Founded 90 years ago in 1932, and still in operation today, the Highland Research and Education Center in New Market, TN is a training center for labor and #civilrights activists, with students like Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks, Ralph Abernathy & Pete Seeger (pictured with Charis Horton). The Gospel song "We Shall Overcome" became the school's anthem, which spread among the activists in training. #americanhistory🇺🇸 #civilrightshistory #blackhistory #goodblacknewscalendar https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck82wh3Pluu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

On This Day in New York City History February 20, 1895: Former slave, abolitionist and civil rights advocate Frederick Douglass (February 1818 - February 20, 1895) passes away at the age of 77 or 78.

Douglass escaped slavery via the Underground Railroad arriving in NYC in 1838. Douglass would figure heavily in the history of NYC's abolition movement leading up to and during the Civil War. Douglass gave a series of speeches at Cooper Union including The Proclamation and the Negro Army which was given on February 3, 1863.

Post Civil War, Douglass continued to work for the freedom of not only blacks but of women in the areas of voting rights and would lend his support to Ida B. Wells' anti-lynching campaign.

Douglass would pass away at either the age of 77 or 78 in Washington D.C.

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It was announced today that actress Nichelle Nichols famed for playing Communication Officer Lieutenant Nyota Uhura on the original Star Trek series and subsequent movies passed away at the age of 89.

Nichols, in her portrayal of Uhura, was a role model for many African Americans. Not many African American actors could be seen on TV in such a high profile role. Even when Nichols wanted to leave, she was asked by Reverend Martin Luther King Jr to stay in the role since what the show was showing was the future for African Americans. To be equal with not only other races but other beings. Dr. King was a big fan of not only Nichols but of Star Trek as well.

Rest in Peace. Thank you for your grace throughout the years.

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Intersectionality.. Understanding the pieces

By: Joshua Winters

I want you all to take a moment to think about your best friend. Imagine the qualities that make them THEM. The reasons they are your friend. I don’t know what you thought of, but I would bet that you mentioned the more qualitative or subjective qualities: their temperament, sense of humor, and character. I doubt you mentioned their height, their job, their race, or sexual identity. However, if you're looking for a potential mate, maybe height is a real factor for you. This is an ideal that is worth string for. Treating people for who they are as a person, not for social factors that we have assigned value to. Unfortunately, we don't live in an ideal world, and the qualities mentioned in the latter are meaningful factors that affect people's lives. The way to understand this is with the concept of intersectionality. Intersectionality is a term created by Kimberlé Crenshaw and it is used to describe how different forms of discrimination or oppression intersect and affect people's lives. It recognizes that modes of oppression are not mutually exclusive and that in order to rectify the issues of one mode of oppression we have to look at a multitude of factors. 

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 For example, imagine A woman named Jada, in a male-dominated field. The fact that Jada is a woman might affect the way in which she is treated by her colleagues. Now add that Jada is a Black woman, which adds another layer of complexity to the way in which she is treated. Say the problem we are trying to understand is why woman aren't progressing as far in their careers as their male counterparts. Simply looking at “women” as a data point would not give us enough information to understand the problem. In our example, Jada is also A black woman, meaning we need to understand the ways in which that identity affects her in the workplace. Age, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, and the list goes on, factors that influence people's lives. 

Another way to conceptualize intersectionality is in terms of a puzzle. Each piece is different than another, but they all play a specific part in making up the whole picture. No one piece makes up the whole puzzle, and all the pieces get their value in relation to all the other pieces. 

Attached below are additional resources to help explain intersectionality. The first is a TED talk from Kimberly Crenshaw herself explaining in more depth the concept and examples of how it shows in relation to police violence among male and female African Americans. The next is a quick video explaining what intersectionality is and can be used as a quick guide to explain the concept to people and get the conversation going. Since all of you are going to be graduating soon and going off to college I thought I would give one link to an opposing view of the issue. The article gives Coleman Hughes a critique of intersectionality which I think is important for you guys to learn to hear and evaluate all sides of an argument. 

