Tag: Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Trigger

    Violence begets violence.  It is escalating across this land.  As I watch with horror, however, I am heartened by the impact this beloved man — Philando Castile – is making in death.  His girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, in her shock, schooled this nation into shame. Like Emmett Till’s mother, Mamie Till, Diamond is standing up for all […]

  Ruth O’Brien

  July 8, 2016

  American Politics

  Barack Obama & Identity Politics & Intersectional Identity Politics, Civil Rights Act, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Obama and executive action, Police Brutality, race and social movement mobilization