The YWCA of Rochester, New York has an annual drive to “spearhead the local effort for the national Stand against Racism every April.”
Poet Robert Frost once asserted, we should “never be bullied into silence.” His words parallel the efforts of the YWCA of Rochester (New York) and Monroe County; the Y is asking the community at large to speak up and take a stand against racism.
One of the best ways to remember Martin Luther King, Jr. is to continue some aspect of the work for which he lived and died. But there is so much left to be done.
Forty-five years ago on April 4, 1968, an assassin’s bullet claimed the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. King was there in support of the garbage workers who were striking to get better wages.
Is Nebraska guilty of health insurance discrimination for African-American employees, and if so, how prevalent is the practice in other states. Or, is the state of Nebraska a unique case?
The Nebraska Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case alleging that the state discriminated against its African-American employees by offering less health insurance coverage to state workers living in Lincoln and Omaha.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A Confederate battle flag hung inside the old North Carolina State Capitol last week to mark the sesquicentennial of the Civil War is now being taken down after civil rights leaders raised concerns.