1.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akOe5-UsQ2o&ab_channel=TED

2.https://www.intersectionaljustice.org/what-is-intersectionality

3.https://quillette.com/2020/01/14/reflections-on-intersectionality/4

research links:

1.https://library.law.howard.edu/civilrightshistory/women/intersectionality#:~:text=The%20term%20intersectionality%20was%20first,complicate%20the%20various%20oppressions%20and

2.https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/07/diversity-inclusion-equality-intersectionality/

3.https://www.law.columbia.edu/news/archive/kimberle-crenshaw-intersectionality-more-two-decades-later

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Intersectionality...Understanding the pieces

I want you all to take a moment to think about your best friend. Imagine the qualities that make them THEM. The reasons they are your friend. I don’t know what you thought of, but I would bet that you mentioned the more qualitative or subjective qualities: their temperament, sense of humor, and character. I doubt you mentioned their height, their job, their race, or sexual identity. However, if you're looking for a potential mate, maybe height is a real factor for you. This is an ideal that is worth string for. Treating people for who they are as a person, not for social factors that we have assigned value to. Unfortunately, we don't live in an ideal world, and the qualities mentioned in the latter are meaningful factors that affect people's lives. The way to understand this is with the concept of intersectionality. Intersectionality is a term created by Kimberlé Crenshaw and it is used to describe how different forms of discrimination or oppression intersect and affect people's lives. It recognizes that modes of oppression are not mutually exclusive and that in order to rectify the issues of one mode of oppression we have to look at a multitude of factors. 

 For example, imagine A woman named Jada, in a male-dominated field. The fact that Jada is a woman might affect the way in which she is treated by her colleagues. Now add that Jada is a Black woman, which adds another layer of complexity to the way in which she is treated. Say the problem we are trying to understand is why woman aren't progressing as far in their careers as their male counterparts. Simply looking at “women” as a data point would not give us enough information to understand the problem. In our example, Jada is also A black woman, meaning we need to understand the ways in which that identity affects her in the workplace. Age, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, and the list goes on, factors that influence people's lives. 

Another way to conceptualize intersectionality is in terms of a puzzle. Each piece is different than another, but they all play a specific part in making up the whole picture. No one piece makes up the whole puzzle, and all the pieces get their value in relation to all the other pieces. 

Attached below are additional resources to help explain intersectionality. The first is a TED talk from Kimberly Crenshaw herself explaining in more depth the concept and examples of how it shows in relation to police violence among male and female African Americans. The next is a quick video explaining what intersectionality is and can be used as a quick guide to explain the concept to people and get the conversation going. Since all of you are going to be graduating soon and going off to college I thought I would give one link to an opposing view of the issue. The article gives Coleman Hughes a critique of intersectionality which I think is important for you guys to learn to hear and evaluate all sides of an argument. 

1.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akOe5-UsQ2o&ab_channel=TED

2.https://www.intersectionaljustice.org/what-is-intersectionality

3.https://quillette.com/2020/01/14/reflections-on-intersectionality/4

research links:

1.https://library.law.howard.edu/civilrightshistory/women/intersectionality#:~:text=The%20term%20intersectionality%20was%20first,complicate%20the%20various%20oppressions%20and

2.https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/07/diversity-inclusion-equality-intersectionality/

3.https://www.law.columbia.edu/news/archive/kimberle-crenshaw-intersectionality-more-two-decades-later

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Diahann Carroll, James Garner, and Marlon Brando hold hands as they maneuver their way through the crowd at the March on Washington civil rights rally, held on August 28th, 1963 in Washington DC. #marchonwashington #1963 #civilrightsmarch1963 #civilrightsmovement #civilrightshistory #socialactivism #civilrightsactivist #socialjustice (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CImmWhCrASPwqQ_lR5S_AdgFl9eNMM8BaIaAgw0/?igshid=150y8ml8hxu8b

