By Carol Corbett Burris, Kevin Welner and Jennifer Weiser Bezoza (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) This is a summary of a 46-page, Dec. 2009 Legislative Policy Brief. Ronnie and Tyrone are both former students at South Side High School in Long Island, New York. They both were raised in public housing, they are both African-American, and they both entered high … [Read more...] about “Universal Access to Quality Education: Research and Recommendations for the Elimination of Curricular Stratification” by Carol Corbett Burris, Kevin Welner and Junnifer Weiser Bezoza (January-February 2010 P&R Issue)
“Memphis Since King: Race and Labor in the City” by David Ciscel & Michael Honey (March-April 2009 P&R Issue)
By David Ciscel & Michael Honey (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) In 1968, African Americans in Memphis had good reason to hope for a future of racial equality. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 promised equal treatment in public accommodations and employment, while the 1965 Voting Rights Act promised equal access to the ballot. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. … [Read more...] about “Memphis Since King: Race and Labor in the City” by David Ciscel & Michael Honey (March-April 2009 P&R Issue)
“Bayard Rustin and the Civil Rights Movement” by Daniel Levine (January-February 2009 P&R Issue)
By Daniel Levine (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Bayard Rustin is most remembered as the organizer who made the 1963 March on Washington happen. He organized or did himself the day- to-day grunt work like arranging transportation and renting facilities. He also worked on grand plans and vision for that day. But he was much more than that. He had been one of … [Read more...] about “Bayard Rustin and the Civil Rights Movement” by Daniel Levine (January-February 2009 P&R Issue)
“Greensboro’s Radical Experiment in Democracy” by Signe Waller Foxworth (November-December 2008 Issue)
By Signe Waller Foxworth (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The lead article in our Jan./Feb. 2006 P&R was Truth and Reconciliation in Greensboro, North Carolina: A Paradigm for Social Transformation, by Marty Nathan and Signe Waller, followed by a short update in our May-June 2006 issue. While down in Greensboro in September to speak at a HUD housing … [Read more...] about “Greensboro’s Radical Experiment in Democracy” by Signe Waller Foxworth (November-December 2008 Issue)
“Joint Resolution of Apology to Native People” by John Dossett (November-December 2008 P&R Issue)
By John Dossett (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Over the past several sessions of Congress, several Senators and Representatives have introduced a Congressional Resolution “to acknowledge a long history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the United States Government regarding Indian tribes and offer an apology to all Native Peoples … [Read more...] about “Joint Resolution of Apology to Native People” by John Dossett (November-December 2008 P&R Issue)