A. Shuanise Washington, president and CEO of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Incorporated (CBCF), released the following statement on the passing of renowned journalist George Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine.
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Connecting Youth With Opportunities to Influence Social Change
I recently took a road trip through several of the states that were fraught with injustice during the Civil Rights Movement.
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In July 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson would enact Public Law 88-352, an act cited by Congress as the “Civil Rights Act of 1964.”
Read MoreCBCF Statement on 50th Anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
A. Shuanise Washington, president and chief executive officer of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Incorporated (CBCF), today released the following statement in recognition of the 50th Anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
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Fifty years ago, a coalition of organizations initiated the Mississippi Freedom Project, more popularly known as Freedom Summer.
Read MoreThe Role of the Black Church in Creating Change
Historically the black church has been a place for creating individual, systemic, and political change within the black community.
Read MoreThe Assault on Black Men in America
For many years, but especially recent months, I have watched and listened with disbelief, horror and rage at the many things that have happened and are happening to and with our black men, especially our black boys; from sagging pants, wayward, disrespectful, violent behavior; to their nonchalant attitude for human life and the complete disregard for, to and about their own; to the great loss of their lives in mass numbers. Not ALL black boys or black men are this or these categories.
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