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Showing posts with label civil rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label civil rights. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Is the US Headed Towards Another Civil War? | Barbara F. Walter | TED (video)

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"Based on her work for a CIA task force aimed at predicting civil wars, political scientist Barbara F. Walter examines the rise in ext...
Saturday, April 8, 2023

Dean College hosted filmmaker Bennett Singer for a screening of "CURED"

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"This week, we welcomed filmmaker Bennett Singer to campus for a screening of the documentary " CURED " and discussions with...
Saturday, December 17, 2022

MassLive: "Federal judge rules in favor of Ludlow schools in lawsuit over treatment of transgender students"

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“Since July 1, 2012, Massachusetts law has provided that ‘no person shall be excluded from or discriminated against . . . in obtaining the a...
Saturday, July 2, 2022

New England Muzzle awards contain a local interest

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"A Boston mayor who trampled on a religious group’s right to freedom of expression. A Worcester city manager who trampled on the public...
Thursday, June 9, 2022

A Living History of the LGBT Movement Since The 1800s (video)

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In collaboration with AARP, we present "A #LivingHistory of the LGBT Movement" powered by AARP - a storytelling series honoring p...
Sunday, November 7, 2021

Joint Statement from MSAA and M.A.S.S.

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MSAA ( @MSAA_33 ) tweeted  Fri, Nov 05, 2021:  @massupt and @MSAA_33 Release Joint Statement "We stand ready to work collectively to ...
Saturday, October 30, 2021

Voices of Franklin: Arielle Shearer - the word is 'complicity'

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As Alan Earls appears to be a friend and supporter of Dashe Videira, his statement in Voices of Franklin on October 28, 2021 ( https://www.f...
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Thursday, May 20, 2021

New York TImes: "Lee Evans, Olympic Runner Who Protested Racism, Dies at 74"

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"Lee Evans, the Black American runner who won two gold medals at the racially charged 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City and at a...
Saturday, March 6, 2021

Toward a More Perfect Union: Suit filed on insurrection

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In a recent episode of " Toward a More Perfect Union ", it was asked who could file a law suit? At least one of the impeachment ma...
Sunday, February 7, 2021

National news -> "Seditionaries: FBI net closes on Maga mob that stormed the Capitol"

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"As prosecutors from the House of Representatives prepare to present their case against Donald Trump at his impeachment trial next week...
Thursday, January 28, 2021

A message from the Diversity Awareness Club ...

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January 26, 2021 To the Franklin Community: Three weeks ago, an act of domestic terrorism shocked and saddened the American people and left ...
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John Lewis's speech at the March on Washington

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A new history podcast has ten episodes that are well worth listening to. "It Was Said is a limited documentary podcast series looking ...
Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Student first amendment case coming to Supreme Court

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In one of the first cases the Supreme Court will hear after the holiday break: It was a Saturday in the spring of 2017, and a ninth-grade st...
Sunday, December 20, 2020

Nikki Giovanni: "We find the song in the darkest days"

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From the New York Times: "Over the course of her 52-year career, Nikki Giovanni has written 12 children’s books and eight nonfiction bo...
Friday, August 28, 2020

On this Day in 1963 : "I Have A Dream" - Martin Luther King Jr.

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  " I Have a Dream " is a public speech that was delivered by American  civil rights  activist  Martin Luther King Jr.  during the...