’s Legacy https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/416393/ #Baseball #BrooklynDodgers #CivilRightsMovement #JackieRobinson #MajorLeagueBaseball

US leaders are erasing Black history. That threatens our future | Stacey Abrams and Esosa Osa https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/22/us-black-history-dei #Civilrightsmovement #Trumpadministration #DEIpolicies #USpolitics #USnews #Race

Biggest US labor unions fuel No Kings protests against Trump: ‘You need a voice to have freedom’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/18/no-kings-protests-labor-unions #Ice(USImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement) #Trumpadministration #Civilrightsmovement #USimmigration #Protests(US) #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #USunions #Protest #USnews

"#HowardFrench’s stunning new book, #TheSecondEmancipation, is an epic of the 20th century’s most consequential years with #Africa’s sudden #decolonisation intertwined with the US #civilRightsMovement, through the many layered portrait of #Ghana’s visionary independance leader #KwameNkrumah."

https://afriquexxi.info/Nkumah-s-epic-from-Ghana-to-Harlem

#BlackHistory #UShistory #AfricanHistory #USpol #USpolitics #AfricanPolitics #panafricanism #decolonialStruggles #Nkrumah #decolonization #books @bookstodon

From Washington to Westminster, the populist right needs to erase history to succeed. It’s up to us to resist | Kojo Koram https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/09/washington-westminster-populist-right-smithsonian-nigel-farage #Civilrightsmovement #Workers'rights #DonaldTrump #Worldnews #ReformUK #Politics #UKnews #USnews #Race

#RubyBridges is 71 years old today.

#HappyBirthday Ruby!

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/ruby-bridges

#BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #CivilRights #CivilRightsMovement #BlackHistory #USHistory #Education #NormanRockwell

"Blackbird" is a song by the English #rock band #theBeatles from their 1968 double album The Beatles (also known as "the White Album"). It was written by #PaulMcCartney and credited to #LennonMcCartney, and performed as a solo piece by McCartney. When discussing the song, McCartney has said that the lyrics were inspired by hearing the call of a #blackbird in #RishikeshIndia, and by the #civilRightsMovement in the #SouthernUnitedStates.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiL5JpUtjqY

Joseph McNeil, known for 1960 lunch counter sit-in protest, dies aged 83 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/04/joseph-mcneil-lunch-counter-protest-dies-aged-83 #Civilrightsmovement #Culture #Protest #USnews #Race

Gun used in Emmett Till’s lynching is on display at museum 70 years later https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/29/emmett-till-lynching-gun-museum #Civilrightsmovement #Mississippi #Museums #USnews #Race

We shouldn’t focus on ‘how bad slavery was’ says Trump. What’s next? | Francine Prose https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/22/trump-slavery-bad-smithsonian #Civilrightsmovement #DonaldTrump #Museums #Slavery #USnews #Race

No More Auction Block for Me

https://makertube.net/w/veTEfikgHbrnyFPrtbDY4V

Auraria Library: New Digital Collection: News from the Chicano Movement. “During the 2024-25 academic year, our Special and Digital Collections unit digitized a series of historic Chicano newspapers and magazines, most published in Colorado, dating from the late 1960s to early 1980s. The Auraria Library received funding to digitize these collections through an Inclusive Excellence Grant from CU […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/11/new-digital-collection-news-from-the-chicano-movement-auraria-library/

The Rev William Barber’s ‘moral movement’ confronts Trump’s America. Can it work? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/05/reverend-william-barber-moral-movement #Trumpadministration #Civilrightsmovement #Socialexclusion #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Religion #Activism #Protest #Poverty #Society #USnews

Happy Juneteenth!

We Insist!, Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite - written + conceived by Max Roach & Oscar Brown with vocals by Singer/Actress Abbey Lincoln in 1960.

#happyjuneteenth #juneteenth #freedomnow #weinsist #freedomnowsuite #abbeylincoln #maxroach #oscarbrown #jazz #jazzvocals #jazzdrummer #civilrightsmovement #emancipationday #freedomcelebration #freedomday #jazzvocalist #jazzsinger #actresssinger #jubileeday #musichistorycorner