THE MURDER OF EMMETT TILL AND THE BIRTH OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT - Money, Mississippi. A historic marker stands in front of the former Bryant Grocery Store in Money, Mississippi where, on August 24th, 1955, a visiting 14 year-old black boy from Chicago named Emmett Till allegedly whistled at white shopkeeper Carolyn Bryant - an innocuous act that resulted in Till being kidnapped, brutally beaten and murdered by the woman’s angry husband, Roy, and a few associates. Till’s body was found days later in the Tallahatchie River, located just a stone’s throw from this spot. His mutilated corpse was weighted-down by a 70 lbs. metal fan-blade wrapped onto him with barbed-wire. He had been shot in the head. The racist brutality of Till’s murder shocked the nation and media coverage of his funeral served to act as a spark for the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement. Till became a symbolic martyr against the evils of systemic racism and lawlessness. The subsequent show-trial acquittal of his confessed killers further fueled the flames of change and galvanized the Movement into a force for social justice through political action. Several markers noting these events and their historic impact are located throughout the area as part of the Civil Rights “Mississippi Freedom Trail.” Photo by Michael Huntington - May, 2019. @Huntington_Strange_Travels #StrangeTravels #MichaelHuntington #HuntingtonAdventures #EmmettTill #EmmettTillLynching #EmmettTillMurder #CivilRights #CivilRightsMovement #CivilRightsHistory #BlackHistory #MississippiFreedomTrail #FreedomTrail #TallahatchieRiver #BryantGroceryStore #MoneyMississippi (at Money, Mississippi) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9Fs3VSFVoe/?igshid=1qu3x4u2tl0r4

Congratulations to the @ncrmuseum on it’s 30th anniversary today #civilrightshistory #lorrainemotel #imagineanamerica https://www.instagram.com/p/CQzFwkFlUqV/?utm_medium=tumblr

On This Day in New York City History March 4, 1933: Teacher, Women's Rights advocate and New York City and State government servant Frances Perkins is appointed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to his cabinet as the Secretary of Labor. In achieving this post, Perkins becomes the first women to hold a Presidential Cabinet position and was the first woman to enter the presidential line of succession. Perkins is the longest serving Secretary of Labor, having held the position for 12 years.

Perkins was influential in the development and application of many New Deal policies dealing with social security, unemployment insurance, federal minimum wage, and federal child labor laws. Perkins also served on the United States Civil Service Commission under President Harry Truman. While on the Civil Service Commission, Perkins advocated for women to be hired as secretaries and stenographer based on their qualifications instead of their physical attractiveness which had been the norm.

Prior to her Washington appointment, Perkins worked with then NYS governors Al Smith and FDR in a variety of commissions where she successfully advocated for women's labor rights. Her stance on labor rights for women was highly influenced by the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Fire that led to death of 123 women and girls and 23 men. Her efforts led to the passing of a 1913 NYS bill that capped the amount of hours women and girls could work in a week at 54-hours.

After her career in government service came to an end in 1952, Perkins would write a memoir of her time in FDR's cabinet entitled "The Roosevelt I Knew." She would also teach at the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University until her death in 1965, at age 85.

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Decade of Change - The New York Times, The Roaring '20s. A photograph celebrating the 20th anniversary of N.A.A.C.P. - June 26th, 1909. Far left, front row: W.E.B. Du Bois, a founder; James Weldon Johnson, executive secretary; Robert Bagnall, director of branches; and the suffragist Daisy Lampkin who became the N.A.A.C.P. first field secretary in 1930. #naacp #vintagephoto #vintagephotograph #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #blackhistorymonth2020 #africanamericanhistory #africanamericanleaders #harlemrenaissance #americanculture #americanhistory #jazzage #civilrightshistory #roaring20s (at Vivian Vintage 8) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8uBEl2geJc/?igshid=17bgbu9smwx1d

Happy 100th Birthday to Hall of Famer Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 - October 24, 1972) aka Jackie Robinson!!!! #BaseballHistory #HistoriaDelBeisbol #Baseball #Beisbol #BaseballSisco #Repost @historysisco (@get_repost) ・・・ On This Day in History January 31, 1919: World War II veteran, Civil Rights activist and Baseball Hall of Famer Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson (January 31, 1919 - October 24, 1972), who broke Baseball’s color barrier in 1947, was born in Cairo, Georgia. #JackRooseveltRobinson #JackieRobinson #NationalBaseballHallofFame #HallofFamer #CivilRights #CivilRightsHistory #WorldWarIIVeteran #WorldWarIIVet #BrooklynDodgers #OnThisDayinHistory #ThisDayinHistory #HistoryToday #TodayinHistory #History #Historia #Histoire #HistorySisco https://www.instagram.com/p/BtTv3Zvgc0v/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=884i21o7irqx

At 113, NAACP evolves for relevance on racial justice agenda

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Photograph by Gordon Parks titled “Untitled, Harlem, New York,” 1963. Archival pigment print seen at The Armory Show. #gordonparks #policebarricade #donotcross #civilrights #harlem #civilrightshistory #photography (at The Armory Show)