5 Women Musicians and Their Protest Songs, From Joan Baez to The Chicks
In 1966, Simone wrote and performed “Four Women,” a musical portrait of different stereotyped Black women who were exploited ...
Bristol Bus Boycott: Businesses urged to back campaign to bring Martin Luther King III to city
The act was passed in parliament in November 1965 - two years after civil rights activists in Bristol boycotted the Bristol ...
Heroes in Plain Clothes: MLK’s 1966 visit to Alexandria
At the Rapides Parish Coliseum on November 22, 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood before educators at the 65th session of the Louisiana Education Association, delivering a speech titled “Remaining ...