Tag: Racial Justice
By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, August 28 2013
You know the sound bites from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech. But have you actually seen the whole thing? Watch: The speech was delivered 50 years ago today — August 28, 1963 — as part of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It gave a powerful boost to […]
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Civil Rights | Racial Justice
By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, August 27 2013
After George Zimmerman was found not guilty of murdering Trayvon Martin, 1.7 million MoveOn members and NAACP supporters called on the Department of Justice to bring federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman.
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Civil Rights | Racial Justice
By Anna Galland. Wednesday, July 24 2013
In the wake of the George Zimmerman trial verdict, the past 10 days have been incredible—a true movement moment.
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Civil Rights | Racial Justice
By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, July 16 2013
In the wake of the “not guilty” verdict for George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, one juror announced that she’d signed with Martin Literary Management to write a book detailing the trial. Progressives all over the country were outraged that jury members might profit from Zimmerman’s acquittal. That’s why MoveOn member Barbara Graham created a Petition to Martin Literary Management, asking them to take back the book deal.
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Racial Justice
By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, January 15 2013
What are we becoming?
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Civil Rights | Gun Control | Racial Justice
By MoveOn Staff. Friday, January 11 2013
He also has the audacity to say Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would have agreed with him. WHAT?! WATCH:
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Civil Rights | Gun Control | Racial Justice
By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, August 28 2012
I was five when I first learned about a man named Martin Luther King.
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Civil Rights | Racial Justice
By MoveOn Staff. Thursday, June 7 2012
From demanding justice for Trayvon Martin to saving a small, beloved book store, Americans just like you are learning how to get a lot of people to sign on to their causes. Here’s how they did it (and you can, too):
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Civil Rights | Economic Justice | Education | Racial Justice
By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, May 9 2012
Yesterday’s North Carolina Amendment 1 vote made extra sure that marriage equality was banned in the state constitution. It also now makes it official that all 11 original Confederate states (13 if you count Missouri and Kentucky, as the South did) have adopted a constitutional amendment discriminating against this particular minority . . . sigh.
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LGBTQ+ Rights | Racial Justice
By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, May 9 2012
Yesterday’s North Carolina Amendment 1 vote made extra sure that marriage equality was banned in the state constitution. It also now makes it official that all 11 original Confederate states (13 if you count Missouri and Kentucky, as the South did) have adopted a constitutional amendment discriminating against this particular minority . . . sigh.
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LGBTQ+ Rights | Racial Justice