“We wanted to take them off the T-shirts and make them real,” said Gina Prince-Bythewood, who created the series with her husband Reggie Rock Bythewood.
Tag: Civil Rights Movement (1954-68)
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Eddie Bernice Johnson, Trailblazer in Congress and Beyond, Dies at 88
The Texas Democrat broke barriers in nursing and the Texas legislature, and then served 15 terms in Congress.
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How the Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike Changed the Labor Movement
The 1968 action led to greater economic mobility for Black workers. Today, union activists are trying to capture some of that spirit.
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Smithsonian’s Latino Museum Faces Political Winds Before a Brick Is Laid
Partisan battles over America’s past, and divisions among Latinos, are affecting this new institution set to be built on the National Mall.
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What Does America Owe the Victims of Racial Terrorism?
On the 60th anniversary of a K.K.K. bombing, Sarah Collins Rudolph is still seeking restitution.