Setting it Straight: Race and Racism, Minority Groups
Reaching back in time to discover and shine a light on events and peoples whose roles in shaping history may be unknown, misunderstood, or misrepresented.
August 7th, 2013
Written by Russell Roberts in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
Anthony Burns, an African-American hero who fought for freedom and against slavery, ever hear of him?
Today, many people know the names of Civil War-era African-Americans who helped bring about the end of slavery, such as Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman. Less well-known are those whose bravery played just as important a role in ending slavery, but who have been forgotten by history....
August 2nd, 2013
Written by Alexis Huicochea –The Associated Press in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - The Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) is being applauded for developing and exceptionally good and comprehensive desegregation plan. The road to implementing a plan to bring racial balance to TUSD schools has been bumpy, with deadlines missed and contentious initiatives.
Still, a national desegregation expert, Willis Hawley, says the Tucson Unified School District is to...
July 30th, 2013
Written by Bob Johnson - Associated Press in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
HAYNEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — On Aug. 10, a pilgrimage will be held in remembrance of a civil rights activist murdered while shielding a black teenage girl. The activist was shot by a white gunman in central Alabama in 1965.
Jonathan Myrick Daniels, who was a student at Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Mass., was killed in Haynesville in Lowndes County on Aug. 20, 1965.
Daniels was fatally shot...
July 28th, 2013
Written by Russell Roberts in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
Richard Allen was asked to move to the rear of a church. Instead, he walked out and established a new church, the denomination of which still thrives today.
We all know, or should know, how asking Rosa Parks to move to the back of the bus ignited the Civil Rights Movement. However, did you know that asking another African-American to move to the rear led to the establishment of a new church?...
July 25th, 2013
Written by Jesse Washington - AP National Writer in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
Widespread rioting, looting and burning cars were expected, but when George Zimmerman was found not guilty, almost all public demonstrations were peaceful.
While media outlets, social media and water cooler prognosticators predicted revenge attacks on white people, almost all the protesters in the streets held hands rather than throw rocks.
Community leaders and scholars say the overwhelmingly...
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