by jack | Feb 6, 2023 | Citizen Heroes, Human Rights
Her newspaper office was destroyed by a mob; she was repeatedly threated, often in the news media. But Ida Wells remained undaunted in her efforts to publicize the truth about racial discrimination, particularly lynchings of innocent Black men. Born a slave in 1862,...
by jack | Dec 1, 2022 | Citizen Heroes, Human Rights
67 years ago today a woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, and sparked the Civil Rights movement. We all know the story: An older Black woman, coming home from a long day at work, stays in her seat on a bus because she is...
by jack | Oct 19, 2022 | Citizen Heroes, Human Rights
Say their names: Elnaz Rekabi, Mahsa Amini, Masih Alinejad, Romina Ashrafi, Ghazal and the women of Iran who have stood against brutal oppression by their government or have fallen victim to gender-based violence. 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was arrested in Tehran and...
by jack | Apr 11, 2022 | Citizen Heroes, Human Rights, Young Hero
September 4, 1957 A 15 year old girl starts her first day at school. She is met by her fellow students and many of their parents, who jeer at her, call her names, throw garbage and rocks at her. Girls, encouraged by their parents, spit on her. Dorothy Counts was one...
by jack | Feb 7, 2022 | Citizen Heroes, Human Rights
November 14, 1960 A little girl starts her first day at school. She is 6 years old, and entering the first grade. Wearing a brand new jumper and Mary Jane shoes, she walks up the steps to her school with her mom and four very big men by her side. There is a crowd...
by jack | Jan 18, 2021 | Citizen Heroes, Human Rights
On this national holiday when we recognize Dr. Martin Luther King, it is worthwhile to consider his courage in defying not only the violence of racism displayed at events such as bloody sunday, but also the violence advocated by the black power movement. King himself...
